- 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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S. Korean tennis star continues impressive run at Australian Open by beating Djokovic
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) — Chung Hyeon continued his impressive run at the Australian Open on Monday after he beat former world No. 1 Novak Djokovic to become the first South Korean to reach the last eight...
- Posted January 22, 2018
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BTS’ ‘Mic Drop’ stays on Billboard Hot 100 for 7th straight week
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) — K-pop group BTS has been on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the seventh week in a row with “Mic Drop.” “Mic Drop,” featuring hip-hop artist Desiigner and remixed by Steve Aoki,...
- Posted January 18, 2018
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Koreas to field joint women’s hockey team for Olympics, march together at opening ceremony
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) — South and North Korea agreed Wednesday to field a joint women’s ice hockey team for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics and march together under a “unified Korea” flag at the opening ceremony. The...
- Posted January 17, 2018
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CNBLUE’s Jung Yong-hwa quits TV show amid controversy over academic favor
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) — Jung Yong-hwa of the idol band CNBLUE will be leaving a cable TV show after the revelation that he received preferential treatment in graduate school admission, his agency said Wednesday. “After much...
- Posted January 17, 2018
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PM:Shutdown of cryptocurrency exchanges impossible without National Assembly approval
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) — Shutting down cryptocurrency exchanges is impossible without approval from the National Assembly because new legislation would be required to do so, Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said Tuesday. Virtual currency regulations have been...
- Posted January 16, 2018
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S. Korea hockey coach says ‘damage’ inevitable if N. Koreans are added for Olympics
By Yoo Jee-ho INCHEON, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) — South Korea women’s hockey head coach Sarah Murray said Tuesday her players will suffer “damage” if North Korean players are added to the team for next month’s PyeongChang Winter...
- Posted January 16, 2018
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Google under fire for referring to wartime sex slave as ‘prostitute’
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) — U.S. tech giant Google Inc. came under fire Monday for describing a victim of Japan’s sexual slavery during World War II as a “prostitute” in its Korean-based search engine, which the firm...
- Posted January 8, 2018