• 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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  U.S. man caught trying to swim to N. Korea

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — A young American man has been caught trying to swim across a river border into North Korea, a government source said Wednesday (KST). The man was arrested by Marine sentries at around 11:55 p.m....

  • Posted September 17, 2014
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  North Korea’s main Asiad delegation arrives in South Korea

  By Kim Han-joo INCHEON (Yonhap) — The main North Korean delegation to the Asian Games, composed of 87 athletes and officials, arrived in South Korea by plane Tuesday. The main group that took a rare direct flight...

  • Posted September 16, 2014
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  Don’t miss the Korean Parade in L.A.

  The Korea Times Los Angeles staff The Korean Parade, the highlight of the annual Los Angeles Korean Festival, is coming back to the heart of Koreatown Saturday at 3 p.m. Stretching down Olympic Boulevard between Catalina Avenue...

  • Posted September 16, 2014
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  Born deaf and adopted, Tina Duresky refuses to stay silent

  By Julie Carlson In 2012, Tina Reed Duresky, a basketball referee was honored by Governor Janet Brewer with the AZ Governor’s Outstanding Volunteer Award. Duresky was only deaf person nominated out of 30 people. Standing before the...

  • Posted September 15, 2014
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  “Dangerously hot weather” continues in L.A. area

  LOS ANGELES (CNS) – As the region’s heat wave lingered into a new week, a red flag warning denoting a risk of wildfire was in effect in much of Southern California today, along with an excessive heat warning intended...

  • Posted September 15, 2014
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  Queens school with Asian-only kindergarten class reassigns students

  P.S. 159, the Queens elementary school accused of segregating its kindergarten class by race by parents, reassigned students to classrooms after administering an ESL test Thursday. In a meeting Thursday, Paul Didio, the school’s principal, announced the...

  • Posted September 12, 2014
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  CJ chairman given three-year prison term for embezzlement and tax evasion

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — A Seoul appeals court, partly overturning a lower court’s ruling, on Friday handed down a reduced jail sentence of three years to the chairman of food and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group, who is charged...

  • Posted September 12, 2014
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