• 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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  K-pop album market bullish despite pandemic

  The local pop culture market has suffered a heavy blow from the protracted COVID-19 pandemic, but the K-pop industry remains less affected thanks to the strongest sales of physical albums in a decade. “Noeasy,” the second full-length...

  • Posted October 18, 2021
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  Big Hit Music to host global audition to recruit talent

  Big Hit Music, the K-pop agency behind BTS and Tomorrow X Together, said Monday it will throw a global audition to launch a next-generation boy band. Any males born after 2002 can apply from Monday through Dec....

  • Posted October 18, 2021
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  aespa scores first Billboard 200 entry with ‘Savage’

  Emerging South Korean girl group aespa has hit the Billboard main albums chart for the first time, as its first EP “Savage” debuted at No. 20, Billboard said Sunday (U.S. time). “Savage” ranked No. 20 on the...

  • Posted October 18, 2021
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  Girl group aespa to appear on ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’

  Rising South Korean girl group aespa will appear on NBC’s “The Kelly Clarkson Show” this weekend, the group’s management agency said Tuesday. The group will perform the title track of its latest EP “Savage,” appearing on the...

  • Posted October 13, 2021
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  (LEAD) ‘Squid Game’ becomes ‘biggest-ever’ Netflix series

  The smash-hit Korean-language drama series “Squid Game” has become Netflix’s most successful original content, the U.S. streaming giant said Wednesday. Netflix said the dystopian series had been viewed by more than 111 million accounts in the first...

  • Posted October 13, 2021
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  Stars return to red carpet as Busan film fest opens in near normal

  Led by Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho, silver screen stars and filmmakers at home and abroad returned to the red carpet of the Busan International Film Festival on its opening night Wednesday, celebrating that cinema is on its...

  • Posted October 8, 2021
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  ‘Squid Game’ brings in Lee Jung-jae’s rare portrayal of clumsy, blundering guy

   Since making a sensation as a devoted bodyguard in the mega-hit TV series “Sandglass” (1995), seasoned actor Lee Jung-jae has portrayed handsome and dandy sweethearts or charismatic gangster leaders or kings in his subsequent projects, such as...

  • Posted October 8, 2021
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