
Combining two of Japan’s favorite edibles, schoolgirls and the Korean dish Kimchi, these 女子高生キムチ / High School Girl Kimchi boxes come complete with cover art of a cute schoolgirl, utilizing the otaku-attracting marketing technique already seen to sell Ita-Rice, Ita-Curry, Ayanami Ita-Ramen, and Nagi-sama butter.
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A South Korean publisher has recently produced a manhwa, or Korean manga, detailing the early life of a young and distinctly moe Barrack Obama.
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These curious images seem to suggest the tyrannical dynasty of the Kims, who rule over their impoverished fiefdom of North Korea with only the military brass between them and complete absolutism, has a certain special interest in their younger female comrades, one which has passed from the late “Eternal President” Kim Il-sung to his playboy son Kim Jong-il…
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North Korean rhetoric has reached a new crescendo of violence, with their latest threats being to wipe out a third of Japan’s population in a stroke if Japan “attacks” the wretched slave nation:
“If Japan wages another war of conquest, their whole land will be subject to our retaliatory strike! Japan’s major cities of Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, Nagoya and Kyoto are home to over a third of Japan’s population, and house most of its industry.
Should we launch our powerful counterattack, Japan will become a scene of carnage!”
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A Democratic Party of Japan politician, Yukio Hatoyama, has created a storm of xenophobia after he suggested in a live NicoNico Douga broadcast that permanently resident foreigners should have the right to vote in local elections.
Opponents (including, it seems, the entirety of 2ch and Nico) immediately pounced on this as evidence of high treason and an unhealthy sympathy for the non-Japanese wretches who are apparently the source of so many evils in Japan.
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- Author: jinstevens
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Apr 17, 2009 02:40 JST
- Tags: Dancing, Fail, Gee, Girl's Generation, Idol, K-pop, Korea, Music, Video Gallery

K-pop girl band Girls’ Generation, whose chart-topping single song “Gee” has spread like wildfire both in Asia and in the West, has inspired a host of imitators who have paid homage to the group’s sexy dance moves and have posted videos of their exploits for all to see.
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YouTube has decided to cripple its Korean site rather than comply with a new law which would force it to publish the real names of all contributors and commenters on the site.
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A storm has erupted after video of a Japan-resident Korean attacking a Japanese protestor was posted online.
The protest was criticising North Korea’s missile test diplomacy and the role Japan’s Korean population has in supporting the North Korean regime.
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This book has been hailed as “the reason why Korea is strong in maths”; as you can see it offers a potentially useful application of trigonometry to the would be panchira maniac.
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Bellicose beggar-state North Korea may threaten Japan with missile over-flights, but any such launch is doomed by Japan’s superior technology, as the above missile defence diagram illustrates quite clearly.
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More sordid details are emerging about the suicide of Hana Yori Dango actress Jang Ja-yeon. Along with notes which detailed the sexual encounters she was forced into, being beaten if she failed to perform, police have uncovered what appears to be a full service brothel at the offices of her management agency.
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Fans may revile the Hollywood version of Dragonball, but it is far from the first attempt to adapt the manga; you can compare Hollywood’s live action versions from Korea and Taiwan below.
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