The Koreas

• Maybe this is what was really behind the recent rocket launch, promoting North Korean tours.
• Be on the look out for rip off foreign restaurants in Itaewon.
• The State of the Youth in 2009.
• This has to be the funniest Michelle Wie picture I have seen yet.
• Without a serious GI incident in a while you “white looking” English teachers really are getting hammered lately.
• Nothing to see here other then a Korean teacher raping and molesting students in Chungcheongbuk-do.
• Here are some pretty pictures from Wando Island.  You can of course see pictures of my own trip to the island here, here, and here.
• My wiener has a heart on for you.
• Youtube rejects Korea’s real name system.
• Differences between America’s and Korea’s service expectations.
• 7 Creative Korean Ads
• Someone else claiming that only negotiations can solve the North Korean nuclear issue.

Japan

• Here is a J-Babe Easter Special for everyone.
• A look at Japan’s tradition of female bus tour guides.
• I actually saw this guy playing in Ueno the last time I was in Japan.
• Some nice pictures of my favorite city in Japan.
• Will there ever be an Asian Lord of the Rings?
• Interesting interview with a Japanese World War II veteran who served in China.
• The oldest known photograph of Yokohama has been found.
• Is the Ken Tanaka story true?

China

• Good read on Chinese investments in North Korea.
• I agree that hell will freeze over before China approves a Truth & Reconciliation Commission.
• China’s gender gap is wide and growing.
• Universal health care coming to China?