• 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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  South Korea Clamps Down on Bitcoin Trading Amid Market Frenzy

  By RAYMOND ZHONG https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/business/south-korea-bitcoin.html A restaurant in Seoul, South Korea, that accepts Bitcoin. Credit Yonhap/European Pressphoto Agency South Korea will require people who trade Bitcoin and other virtual currencies to do so under their real names, the...

  • Posted December 28, 2017
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  BTS ranks 13th place on Japan’s annual Oricon single chart

  SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) — K-pop sensation BTS has come in at No. 13 with “Mic Drop/DNA/Crystal Snow” on Japan’s annual Oricon single ranking, according to Oricon. It marked the highest ranking by a South Korean band,...

  • Posted December 26, 2017
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  TWICE’s ‘TT’ music video tops 300 mln YouTube views

  SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) — The video for TWICE’s 2016 single “TT” surpassed 300 million views on YouTube on Friday, making it the first K-pop girl group with a video that hit the milestone. The record was...

  • Posted December 26, 2017
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  How the Winklevoss Twins Found Vindication in a Bitcoin Fortune

  By NATHANIEL POPPER https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/19/technology/bitcoin-winklevoss-twins.html The Winklevoss twins, Cameron (left) and Tyler, at their office in New York City. A bet on Bitcoin several years ago has grown into a fortune for the brothers. CreditVincent Tullo for The New York...

  • Posted December 21, 2017
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• North Korean Soldier Defects Through DMZ, and Gunfire Erupts

  By GERRY MULLANY https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/20/world/asia/north-korea-solider-defects-dmz.html The border between the two Koreas in the truce village of Panmunjom in April.CreditLam Yik Fei for The New York Times HONG KONG — A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea on Thursday...

  • Posted December 21, 2017
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  N.K. can pose ‘substantial’ nuclear threat to U.S.: leader

  SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said his country has become a strategic nation capable of posing a “substantial” nuclear threat to the United States, state media said Friday. Kim made the remark...

  • Posted December 21, 2017
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  U.N. to vote on new N.K. sanctions Friday: report

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) — The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to vote Friday on new sanctions against North Korea, including further restrictions on its imports of oil, according to a news report. The measures...

  • Posted December 21, 2017
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