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News
Year One: PRC Premier Xi Jinping’s Leadership
Following a routine trip to a retirement home in Beijing, Xi Jinping’s celebrity has been enough to cause people to make pilgrimages to the location in Sijiqing and trace the “presidential route” that the Premier of the world’s second largest economy took when he visited the pensioners living there. It is expected that some 7,000 […]
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North Korea News Today
Dennis Rodman Loves Traveling to North Korea
An apparently chummy relationship between Kim Jong-un and Dennis Rodman deepens as the controversial former NBA basketball player travels again to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to visit Pyongyang and take in the sites in one of east Asia’s most brutal dictatorships. Apparently either ignorant of the human rights situation in North Korea […]
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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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Documentary
The World’s Most Rapid Economic Transformation: The Emergence of Modern China
The world’s second largest and fastest growing economy, the People’s Republic of China, has transformed itself from a near-medieval, third-world nation consisting largely of peasant farmers into the world’s largest manufacturing power on the planet. The transformation has almost occurred overnight – with many of China’s sleepy villages demolished in favor of brand new cities […]
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North Korea News Today
Imprisoned in North Korea, American Kenneth Bae Gravely Ill
The imprisoned American Christian missionary Kenneth Bae, serving 15 years of hard labor for subversive activities against the government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), is reportedly ‘gravely ill’ according to his family. He is too weak to work, according to statements by his sister, Terri Chung. It was alleged by the DPRK […]
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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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Japanese Troops Join US Marines in War Games
In a change of pace for the Japanese Self Defense Forces, all three branches of its military are participating with US Marines in war games off the coast of California with an emphasis on training the Japanese troops to hold and defend islands from invading forces. This comes after the controversy that erupted last year […]
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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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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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