Asia
Food
How to Make Fried Rice (Bokkeumbap: 볶음밥) with Maangchi
Maangchi‘s videos always make us hungry. This video for bokkeumbap is no exception. Kim chi and various seasonings come together for a uniquely Korean spin on a well-known dish, fried rice. Give it a shot if you’re feeling adventurous.
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News
The Death of Lo Hsing Han: Burma’s Heroin Godfather
Prior to his death, Lo Hsing Han was one of Myanmar’s premier business personalities, with wealth so vast that it is difficult to estimate its true extent. Lo Hsing Han’s Asia World conglomerate’s business transactions often surpassed those of the actual economy of Myanmar itself. The problem with Lo Hsing Han’s wealth, and his rise […]
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MMO Video Games (Massively Multiplayer Online)
XL Games Debuts New ArcheAge Trailer
A new trailer for the most anticipated Korean-MMO to ever come West, ArcheAge, was debuted by XLGames this past week and, while scant on substance, it is high on the epic scale! Here’s to hoping Trion Worlds can meet with success in this latest MMO effort. ArcheAge releases the Fall of 2013 from Trion and […]
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J Pop Group Machikado Keiki Japan Draws Inspiration from the Nikkei Stock Average
Kanon Mori, Yuki Sakura, Hinako Kuroki and Jun Amaki comprise the J Pop girl group Machikado Keiki Japan, the latest singing sensation in the land of the Rising Sun but this time with a twist – their songs and music videos draw inspiration from the ups and downs of Japan’s stock market, the Nikkei. The girls range in ages from 16 […]
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Turkish PM Erdogan Declares Twitter a ‘Troublemaker’
Embattled Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared popular internet microblogging service Twitter a troublemaker in his latest round of anti-freedom salvos launched since the beginning of the riots in Istanbul. He declared the information being spread on the service lies and labeled Twitter an enemy of modern governments: There is a trouble called Twitter. […]
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Luxury Skiing in Wonsan How the DPRK Plans to Bring the Alps to North Korea
Now we don’t claim to know anything about North Korean geography, or whether Wonsan would even be appropriate for the location of said resort, but reports have emerged from Pyongyang that the central government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea plans on bringing luxury, alpine trails to the mountains and vistas of the world’s […]
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The Rise of China
The rise of the People’s Republic of China has caused the largest geopolitical shift since the emergence of the United States as a world power following World War II. What can the world expect from a prominent and powerful China and how will Chinese power influence the direction of world economic and political development? Less […]
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North Korea Warns Foreign Nationals to Evacuate South Korea Ahead of Possible War
The official state media outlet of the DPRK has issued a warning to foreign nationals currently residing in South Korea to evacuate ahead of a potential missile test by Pyongyang. In a further escalation of tensions since the DPRK issued a statement warning diplomats in Pyongyang that their safety could not be guaranteed in the […]
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Is North Korea’s State Ideology, Juche(주체), a Religion?
According to Adherents.com, which tracks membership numbers among the world’s various religions, the 10th largest religious group in the world is the entire state of North Korea itself – namely, the Juche (주체) ideology coined by Eternal President Kim Il-sung and propagated through the DPRK’s propaganda machine. The Juche movement is much more overtly religious […]
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