• 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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  U.S. Pressed to Pursue Deal to Freeze North Korea Missile Tests

  By DAVID E. SANGER and GARDINER HARRIS New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/21/world/asia/north-korea-missle-tests.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share   WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has come under growing pressure to open negotiations on a temporary freeze on North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests in return...

  • Posted June 22, 2017
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  S. Korea finds ‘scientific’ evidence of N. Korea’s drone provocation

  SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) — South Korea announced Wednesday that it has confirmed North Korea’s responsibility for a camera-equipped drone found on a mountain near their border early this month. The drone took off from Kumgang County...

  • Posted June 21, 2017
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  S. Korea does not need U.S. permission to engage with N. Korea: Cheong Wa Dae

  SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) — South Korea or its head of state Moon Jae-in does not need permission from the U.S. president or anyone else to engage North Korea in dialogue, Seoul’s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae...

  • Posted June 21, 2017
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  China Falls Short on Curbing North Korea, Trump Says

  WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Tuesday that China had not succeeded in getting North Korea to curb its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, an extraordinary admission of failure in his strategy for dealing with the rogue...

  • Posted June 21, 2017
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  Otto Warmbier, American Student Released From North Korea, Dies

  By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/19/us/otto-warmbier-north-korea-dies.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share Otto F. Warmbier, the University of Virginia honors student who was released from a North Korean prison last week after spending 17 months in captivity and more than a year in...

  • Posted June 20, 2017
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  Trump expresses fury over S. Korea’s decision to delay THAAD deployment: senior official

  WASHINGTON, June 18 (Yonhap) — U.S. President Donald Trump expressed fury over South Korea’s decision to delay the full deployment of the U.S. THAAD missile defense system pending an environmental assessment, a senior official said Sunday. Trump...

  • Posted June 19, 2017
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  N. Korea’s release of American student could be move toward diplomacy: expert

  WASHINGTON, June 15 (Yonhap) — North Korea’s release of a long-detained American student and the visit to Pyongyang by former NBA star Dennis Rodman could be an attempt by the communist nation to encourage Washington to move...

  • Posted June 16, 2017
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