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Kikuchi Aya, member of AKB48 fired for leaked photos
Japantoday.com reported, "Ayaka Kikuchi, 15, who is a member of the pop group AKB48, was fired from the group on Thursday according to her management agency."
Hwang Bo wants to be Techtonic's Angelina Jolie
Yet another has-been star reviving her career due to MBC's "We Got Married" (who knew this show was capable of so much power?). Hwangbo, of the former girl group Chakra, has vowed to be "the female hero for Techtonic in Korea..
Enjo kosai - a growing problem in Hong Kong
A group in Hong Kong claims that young girls in their city are turning to enjo kosai (compensated dating)...
Tags: japan, group, girls, women, hong kong, family, men, money, sex, problem, trade, dating, luxury
Spain Basketball Team's Racist Gesture
Several Asian American bloggers (thanks to AngryAsianMan for first pointing it out) and now, major news organizations such as ABC News and the New York Times, have been covering this emerging controversy: Spain's Olympic basketball...
Tags: new, people, chinese, world, us, group, beijing, asian, american, fans, english, school, games, family, men, olympic, olympics, new york, united states, power, history, problem, funny, gold, asian american, british, asians, climate, basketball, soccer, racism
The essay is by Ann Condi who has extensive experience working inside Chinese state media. You can read a previous essay by Condi on Danwei: Self-censorship: the 2,000 pound rhinoceros on the dining table.
Tags: china, new, people, chinese, world, us, song, 2008, love, show, group, beijing, single, tv, life, media, popular, singer, english, live, party, free, games, foreign, performance, festival, military, style, olympic, olympics, cute, director, leader, drama, culture, sexy, commercial, development, workers, spring, army, teacher, fake, river, singers, jackie chan, struggle
SYP's Idol radar alert was blaring off this weekend with the debut of two new boybands - SMASH and DNT. Wow! Two new boybands in one weekend. That is sure to make fangirls go crazy.
Tags: new, people, korean, music, song, show, group, live, performance, debut, dance, idol
Beijing: Chinatown in Disneyland
The streets are clean, the people are smiling, the transportation is free and the staff is able and willing to answer any and all questions. Is this Beijing or Disneyland?
Tags: new, china, people, world, korea, show, group, beijing, star, life, popular, english, free, games, men, summer, olympic, olympics, future, rain, cover, development, game, workers, baseball, cars, tradition, pollution, beach, advertisement, decline
Kelly Hu & George Takei "Embrace Your Power" to Vote
The non-partisan Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment (CAUSE) just launched its 30 second television commercial / public service announcement (PSA), "Embrace Your Power," starring Kelly Hu and George Takei.
Tags: new, chinese, video, music, group, asian, man, movie, asia, woman, united states, youtube, power, commercial, modern
NOVELIST AND AUTHOR Mark Mordue has some discouraging words about the Beijing Olympics in an op-ed piece appearing in The Age (of Australia) titled Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon:n(T)hese Games are about symbolically ...
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S.F. Little Saigon Seeks Money for New Gates
The Vietnamese American community is trying to raise money to cover the costs of two pillars that went up last month at the intersection of Eddy and Larkin, marking the gateway to Little Saigon.
Tags: new, us, show, group, asian, single, american, live, money, style, director, art, war, project, cover, commercial, restaurant, vietnam, dancing, population, vietnamese, mayor
Asian Americans to be nine percent of population
Asians, Blacks, Hispanics and other people of color will make up a majority of Americans by 2042, according to new government projections. That's eight years sooner than previous estimates, made in 2004.
Tags: new, people, group, asian, government, director, future, baby, population, increase, birth, deaths, asians
Some ELF are shaking in their boots with the thought of Super Junior being only 12 members. There's been some rumors spreading across the Korean Blogosphere that KiBum will be leaving the group shortly before the release...
Going retro: Sung Yuri for VIKIFormerly of pop group Fin.K.L. Sung Yuri is dressed to the nines in "medieval europe retro style" for her latest fashion photoshoot.The 27-year-old has been roped in to represent ladies' clothing...
Tags: 2008, group, actress, fashion, style, collection, snow
Illustrator Jane Abma posts a few grafitti images with cultural influences, from group Big City Freaks. Here's the grafitti geisha!
SHINee is slipping and falling?
Boy group SHINee who's popularity has been quickly rising had a hiccup recently. During a performance of "Noona is so Pretty" at the Hang Yun Festival, SHINee member Jong Hyun fell on his butt.
Tags: group, performance, festival, boy, leader
English teacher makes Japanese kids pose for "shocker" photo
It's stupid and immature for a teacher to trick a group of Japanese students into making sexual hand gestures for a photograph, and even worse for that person to then send it to their friends for laughs.
Tags: japanese, group, english, students, photo, teacher, flickr
1 out of 30 Japanese babies has a Non-Japanese parent
Though this is not considered an Otaku-like news. I nonetheless found this interesting and decided to share this with all of you. This contains some interesting facts that has changed how I ....
Tags: japan, japanese, chinese, world, tokyo, korean, group, foreign, culture, south korean, otaku, wife, parents, koreans, babies
Back in June, johnnydorama wrote about a new 7-member girl group that's going to debut soon called The B. Well on August 2nd they've arrived with their first live performance of "B-Love" on MBC Music Core.
Tags: new, music, love, group, girl, live, performance, debut
Girls Generation Celebrates Their 1st Year
SM Entertainment eye candy Girls' Generation is officially 1 year old as of August 5th, 2008 (in Korea). Throughout their first year, the 9 member group has blessed the masses with great entertainment in addition to....
Casting For Korean Hana Yori Dango To Be Extended
Group Eight announced today that they would be extend the casting process for the Korean Hana Yori Dango which will be shown on KBS2TV in January 2009. According to someone from Group Eight this morning, the casting process...
Tags: hana yori dango, korea, tv, group eight