Asia

Shinzo Abe
Asia
International Relations

Territorial Disputes in East Asia: Japan’s Military Buildup to Counter China’s Expansion

Russia Today: ‘Japan, US struggle to contain China at any cost’ Will Japan amend article 9 of its constitution to allow for military buildup to counter a rising People’s Republic of China? Shinzo Abe’s government argues peace, critics say it’s all about arms sales Tensions in southeast Asia have remained as territorial disputes over possessions […]

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North Korea First Lady Ri Sol Ju
North Korea News Today

Kim Jong un’s Wife Ri Sol-ju is Pyongyang Fashion Icon

KCTV Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju Visits Rungna People′s Pleasure Ground North Korea’s first lady Ri Sol-ju is the DPRK’s foremost fashionista, sporting looks that favor Chanel and often adorned with flower-shaped broaches, ribbons, polka dots, ruffles, and flashy accessories. North Korean’s women are attempting to imitate Ri Sol-ju’s fashion sense and have […]

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News

Asia‘s Great Wealth Divide

As Nikkei points out with this awesome graphic, while the nations of East Asia have the fastest growing economies in the world, there is still a lot of work to be done in closing the gap between the nations’ poorest and wealthiest citizens. Nikkei notes that the gap is greatest in Malaysia and that disparities […]

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North Korea News Today

The Elite Martial Arts Division of the DPRK’s Korean People’s Army (KPA)

Nothing like smashing some bricks with your face to show the world you mean business when it comes to threatening East Asia with nuclear armageddon. Of course, Kim Jong un’s leadership and genius has inspired these  feats of martial madness and the announcer’s always and forever excited voice can’t help but imbue it all with […]

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North Korea News Today

Pyongyang Chain of Restaurants – A Little Bit of North Korea in Franchise Form

Of all the places you would expect to find a North Korean-owned chain restaurant called Pyongyang, Cambodia may make the short list of least likely locales to host yet another of the DPRK’s exotic, quixotic, or just down-right odd attempts at propaganda. These restaurants serve traditional Korean fare and feature beautiful and talented waitresses that […]

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MMO Video Games (Massively Multiplayer Online)
Video Games

Korean ArcheAge Epic Gameplay Video

Gameplay from the Korean version of the upcoming mmo fantasy rpg from Trion. Currently ArcheAge is in Alpha and a lucky few here in the West are able to play it but, until a full release, we’re not likely to know what changes are going to be implemented in the western version of the game. […]

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Video Games

F2P ArcheAge Confirmed for 2014 by Trion

Korean massively multiplayer online role playing game ArcheAge’s release was confirmed for this year, 2014, and, even more importantly, was announced by Trion Games as a free-to-play mmo, in contrast to the subscription based models used by World of Warcraft or Final Fantasy XIV. ArcheAge will feature a cash shop and promises to feature the […]

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Video Games

ArcheAge Guild Housing

While we still wait for Trion’s official release of the westernized adaptation of Korean massively multiplayer online role-playing game ArcheAge from XL Studios, a process that is increasingly becoming painful as fans of the sandpark Asian mmo would love to delve right into it now, we at least YouTube video of gamers enjoying the Korean […]

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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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