North Korean Version of "Take on Me"

Unless you've been living in the DPRK, you probably have seen or heard about some kind of strange and funny North Korean videos. Most of the time they feature young kids playing and singing traditional folk tunes or patriotic songs. But now all the way from the Kum Song School in Pyongyang, we have a group of accordion students playing A-Ha's big 80s hit "Take on Me":



This performance is a part of "The Promised Land" project by director and artist Morten Traavik. You can read more about this production at Traavik.info Creative Intelligence Agency and at Barents Spektakel 2012.

UPDATE: Some readers have already written in and Anna from Tokyo wrote: "Didja notice how the phone rang immediately after they finished the song? Probably it was the new Best Kim (aka "The Young-Un" and "Kim Jong Iliberace")



demanding their immediate arrest and incarceration for playing that "foreign devil's music."

We also have an update from the almighty Taro, the lame who says "Japan is always better than Korea! See irrefutable proof":





And, obviously, that is correct as everyone knows that the Japanese are superior to all other humans. But don't forget that Pyongyang North Korea is ‘better’ than Tokyo!

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Why, China Why? Because China #3

In our first "Because China" post we featured a bulldozer on top of an old apartment building while demolishing it! And our favorite Japan correspondent Mr T replied "Why China"?--This is the way they built it" and cleverly referenced this photo. And that reply did speak volumes.

But now we have another inexplicable "Because China" photo that once again begs the question "Why China, Why?"

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Any ideas at all are greatly appreciated.

Related: Why, China Why? Because China #2

See more at Because China.

Toyota Camry Super Bowl Commercial

With the Super Bowl this weekend, it seems as though more and more sponsors are releasing their halftime commercials in advance. But maybe you don't like football, or you could less about the game. Or maybe you hate TV commercials. However, everyone loves the bowl's halftime commercials and this new Toyota Camry commercial is really a winner. Check it out:



See also: Chinese Cop On The Hood of a Speeding Car!

Japan's New WTF "Face Slimmer" Plus Alpha

At first look, this appears to be a Dutch Wife mouthpiece or some kind of S&M bondage gear. But, believe it or not, this new Japanese "Face Slimmer" invention is for real.

A fairly well-known Japanese cosmetic company named Glim started marketing this product at the end of last year. As for WTF is it, the following explanation may not make much sense, but here we go.

First of all, according to the directions, one is to get into a bathtub(?) and then put the Face Slimmer in their mouth:



Then one is to repeat out loud the Japanese vowel sounds - "a i u e o"
『あ　い　う　え　お』 for three (3) minutes a day everyday for the rest of one's life.



Apparently by doing that kind of exercise, both women and men (one size fits all) can strengthen their lips and facial muscles, prevent wrinkles and reshape their visage into the popular "Duck Face"(?) Mmmmkaaaaay, well for more confusion on all of this please read the Google Engrish Generated page.



Get yours now at Rakuten!



But wait. There's more!

From the makers of the well-known but useless Hana Hana contraption also known as the Japanese NOSE ELECTROCUTION! comes the all-new "Facial Lift Atonce":



Using this one is easy and it does not require a bathtub. Simply put the Facial Lift Atonce in your mouth, turn it on, it vibrates a complete 360 degrees and then by some kind of magical power, one then gets a facelift.(?) The directions say that this exercise should also be done three (3) minutes a day everyday for the rest of one's life. This product is also known as "A Face Lift in a Bottle" which apparently produces a very similar effect on men as that of beer goggles. O.O



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OH! Mikey: "Our New Life in Japan"

One of the very funniest Japanese TV shows ever is known as "OH! Mikey". This show started out in the year 2000 as segments on the very popular Vermilion Pleasure Night. Soon afterwards it became a popular late night comedy television show on its own. Here is the first episode entitled "Our New Life in Japan" (includes English subtitles):



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Vermillion Pleasure Night "Midnight Cooking"

Julie Watai's 2012 Calendar

OK all you otakus and weaboos get ready! Julie Watai has just now released her new 2012 Hardware Girls calendar. This is on sale now, but for some unexplained reason, this calendar doesn't start until the first of April.(?) Complexity Level: Asian



Get Julie-san's new calendar here.

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Photographer Hal's WTF Japan Plastic People Photos

Via cbsnews.com January 29, 2012

Because of the rapid and ongoing evolution of the internet, many mainstream news media organizations are now facing sharp declines in viewer ratings and credibility. As a response to that problem, CBS News has broadened their run-of-the-mill news coverage to include WTF Japan in their recent report about Japan's very own Photographer Hal and his popular work of WTF photographs of plastic-wrapped people:





Photographer Hal devised this series in which he asked couples if they would be sealed in a plastic futon bag together while showing themselves as individuals and positioned as couples.

You can see many more interesting photos in this series at Photographer Hal's website

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North Korean Laborers in Siberia

As mentioned earlier in the North Korean Slaves in Russia post, here is the funny and bizzare short documentary in which we are taken deep into Siberia by Shane Smith and Journeyman Pictures. Once there they try to meet and talk to some North Korean laborers working in the area.



See also: Canadian DPRK Documentary "The Defector"

Why, China Why? Because China #2

As everyone knows that Old Internets is best Internets, here is another well-known web photo that asks the eternal question "Why, China Why?" And then answers it with the universal reply of "Because China":



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What A Wonderful World Photo

Via Yahoo News Best images from the week of January 27th

Here is a very cool shot of NASA's recent high resolution (8000 x 8000 pixels) photo of the “Blue Marble.” To date, this is the highest resolution photograph taken of the earth by NASA's newest earth-observing satellite Suomi NPP:



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Stop The Global ACTA Treaty!

Via Avaz.org Posted: 25 January 2012

Last week, 3 million of us beat back America's attack on our Internet! --- but there is an even bigger threat out there, and our global movement for freedom online is perfectly poised to kill it for good.

ACTA - a global treaty - could allow corporations to censor the Internet. Negotiated in secret by a small number of rich countries and corporate powers, it would set up a shadowy new anti-counterfeiting body to allow private interests to police everything that we do online and impose massive penalties -- even prison sentences -- against people they say have harmed their business.

Please sign the Avaz.org petition!

Japan's Sacred Gaijin Hierarchy

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Note: I didn't create this and, of course, it's not exactly correct. Just regurgitating the latest funny papers.

See much more about Japan's Gods among men at FACKED GAIJIN.

Happy Chinese New Year 2012!

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Cute Japanese Air Force Fighter

Here is a recent photo of a "cute" Japanese Air Force Fighter. That is all.



Actually, this is from Bandai's popular Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation video game.

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Japan's Play-With-Yourself Toilet Game

Last year we were introduced to Japan's new Forever Alone Karaoke in Tokyo and Japan's Hand(job) iPhone Case Forever Alone Model and don't forget Japan's New Communication w/ Yourself Invention. But now, game maker Sega brings us this Play-With-Yourself Toilet Game! And here is a short, close up clip of this latest forever alone creation:



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Learn Chinese From Sexy Lesbians

So you want to learn another language and especially an Asian language. But you're not sure which one Japanese? Chinese? Korean? All of them are difficult and each one requires many years of study in order to masterbate. Maybe you're worried about that high learning curve.

Well, now all of your worries are over as it is time for you to "dive right into" the first lesson of sexy Mandarin with two smoking hot Chinese lesbians:

Note: This video may not be safe for work. (NSFW)



And forgetting your homework will result in an extra one hour detention after class. ;O)

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NMA TV on The Megaupload Bust

The very funny and ever reliable NMA.TV has just now weighed in on yesterday's shutdown of Megaupload.com and the arrest of its founder Kim Dotcom:



See more hilarious news updates at Next Media News Animation TV

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