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Woman Goes Nuts After Missing Flight

» by April 7th, 2009 at 11:57 pm » Comments (7)

Via a reader tip is this video of a woman going absolutely nuts after missing her flight at the Hong Kong Airport: This video was taken by a cell phone camera ...more »

Fish with Human Face Discovered in South Korea

» by March 5th, 2009 at 8:54 pm » Comments (8)

Here is a strange story for everyone: Fish with human-looking faces are causing quite a stir in South Korea. Believed to be the mix of two carp species, the fish appear to ...more »

Seoul Woman Sets Karaoke World Record

» by February 21st, 2009 at 11:09 pm » Comments (0)

This is really incredible when you think about it: A South Korean housewife on Saturday broke a world record in marathon singing after crooning for more than 76 hours without stopping ...more »

Korean ‘Ghost Airports’ Abandoned

» by February 9th, 2009 at 5:15 am » Comments (2)

What is it about North Asia countries building airports nobody will fly to. On the afternoon of Feb. 2, cold winds swept into the passenger terminal of Yangyang International Airport in ...more »

Korean & Japanese Barrell Rollers Face Off

» by December 31st, 2008 at 9:25 pm » Comments (0)

Via Japan Probe comes this unusual face off between Japan and Korea: Why can't all face offs between Japan and Korea be as polite as this one?  Maybe the two countries ...more »

Freak shot lands Korean golfer in court and caddy in hospital

» by October 27th, 2008 at 7:00 am » Comments (1)

Not all South Koreans play like Se Ri Pak or KJ Choi. A South Korean golfer has paid a heavy price for an embarrassing shot that landed his caddy in hospital. The ...more »

Picking Gingko From Street Trees Is Theft

» by October 15th, 2008 at 5:52 am » Comments (5)

This news is just nuts Three women in their 30s were booked for picking gingko nuts from trees on public roads, police said Monday. They said collecting already-fallen gingko nuts from the ...more »

American Protestors are Pansies

» by August 23rd, 2008 at 10:22 pm » Comments (6)

The Boston Herald.com on 23 Aug printed an article about the Denver protestors and I started to snicker as I read it. The article made it sound like the protestors ...more »

Korean Government Warns Foreigners of Fan Death

» by June 20th, 2008 at 2:18 am » Comments (9)

It figures that the Ministry of Culture & Tourism in their official guidebook are warning foreigners about the dangers of, you guessed it, Fan Death!  With all the cows and ...more »

A Pedophile’s Dream

» by February 4th, 2008 at 4:20 am » Comments (17)

Via Mark, comes this seriously disturbing video: I fail to understand how anybody could first of all make this video in the first place and then secondly put it on YouTube ...more »

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