The Koreas

• Korean pop singer Rain’s “Magic Stick” has been banned by Korean authorities.
• A new English only radio station in Seoul is going to premier next month and one of the hosts is one of the hottest radio hosts I have seen.
• I think Seodaemun would be a good place to construct a comfort women museum but this particular Korean group does not. Are these guys asshats? I think so.
• Why in the world would the Kuwaiti government be giving a multi-million dollar loan to North Korea?
• Korea placed 3rd in the recent World Ms. University Pageant held in China.
• Korea’s finest “hard at work“.
• Reading Our Dad, the King of Farting.
• This guy really needs to get a life.
• If you are into body painting, this guy is quite good (maybe NSFW).
• What is the most reliable religion in Korea? Find out here.
• The Feetman continues to find interesting people to take pictures of in Hongdae.
• There has been another Kim Jong-il sighting, and this time in Itaewon of all places.

Japan

• After all these years people are still debating deeper meanings in Godzilla movies.
• This sight in Japan is just as often seen in Korea.
• I had no idea there was even COSTCO’s in Japan.
• I have to wonder if demand has increased for whale meat in Japan considering it is now importing whale meat from Iceland for the first time in 17 years.
• You are not going to believe how fat the biggest Japanese born sumo wrestler in history is.
• I am actually quite surprised in the huge disparity of pay between US and Japanese CEO’s.

China

• Should Americans be concerned that China has now officially passed Japan as the world’s largest holder of US Treasury debt?
• Oliver Stone has made a YouTube video on why he is selling his Chinese art.
• Here is an interesting anti-China video clip from the US government in 1964 that warns of the Red Chinese battle plans. How wrong this ended up being.
• Rebecca MacKinnon takes a look at Chinese blog censorship.
• Speaking of Chinese bloggers they did quite well at the recent Best of Blogs Awards.