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Controversy Over Miss Korea Runner-up Demotion
I guess this sort of controversy is nothing new in the silly world of beauty pageants, but I found the news that Miss Korea runner-up (Kim Hee-kyeong) had her status stripped due to her having posed in lingerie and ....
Tags: new, world, korea, women, beautiful, wife, competition, winner
Son Dambi and SHINee Celebrate at Poolside
Son Dambi and SHINee cheered on Korea's "Marine Boy," Park Tae Hwan, as he snatched the Gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the 400m freestyle swimming event. Park Tae Hwan destroyed the competition by completing...
Tags: korea, 2008, beijing, boy, olympics, gold, competition
South Korean team on The Amazing Race Asia 3
The Amazing Race Asia 3 (TARA3) fields its first-ever South Korean team in the form of the sporty Hong brothers - William (홍우림 - Hong Woo-rim) and Isaac...
Tags: korean, korea, show, tv, fans, series, actress, asia, south korea, south korean, malaysia, competition, travel
Father of former Olympian killed in Beijing
The fatal stabbing of the father of a former Olympian at a Beijing landmark cast a sad shadow over the first full day of Olympic competition Saturday, just hours after China's jubilant opening of the Summer Games.
America's best dance crew season 2: week eight
Alas, it was time to say goodbye to one of my three favorite crews. At the point in the competition, with three great crews left, I knew it was going to be sad to see one of them go home last night.
Tags: home, dance, competition
Book collector Yuan Shang enjoys accumulating foreign language dictionaries. "By reading dictionaries," he says, "we can see how western ideas were accepted by the Chinese people."
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BEIJING (Kyodo) Japan's women's national team arrived in Beijing on Thursday looking to spring a surprise and make it third-time lucky in its quest for a medal in the Olympic soccer competition.
Tags: japan, japanese, beijing, women, olympic, spring, competition, game, soccer
Blazing the Path for Asian American Businesses to Succeed
In May the U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation held its flagship event, the CelebrAsian Business Opportunity Conference, in the nation's capital. As part of continuing efforts...
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Japan objects to Olympic baseball rules
The new baseball rules for the 2008 Beijing Olympics has team Japan manager Senichi Hoshino very upset. The new rules state that during the 11th inning, each team will begin with a runner on first and second base.
Tags: japan, new, world, 2008, beijing, fans, international, games, olympic, olympics, competition, baseball, game, rules
From cherry blossoms to samurai to housing, the Japanese sure have a thing for the short lived, and especially for 限定商品 (gentei syouhin) — seasonal, regional or limited edition products. Restaurant menus and convenience...
Tags: japanese, new, summer, list, restaurant, spring, competition, tea, samurai, sakura
Over the weekend, the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival set an attendance record. The mission of the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival is to build bridges of awareness, knowledge and understanding between the diverse....
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Japanese beauty on world's stage
Regarding the July 16 article "Miss Universe lesson: Japanese women find beauty inside and out": As the world becomes globalized, the concept of beauty is also globalizing. In 2003 Miyako Miyazaki won...
Tags: japanese, people, world, 2007, girls, women, culture, 2006, competition
A Final Battle for Olympic Tickets
From my colleague Lin Yang, here's some footage and an account of the arduous ticket lines in Beijing today...
Tags: china, people, video, beijing, tv, police, hong kong, olympic, car, competition, soccer
Pole dancing becoming popular in China
Now I had heard that pole dancing had become popular in the United States, but had not hear about the rising popularity of the "exercise" in China. In today's New York Times, the newspaper reports "From the Erotic Domain....
Tags: china, new, chinese, american, popular, women, woman, dance, new york, united states, future, 2006, parents, dancing, competition
Man Asia Literary Prize: 2008 Long List
Has it been a year already? The long list for the 2008 Man Asia Literary Prize has been announced; only three of the twenty titles are Chinese. In our corner....
Tags: chinese, 2008, man, english, asia, list, internet, competition, winner, rules, youth
Seoul's choice: Busan or Takeshima
SOON OR LATE, South Korea will have to choose which paradigm to apply for its relations with Japan. They have two choices, both of which can be represented by geographical entities.nOne choice is Busan, a city of more ...
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