This blog offers selected features of alternative Asian TV segments, news stories, editorials, photos and more from Japan, Korea, India, China and many other Asian countries. This blog also includes some WTF Japanese, North Korean online videos, entertainment news, beautiful Chinese and Japanese models, and much more.
4/21/12
Taiwan's Take on NHL Playoff Violence
If you have been following the NHL playoffs then you know about the recent rise of illegal hits, fights, violence, suspensions etc. And right on time, Taiwan's NMA TV has just published their funny 3D animation news clip about the many recent incidents in the NHL:
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4/20/12
Japan's AKB48 Promoting Lesbian Sex?
Via Yahoo News/AFP April 20, 2012
The popular Japanese all-girl group AKB48 is now being criticized for promoting lesbian sex in a recent TV commercial for Puccho ぷっちょ candy sold by UHA Mikakuto. AKB48 is a song and dance group of about 90 young women who are very popular in Japan and have released other music videos that have also been criticized for being somewhat "homosexual" as well. Well here is the controversial TV commercial in question:
A behind the scenes video for this commercial can be seen here.
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4/19/12
DPRK Kimilsungia Flower Show 2012
Via SFGate April 18, 2012
As previously mentioned in our article on The 100th Birthday of Kim Il Sung in North Korea, this week features the annual Kimilsungia Flower Show in Pyongyang, North Korea. In the above photo a young woman seats a baby on a balcony railing for a photo in front of the "Kimilsungia" flower display. Photo by David Guttenfelder / AP.
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4/16/12
Julie Watai & mishmash* Debut Single "Roll of Love"
FLASH NEWS UPDATE: April 21, 2012 The original Japanese version of this song "Koi No Tamashii" is ranked as the number one best seller on Amazon Japan.
FLASH NEWS UPDATE: April 19, 2012
This debut single by mishmash* and Julie Watai is now ranked at the number one and number two positions for hit songs/most popular downloads on Amazon Japan:
Just released the other day, here is the short version of the international debut single by Julie Watai and mishmash* entitled "Roll of Love" with music video by Kerokeroking:
The long version of this song is available on iTunes and Amazon Japan. mishmash* aka. Toyoaki Mishima 美島豊明 is the sound programmer for the world-renowned musician and producer Cornelius. There is a rumor that this solo project could soon become a full-length album.
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New Julie Watai Self Portrait
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4/15/12
The 100th Birthday of Kim Il Sung in North Korea
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Via Korean Central News Agency KCNA
Pyongyang, North Korea April 15 (KCNA) Today the entire world witnessed and exuberantly celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Kim Il Sung the eternal president and immortal father of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
This grand and esteemed occasion is also being commemorated this week by the annual Mass Games performance and the Kimilsungia flower show. Also an extra special child prodigy classic guitar exhibition will be featured with over 1,000 child prodigy guitarists playing many world-famous and classical works composed by the victorious general himself for a consecutive 48 hours without sleep and synchronized all together! This year's Mass Games will also include many gymnastic and supreme truth socialist expositions featuring one hundred thousand synchronized acrobats all performing inside the May Day Stadium - the world’s largest stadium ever built. This grand extravaganza also features over 50,000 perfectly synchronized sign flipper comrades that will present added color and imagery to this world famous and truly spectacular display of the Juche idea in the worker's paradise.
Below is a magnificent video of Friday the 13th's celebratory performances from the first day of the April Spring Friendship Art Festival (ASFAF). This festival features many talented, high level Asian singers, musicians, clowns and circus performers from inside Best Korea and other countries:
This very special day of worldwide celebration and pageantry of the eternal supreme commander's 100th birthday was also marked by the world's greatest ever fireworks display as seen below in this exclusive Reuters news video:
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North Korean Version of Take on Me
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