• 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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  8/15: Freedom fighter remembered

  By the Korea Times Los Angeles staff It has been 69 years since the Japanese occupation of Korea came to an end. Although activists who spent years fighting for the independence movement have passed, their legacies still...

  • Posted August 15, 2014
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  Pope’s choice of Kia Soul as popemobile highlights down-to-earth leader

  (Yonhap) — Pope Francis’s use of the quirky Soul boxy compact by Kia Motors Corp as his popemobile clearly highlights the pontiff’s down-to-earth image and penchant to be one with ordinary people. Diplomatic, industry and religious sources...

  • Posted August 14, 2014
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  Pope Francis’ first Asia trip to spark Catholic boom

  By Baek Byung-yeul SEOUL — Catholicism is the third largest religion here with about 5.44 million believers, following Buddhism and Christianity, according to the data from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (CBCK). It accounts some 10.4...

  • Posted August 14, 2014
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  Park’s efforts result in papal visit

  By Kang Seung-woo Since her inauguration in February last year, President Park Geun-hye has worked hard to persuade Pope Francis to come to Korea, officially calling for the visit on five occasions, and sending four handwritten letters....

  • Posted August 13, 2014
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  Ryu suffers leg injury, 6th loss of the season

  By Lee Kyutae Los Angeles Dodgers’ Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin not only lost the game on Wednesday night in Atlanta, he got hurt. Ryu immediately turned toward the Dodgers’ dugout and motioned for assistance after delivering ball...

  • Posted August 13, 2014
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  Royal Salute: Korean fan throws out first pitch

  By Lee Kyutae The Kansas City Royals fan from South Korea, Sung Woo Lee, has to be one of the best sports stories of the year. He has become such a folk hero in Kansas City that they may...

  • Posted August 12, 2014
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  2 more soldiers die in apparent suicide

  (Yonhap) — Two Army draftees have been found dead together in apparent suicides in Seoul, police said Tuesday, the latest in a series of tragic incidents involving enlisted soldiers in recent weeks. The 23-year-old and 21-year-old corporals,...

  • Posted August 12, 2014
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