• 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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  It’s official: Minnesota Twins sign Park Byung-ho to 4-year, $12 million contract

  By Brian Han The wait is over. South Korean slugger Park Byung-ho officially became a Major League Baseball (MLB) player on Tuesday. The Minnesota Twins announced that they agreed to sign the 29-year-old to a four-year contract for...

  • Posted December 1, 2015
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  Birth rate for Korean women in the US among lowest of all immigrant groups

  By Kim Sang-mok Birth rate among Korean women in the United State is among the lowest of all immigrant groups, according to recent data from the Center for Immigration Studies. The data, based on American Community Survey...

  • Posted December 1, 2015
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  Former Miss Korea USA wins Miss World Korea 2015

  Wang Hyun, a California native who was crowned Miss Korea USA last year, won the top title once again at the Miss World Korea 2015 pageant Saturday in Gangwon, South Korea. Wang will go on to represent...

  • Posted December 1, 2015
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  LA City Council passes Korean American National Museum proposal

  By Tae Hong The proposal to construct Los Angeles’s first Korean American National Museum was passed unanimously by the City Council Tuesday. The museum, which will take up the first three floors of a seven-story multiplex on...

  • Posted November 25, 2015
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  President Park compares masked protesters to ISIS

      On Nov. 14, over 70,000 people openly protested South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s policies on labor reform and rewritten history textbooks in Seoul. Violent clashes erupted, which included police firing tear gas and water cannons...

  • Posted November 25, 2015
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  At 18, Lydia Ko’s dominance may just be beginning

  NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Lydia Ko had just been handed a $1 million bonus for the second consecutive year, and the first thing she thought about buying with those newfound additional riches was a new phone. She’s...

  • Posted November 25, 2015
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  Thanksgiving getaway 2015: Cheap gas but fears of terrorism

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — That other Thanksgiving tradition — congested highways and jammed airports — is getting underway with gas prices low and terrorism fears high. An estimated 46.9 million Americans are expected to take a car,...

  • Posted November 24, 2015
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