• California Assembly OKs highest minimum wage in nation
• S. Korea unveils first graphic cigarette warnings
• US joins with South Korea, Japan in bid to deter North Korea
• LPGA golfer Chun In-gee finally back in action
• S. Korea won’t be top seed in final World Cup qualification round
• US men’s soccer misses 2nd straight Olympics
• US back on track in qualifying with 4-0 win over Guatemala
• High-intensity workout injuries spawn cottage industry
• CDC expands range of Zika mosquitoes into parts of Northeast
• Who knew? ‘The Walking Dead’ is helping families connect

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  China announces list of restrictions on mineral trade with N. Korea

  BEIJING,  (Yonhap) — China’s commerce ministry on Tuesday announced a list of restrictions on imports from North Korea and said it will ban the export of jet fuel in accordance with new U.N. sanctions slapped on Pyongyang...

  • Posted April 5, 2016
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  California, New York enact US-highest $15 minimum wages

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California and New York acted Monday to gradually push their statewide minimum wages to $15 an hour — the highest in the nation — as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders again seized on...

  • Posted April 4, 2016
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  Trump: ‘I automatically win’ if Kasich would just quit

  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is pushing rival John Kasich to get out of the White House race, arguing that the Ohio governor shouldn’t be allowed to collect future delegates because the nomination is...

  • Posted April 4, 2016
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  Ex-President Roh Tae-woo’s son found to be running offshore paper companies

  SEOUL, (Yonhap) — The eldest son of South Korea’s former President Roh Tae-woo was found to have established three paper companies overseas in a tax haven region, an independent online news outlet reported Monday, raising suspicions that...

  • Posted April 4, 2016
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  $15 minimum-wage movement sets sights on more states

  NEW YORK (AP) — California and New York — where almost 1 in 5 Americans live — are on their way to raising their minimum wage to $15 an hour, and the activists who spearheaded those efforts...

  • Posted April 1, 2016
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  N. Korea launches surface-to-air missile: JCS

  SEOUL,  (Yonhap) — North Korea on Friday launched a surface-to-air missile into waters off its east coast, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, a move seen as a show of defiance against mounting pressure to give up...

  • Posted April 1, 2016
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  Two budget carriers fined 600 mln won each for flight safety violations

  SEJONG,  (Yonhap) — South Korea’s two budget carriers have been slapped with 600 million won (US$524,000) in fines each for breaching flight safety regulations, the transportation ministry said Friday. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport imposed...

  • Posted April 1, 2016
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