• 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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  Chun In Gee becomes 8th US Women’s Open champ of Korean descent

  Chun In Gee became the eighth golfer of South Korean descent to win the U.S. Women’s Open on Sunday. The 20-year-old stormed from behind, posting birdies on four of the last seven holes to rally for an unlikely...

  • Posted July 12, 2015
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  Lee Min-ji crowned Miss Korea 2015

  The 2015 Miss Korea crowned Lee Min-ji, 24, from Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, Friday. The pageant was held inside Universal Arts Center in Seoul and invited actress Lee Young-ae to be one of the judges. Lee Min-ji...

  • Posted July 10, 2015
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  Pixar animator proves it’s never too late to follow ‘Joy’

  By Tae Hong Ten years ago, Jae Hyung Kim had it all figured out on the outside. He was a first-year medical resident at the historied Yonsei University in South Korea, elite career on the horizon. It...

  • Posted July 10, 2015
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  S. Korean Lee Duck-hee trains with world No. 1 Djokovic at Wimbledon

  By Brian Han The life of 17-year-old Lee Duck-hee is quickly becoming an underdog story for the ages. The South Korean tennis player was born completely deaf, yet he found a way to overcome the odds to...

  • Posted July 9, 2015
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  Overcoming stereotypes: How Albert Choi made it to Harvard

  By Brian Han Incoming Harvard University freshman Albert Choi developed an odd daily routine that he says may have helped him excel in high school. “In the middle of my junior year I developed this weird schedule...

  • Posted July 9, 2015
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  Mokbar introduces Korean food to New York with…Japanese ramen?

  By Tae Hong As a young girl, Esther Choi left behind a predominantly white New Jersey neighborhood and stepped into a traditional Korean kitchen upon arriving home every day, where her grandmother would make gastro-miracles from scratch...

  • Posted July 6, 2015
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  Community leaders get together to ring Korean Bell of Friendship

  San Pedro’s Korean Bell of Friendship rang 13 times Saturday morning in honor of the 13 original states and to celebrate U.S.-Korean friendship. In an event organized by the bell preservation committee and the San Pedro Chamber...

  • Posted July 6, 2015
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