• 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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  Seoul confirms N. Korean ICBM test

  SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s defense ministry on Wednesday confirmed North Korea’s test of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), identifying it as an upgraded two-stage version of its KN-17 or Hwasong-12 missile. During a...

  • Posted July 5, 2017
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  Moon says now is time for N. Korea to return to dialogue table

  SEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in urged North Korea to return to the negotiating table Monday, saying now may be the last chance for the communist state to do so. In a meeting...

  • Posted July 3, 2017
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  ‘The King Loves’: Coming-of-age show on Goryeo’s forgotten mix-blooded king

  By Chang Dong-woo SEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) — Though times have changed, Korea is and has remained by and large a homogeneous society. Looking back, it wasn’t very long ago that interracial marriage was unimaginable by mainstream...

  • Posted July 3, 2017
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  Actor Lee Min-ho to publish photo book shot in DMZ

  SEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) — Actor Lee Min-ho will release a photo book that was shot in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas, his agency said Monday. The album, titled “DMZ, The Records of 500...

  • Posted July 3, 2017
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  Deportation a ‘Death Sentence’ to Adoptees After a Lifetime in the U.S.

  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/02/world/asia/south-korea-adoptions-phillip-clay-adam-crapser.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share By CHOE SANG-HUN SEOUL, South Korea — Phillip Clay was adopted at 8 into an American family in Philadelphia. Twenty-nine years later, in 2012, after numerous arrests and a struggle with drug addiction, he was deported back...

  • Posted July 3, 2017
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  Moon made ‘good strides’ toward U.S. away from N. Korea: Haley

  WASHINGTON, June 29 (Yonhap) — President Moon Jae-in has made “good strides” towards the United States and away from North Korea, and the communist nation is pushing the South Korean leader further away from it with a...

  • Posted June 30, 2017
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  Moon, Trump hold frank, serious talks on N. Korea, alliance

  WASHINGTON, June 29 (Yonhap) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump held “frank” and “serious” discussions during their dinner meeting Thursday on a wide range of issues surrounding the Korean Peninsula, including North...

  • Posted June 30, 2017
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