Preliminary figures suggest that the economy of Japan is heading for a recession after a year with strained relations with China, a major trading partner, and an extremely strong yen currency, both of which have combined to result in a slowdown for the world’s third largest economy. Revised official data on Monday morning showed that […]
Read MoreFrom Wikipedia: TVXQ, an acronym for Tong Vfang Xien Qi (traditional Chinese: 東方神起), stylized as TVXQ!, is a South Korean pop group formed in 2003 under SM Entertainment. In South Korea they are known as Dong Bang Shin Ki (Korean: 동방신기), often abbreviated as DBSK; and in Japan as Tohoshinki (Japanese: 東方神起). Their name translates […]
Read MoreStories of repression in the DPRK are nothing new, with numerous accounts of prison work camps, political re-education, and the thorough repression of individualism at the altar of state indoctrination regularly pouring out of the Republic of Korea’s northern brother. That is why some may find it shocking to learn that North Korea has set […]
Read MoreIn 2001 French Affair released the new track, “Sexy”, which proved to be a hit. The following year the band released “I Like That”, followed by “Comme ci comme ça”, another hit single, in 2003. In 2006, French Affair released their second, all-French language album,Rendezvous, promoted by a single “Symphonie d’amour”. The album featured vocals […]
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