• 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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  Korean candidates ready for NJ general election tomorrow

  With New Jersey general assembly elections coming up Tuesday, seven Korean American candidates are working to secure last-minute votes. In the running are Wonkyu Rim (R), for the District 27 seat in the state assembly; Park Myung-geun...

  • Posted November 2, 2015
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  Park, Abe break impasse in bilateral ties: experts

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — Experts on South Korea-Japan ties welcomed the results of Monday’s summit between President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, saying the meeting paved the way for better bilateral relations even without producing...

  • Posted November 2, 2015
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  US officials crack down on illegal ginseng harvesters

  Wild ginseng, coveted for centuries as an ailment miracle curer in Asia, has become Appalachian gold and a source of headache for local law enforcement officials. Known as “sansam” in Korea, the root grows naturally from Canada...

  • Posted October 28, 2015
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  Leaders agree on importance of Korean voice at DC conference

  By Lee Chang-yeol The largest Korean American leadership conference in the United States saw a successful weekend in Washington, D.C. Attended by a slew of influential leaders as well as young hopefuls, the Council of Korean Americans...

  • Posted October 26, 2015
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  ‘Let’s meet again in the afterlife,” inter-Korean reunions come to end

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A silver-haired South Korean woman adjusted her 83-year-old North Korean husband’s necktie. He held her hands and stroked her shoulder. Before this week, they hadn’t seen each other since war tore them...

  • Posted October 22, 2015
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  Does Koreatown have its own Beverly Hills in Fremont Place?

  By James Goo Is Fremont Place Koreatown’s Beverly Hills? It’s certainly beginning to look like it — more than 30 of its 74 homes are occupied by Korean families, many of them of prominent community figures that...

  • Posted October 19, 2015
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  Park ends first day at Korea-US friendship dinner

  After visits to a Korean War veterans memorial and a NASA space center, South Korean President Park Geun-hye ended her first day in her latest U.S. visit at a friendship dinner for Korea-U.S. relations. The dinner was...

  • Posted October 15, 2015
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