• 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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  Otto Warmbier Was ‘Brutalized and Terrorized’ in North Korea, Father Says

  By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG New York Times WYOMING, Ohio — For more than a year, while their son Otto was a prisoner in North Korea, Fred and Cindy Warmbier knew nothing about his fate. Then, over the last week,...

  • Posted June 16, 2017
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  U.S. experts see little chance of U.S.-N. Korea talks resuming after Warmbier’s release

  By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, June 14 (Yonhap) — The rare secret meetings the United States and North Korea held about a long-detained American student are unlikely to lead to resumption of broader nuclear talks as long as...

  • Posted June 15, 2017
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  Solving the Korea Crisis by Teaching a Horse to Sing

  Thomas L. Friedman New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/opinion/north-korea-crisis-foreign-policy.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share   In fact, one of the most popular housing markets for young Koreans today is Musan, located just south of the DMZ, the demilitarized zone separating the South from the North....

  • Posted June 14, 2017
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  Professor injured from parcel explosion

  SEOUL, June 13 (Yonhap) — A university professor was injured from an unidentified blast that went off from a parcel delivery, the police said Tuesday. The explosion occurred in the professor’s office located at an engineering faculty...

  • Posted June 13, 2017
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  N. Korea on track for new missile test every 2.1 weeks: U.S. expert

  WASHINGTON, June 11 (Yonhap) — North Korea could carry out a missile test every 2.1 weeks if the communist regime continues with such banned launches at the same pace it has done so far this year, a...

  • Posted June 12, 2017
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  South Korean Pianist Wins the Van Cliburn Competition

  By ZACHARY WOOLFE New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/11/arts/music/south-korean-pianist-wins-the-van-cliburn-competition.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share Yekwon Sunwoo won the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition on Saturday, besting 29 rivals over two weeks of playing to become the prestigious contest’s first champion from South Korea. The Cliburn,...

  • Posted June 12, 2017
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  U.S. experts call for peace treaty with N. Korea to encourage Pyongyang to denuclearize

  WASHINGTON, June 8 (Yonhap) — The United States should consider concluding a peace treaty with North Korea without preconditions in order to encourage the communist nation to give up its nuclear programs, a former U.S. diplomat and...

  • Posted June 8, 2017
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