- 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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A year later, Sewol tragedy continues to haunt South Korea
The ferry disaster that paralyzed South Korea met its one-year anniversary Thursday. On April 16, 2014, the passenger ferry boat Sewol sank near Jindo Island. It was carrying 476 people, a majority of them the junior class...
- Posted April 15, 2015
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Anti-corruption crusader under siege over alleged bribery
SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s anti-corruption crusader is under mounting pressure to quit amid a snowballing bribery scandal that rocked the government of President Park Geun-hye. Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo is accused of accepting 30...
- Posted April 14, 2015
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Classrooms remain shrines for Sewol victims until ‘spiritual graduation’
ANSAN, South Korea (AP) — Surrounded by the buzz of regular school life, a few classrooms at Danwon High School stand apart. They have become part shrine, part refuge, part confessional. One year ago a ferry carrying...
- Posted April 14, 2015
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‘Avengers’ stars open up on sequel
By Brian Han (BURBANK, Calif.) — The stars of Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron” gathered together on Saturday to discuss the highly anticipated blockbuster before its May 1 release. The first installment of “The Avengers” grossed over...
- Posted April 13, 2015
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A year after Sewol, concert pulls together LA Korean musicians
By Tae Hong The tragedy that shook South Korea came on a spring day last year. One of the millions to its witness was Hwang Kwangsun, a Korean national who had moved stateside to study music about...
- Posted April 13, 2015
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2 dead in IS shooting at S. Korean Embassy in Libya
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Gunmen opened fire early Sunday at the local guards of the South Korean Embassy in the Libyan capital, killing one of them as well as a civilian who was in the area, a...
- Posted April 13, 2015
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Mama Pak’s Kitchen does it with style
By Tae Hong Hanna Pak is a do-it-yourself kind of cook. The relative food-world newbie may not have a culinary degree or the fancy tools of professional chefs, but she gets it done just fine with a...
- Posted April 10, 2015