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Monday, September 06, 2010
Mameshiba 5 - Edamame
Safe for Work? Yes
Just as a business man is about to eat an edamame, he falls victim to the charm and wit of an adorable edamame mameshiba and its irreverently funny trivia.
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Monday, September 06, 2010
iPhone 4 South Korea debut and iOS 4.1 happening this week
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Apple’s hugely successful iPhone 4 firstly debuted in the U.S. and select European countries like Germany and the U.K., and most recently a few weeks ago in 17 additional countries including Canada.
The iPhone 4 is now set to launch in South Korea.
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Sunday, September 05, 2010
Book Review: The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves - and Why it Matters
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Over the past few months, North Korea has been been in the headlines even more than usual. A partial list includes a revelation through the Wikileaks documents on the Afghanistan war that Osama bin Laden’s money man flew to North Korea to buy weapons, the seizure of a South Korean fishing ship (again) and threatening to blow the entire peninsula to hell because South Korea accused the North of sinking one of its ships. Most recently we’ve seen Jimmy Carter travel to Pyongyang to secure the release of Aijalon Gomez, an American who was sentenced to eight years of hard labor after straying across the border into North Korea from China. During his seven-month imprisonment, Gomez was driven to such despair by the experience that he attempted to commit suicide.
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Saturday, September 04, 2010
Miss Universes
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China - Get to know Tang Wen.
Japan - Get to know Maiko Itai
Korea - Get to know Joori Kim
Thailand - Get to know Fonthip Watcharatrakul
Philippines - Get to know Venus Raj
Mexico (WINNER) - Get to know Jimena Navarrete
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Friday, September 03, 2010
Japanese magician walks through table
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Guy walks through a table.
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Friday, September 03, 2010
Is North Korea’s Kim poised to name his successor?
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At some point in the next few days the North Korean Workers Party will hold its first delegates conference in more than 44 years.
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Thursday, September 02, 2010
Orange Ball Demo Video
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Get the inside scoop on Japans secret weapon.
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Thursday, September 02, 2010
‘The People I’ve Slept With’: Cheung’s comeback
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Karin Anna Cheung was given a gift almost a decade ago when she won the role of the high school object of desire in Justin Lin’s landmark Asian American noir, “Better Luck Tomorrow.”
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
The Changing World of Japan’s Geisha
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The changing world of Japan’s Geisha from Matthew Allard on Vimeo.
Al Jazeera’s Steve Chao reports from Kyoto on the changing world of the geisha. Shot and edited by Matthew Allard, the piece gives us a rare, inside look at their modern world.
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Coming soon in Japan … a noisier Prius
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Toyota’s Prius hybrid is becoming a little less quiet with a new electronic humming device that is the automaker’s answer to complaints that pedestrians can’t hear the top-selling car approaching.
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