- 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
All posts tagged "topstories"
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Choi’s daughter extradited to S. Korea to face probe into scandal
SEOUL, May 31 (Yonhap) — The daughter of former President Park Geun-hye’s close friend involved in a corruption scandal returned to South Korea on Wednesday after she was extradited from Denmark where she was in custody for...
- Posted May 31, 2017
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Successful ICBM interceptor test shows U.S. can outpace missile threats through 2020: official
By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, May 31 (Yonhap) — The successful shootdown of an intercontinental ballistic missile target in this week’s interceptor test shows the United States can “outpace” foreign missile threats through 2020, the U.S. missile defense...
- Posted May 31, 2017
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BTS salutes K-pop heroes for paving way for Billboard victory
SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) — K-pop group BTS, the second-ever South Korean artist to win at the Billboard Music Awards, on Monday thanked former Korean pop legends for paving the way for K-pop to become a global...
- Posted May 30, 2017
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TV show ‘Stranger’ deals with prosecutor corruption in minute detail
SEOUL, May 30 (Yonhap) — In recent years, there has been a flood of TV shows and movies that deal with corruption by prosecutors, such as “The King,” “Inside Men” and “Defendant.” And now tvN, albeit better...
- Posted May 30, 2017
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Christian-Backed School Teaches Scions of the Elite in Atheist North Korea
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/world/asia/north-korea-university-christian-evangelical.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share By CHOE SANG-HUN SEOUL, South Korea — Set on 250 sprawling acres in North Korea’s capital, the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology obeys the rules of the Kim family cult. Atop its main building, large...
- Posted May 29, 2017
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North Korean Tests Add Urgency for U.S. to Fix Defense Flaws
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/us/politics/north-koreas-missiles-us-defense.html?mcubz=0 By DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD WASHINGTON — As the Pentagon prepares to conduct its first test in three years of the multibillion-dollar effort to intercept a North Korean warhead, it hopes to demonstrate...
- Posted May 29, 2017
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How Saudi Arabia played Donald Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/saudi-arabia-just-played-donald-trump/2017/05/25/d0932702-4184-11e7-8c25-44d09ff5a4a8_story.html?utm_term=.a5eb4d9115e8 By Fareed Zakaria This week’s bombing in Manchester, England, was another gruesome reminder that the threat from radical Islamist terrorism is ongoing. And President Trump’s journey to the Middle East illustrated yet again how the country...
- Posted May 26, 2017