• 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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  N. Korea fires ballistic missile: S. Korea’s military

  By Lee Chi-dong and Lee Haye-ah SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) — North Korea fired an apparent long-range missile from an area north of Pyongyang early Wednesday, resuming its provocations after a 75-day lull, according to South Korean...

  • Posted November 28, 2017
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  Pirates infielder Kang Jung-ho released by Dominican Winter League club

  Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Kang Jung-ho has been released by his Dominican Winter League club, sources said Monday, casting another cloud over his once-promising career marred by a drunk driving conviction. Sources close to Kang said the club...

  • Posted November 27, 2017
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  N. Korea conducts rare inspection of key military organ: spy agency

  SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) — North Korea is conducting a rare inspection of a key military organ due to its “impure attitude” and has punished its top officials, South Korea’s spy agency said Monday. During its parliamentary...

  • Posted November 20, 2017
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  BTS debuts at American awards show

  SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) — BTS has made its performance debut at an American awards show. The K-pop sensation performed its hit single “DNA” at the 45th American Music Awards (AMAs) at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles,...

  • Posted November 20, 2017
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  Downing North Korean Missiles Is Hard. So the U.S. Is Experimenting.

  By DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROADNOV. 16, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/us/politics/north-korea-missile-defense-cyber-drones.html   Buried in an emergency funding request toCongress lie hints of new ways to confrontPyongyang, like cyberweapons and armed drones.   WASHINGTON — Concerned that the missile defense system...

  • Posted November 17, 2017
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  U.N. Command holds off on showing N. Korean soldier’s defection footage

  By Lee Chi-dong SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) — The United Nations Command (UNC) reversed a plan Thursday to make public footage of a North Korean soldier making a desperate defection dash to South Korea earlier this week....

  • Posted November 16, 2017
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  23 cases of damage reported to cultural assets in quake-hit region

  A series of quakes as big as 5.4 magnitude that hit the southeastern city of Pohang on Wednesday has damaged some historic buildings and artifacts in the region, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) said Thursday. The state-run...

  • Posted November 16, 2017
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