• 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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  Choo Shin-soo’s BA drops to MLB worst .096

  ARLINGTON, Texas (Yonhap) — Choo Shin-soo, the South Korean outfielder for the Texas Rangers, now has the worst batting average in Major League Baseball (MLB) this season. Choo’s average dipped to .096 after his sixth consecutive hitless...

  • Posted April 28, 2015
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  N. Korea threatens nuke attacks on US

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea threatened on Monday to target the United States with its nuclear weapons, saying its front-line targets include the Pacific Ocean, not just South Korea. The communist party’s official newspaper, the Rodong Sinmun,...

  • Posted April 27, 2015
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  Death toll from massive Nepal earthquake surpasses 4,000

  KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Officials say the death toll from massive Nepal earthquake has surpassed 4,000. The desperate effort to save lives in earthquake-ravaged Nepal intensified Monday as aid flights arrived bearing emergency medical teams, search-and-rescue equipment,...

  • Posted April 27, 2015
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  Rising star Claudia Kim talks about ‘Avengers 2′ role

  By Tae Hong If there’s one anticipated film everyone the world over is talking about this summer, it’s Marvel’s “The Avengers 2: Age of Ultron.” And in South Korea, there’s one name on everyone’s lips: Claudia Kim....

  • Posted April 24, 2015
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  260,000 S. Korean workers strike against flexible labor market, pension reform

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — Tens of thousands of unionized workers walked out of their work places across the country Friday against government plans to reform the pension system for public servants and introduce a more flexible labor market....

  • Posted April 24, 2015
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  Director Grace Lee wins Peabody Award for documentary

  By Tae Hong Korean American director Grace Lee, who helmed the critically acclaimed “American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs,” has won a Peabody Award. The documentary, which premiered on PBS last year and which was...

  • Posted April 23, 2015
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  KOCCA, musicians out to show the world K-pop is not just idols

  The Korea Creative Content Agency and 12 musical teams are out to redefine K-pop around the world. “Overseas, people ask if K-pop music is just idol music,” KOCCA President Song Sung-gak said Thursday, in a media conference...

  • Posted April 23, 2015
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