• 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

All posts tagged "WSJ"

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  [WSJ] Decision to join China-led bank tests South Korea’s ties to US

  – A decision over whether to join China’s new development bank is a fresh test of South Korea’s ability to balance warming economic ties with Beijing and its security alliance with the U.S. While analysts widely...

  • Posted March 24, 2015
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  [WSJ] Chinese Tourists Take South Korea’s Jeju Island by Storm

  JEJU, South Korea  —When Kim Ho-san opened an apparel store on South Korea’s southernmost resort island of Jeju in 2012, she was well-positioned to benefit from a rising flow of Chinese tourists. Six months...

  • Posted February 25, 2015
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  [WSJ] Andrew Luck: The NFL’s Most Perplexing Trash Talker

      Andrew Luck’s legend is growing. Sure, there’s buzz about how he has thrown for more yards in his first three seasons than anyone in NFL history. Or the fact he’s led the...

  • Posted January 17, 2015
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  [WSJ] Korea Real Time’s Top 5 Stories of 2014

    – For many South Koreans, 2014 is likely to be remembered as a year of national soul-searching over the April sinking of the ferry Sewol. The trials and tribulations of the nation’s...

  • Posted January 2, 2015
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  [WSJ] South Korea’s Sex Industry Thrives Underground a Decade After Crackdown

  This fall marked the 10th anniversary of a sweeping anti-prostitution law in South Korea, meant to increase penalties for those who buy and sell sex, toughen police crackdowns against brothels and offer help for women...

  • Posted December 1, 2014
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  [WSJ] Most Powerful Living Korean? Forbes Says It’s Not Kim or Park

    The recent disappearance of Kim Jong Un sparked a frenzy of speculation about his possible loss of power. His reappearance several weeks later sucked the air out of most of those theories, but according...

  • Posted November 17, 2014
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  [WSJ] South Koreans Still Fear Radiation From Japan

   More than three years have passed since the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, but some South Koreans are still leery over possible radioactive contamination from their neighbor. Environmental activists and residents of Changwon, a...

  • Posted October 16, 2014
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