• 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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  Chanel to host fashion show in Seoul

  By Park Si-soo French luxury fashion house Chanel will stage its first fashion show in Korea in May. Bruno Pavlovsky, president of Chanel fashion, said in an interview that the show will be held at the Dongdaemun...

  • Posted January 27, 2015
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  S. Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan fails drug test

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean Olympic swimming champ Park Tae-hwan has failed a doping test, his agency said on Monday, blaming the result on an illegal injection administered by a local doctor. Team GMP, the swimmer’s agency,...

  • Posted January 26, 2015
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  S. Korea defeats Iraq 2-0 to reach Asian Cup final

  SYDNEY (Yonhap) — South Korea defeated Iraq 2-0 to reach the final of the AFC Asian Cup for the first time in 27 years. Forward Lee Jeong-hyeop and defensive back Kim Young-gwon scored a goal apiece in...

  • Posted January 26, 2015
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  Korean American community steps up to help victims of Edgewater fire

  A devastating fire broke out at the luxury Avalon apartment complex in Edgewater, N.J., Wednesday, dislocating about 500 residents — about 100 of them Korean American — and destroying 240 homes out of 408. The local Korean...

  • Posted January 23, 2015
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  Park nominates ruling party floor leader as new prime minister

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye nominated the ruling party’s floor leader as her new prime minister and named a group of special advisers, an official said Friday, in an apparent move to win back public trust....

  • Posted January 23, 2015
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  Park’s approval rating hits new low of 30 pct: poll

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye’s approval rating hit a new low of 30 percent this week amid public backlash over the government’s new tax settlement scheme, a survey showed Friday. The survey on 1,001 adults nationwide...

  • Posted January 23, 2015
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  Korean American organization fights to keep artifacts in the US

  A collection of artifacts from the Korean independence movement in the U.S. finds itself in the middle of an administrative war. The Korean National Association Memorial Foundation, which is in a legal battle with the Korean American...

  • Posted January 22, 2015
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