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Foreign Mothers Who Don't Know Hangul

(via koreabeat.com) 18 hours ago

Foreign Mothers Who Don't Know Hangul

The Korea Economic Daily recently took a lengthy look at how education experts in Korea are working to better assimilate the rapidly growing number of children who have a foreign parent.

Tags: china, people, world, korean, love, korea, group, asian, man, life, government, tv, media, home, school, women, family, asia, president, foreign, children, seoul, culture, future, language, project, students, parents, problem, rights, mother, child, development, high school, vietnam, thai, marriage, education, vietnamese, aid, koreans, teacher, rules, indonesia, youth, canada, rural, injury, sri lanka, surge


CCTV rakes in big ad money

(via www.danwei.org) 1 day ago

At its annual prime-time ad auction yesterday, CCTV announced that the total bid value for its TV channels in 2009 topped 9.2 billion yuan, a jump of 15.4% from last year's 8.2 billion yuan.

Tags: new, chinese, 2008, tv, media, home, style, festival, money, language, internet, rights, spring, advertisement, apology


Trashy news from Japan

(via www.japanprobe.com) 2 days ago

Trashy news from Japan

A few trash-related news stories from Japan:nThe first is a video from a Washington Post article about Tokyo's Toshima Incineration Plant, which takes 300 tons of garbage a day turns it into electricity...

Tags: japan, japanese, tokyo, video, korean, us, government, director, deal, water, rights, overseas, prison, human rights, cooperation


Jo Sung-min tells his side of the story

(via www.dramabeans.com) 2 days ago

Jo Sung-min tells his side of the story

Deceased actress Choi Jin-shil's ex-husband Jo Sung-min is changing his mind regarding the fight for child custody and inheritance rights (perhaps after the continued public outcry).

Tags: 2008, tv, media, family, actress, performance, children, interview, rights, mother, child, fight, painting


Joshua Jackson and Carrie Ann Inaba at the 35th Annual People's Choice Awards Nominations

(via www.nt2099.com) 6 days ago

PicApp: Joshua Jackson and Carrie Ann Inaba at the 35th Annual People's Choice Awards Nominations held at the Peninsula Hotel...

Tags: people, 2008, awards, rights


American Netizens: "Oldboy"

(via koreabeat.com) 7 days ago

American Netizens:

The Joongang Ilbo reports that US netizens who left comments on articles at Slashfilm and FirstShowing about the possible Hollywood remake of "Oldboy" are criticizing the choices of Steven Spielburg and Will Smith.

Tags: korean, us, american, culture, project, rights, funny, movies, hollywood, actors


Sun not rising on gay rights

(via www.japundit.com) 14 days ago

Sun not rising on gay rights

Tokyo-educated, Teru (name substituted), 31, is determined to change the perception Japanese people have of homosexuality... to demonstrate to the broad Japanese community that gay people are normal human beings.

Tags: japanese, people, rights


Japanese bringing buzz back to AFM

(via varietyasiaonline.com) 14 days ago

Nippon distributors snapping up rights, scoring high profile deals.

Tags: japanese, rights


US rap artist Snoop Dogg and Jennifer Hawkins pose together in the Lavazza Marquee during Emirates Melbourne...

(via www.nt2099.com) 16 days ago

US rap artist Snoop Dogg and Jennifer Hawkins pose together in the Lavazza Marquee during Emirates Melbourne Cup Carnival 2008 at Flemington Race Course on November 4, 2008 in Melbourne...

Tags: us, 2008, artist, photo, rights


Japan seeks to expand territorial waters

(via www.japanprobe.com) 16 days ago

The Yomiuri reports that the Japanese government wants to designate a greater range of seabed as part of its continental shelf, a move that will fill in many of the gaps in the above map of Japan's current territorial waters...

Tags: japan, japanese, government, rights, development


Korean Youngster Drafted by Japanese Team

(via eastwindupchronicle.com) 21 days ago

Korean Youngster Drafted by Japanese Team

Patrick at NPB Tracker has been doing some fine NPB draft coverage. The biggest news, I suppose, internationally is that Junichi Tazawa wasn't drafted by a team and will now be free to pursue his own interests.

Tags: japan, japanese, korean, korea, media, release, live, free, rights, baseball, human rights


Yu Jianrong: Farmers have the right to keep land for themselves

(via www.danwei.org) 22 days ago

Yu Jianrong: Farmers have the right to keep land for themselves

Yu Jianrong is the director of the Rural Development Institute's Social Issues Research Center at CASS and has written extensively on rural politics.

Tags: new, china, people, chinese, us, government, english, home, party, director, market, future, deal, system, cover, problem, rights, commercial, development, economy, law, rice, relationship, increase, population, rules, politics, illegal, rural, trial, reform, decline, farmers


Human Rights in Japan

(via www.dannychoo.com) 22 days ago

Human Rights in Japan

So you must have heard many laws being passed to make it legal for gay couples to marry but leave it to Japan to take it a step further - a petition will be submitted to the Japanese government upon the collection of one....

Tags: japan, japanese, world, government, free, online, rights, otaku, collection, law, figure, technology, probe, human rights, laws


Design showcase for Vack Yuun Zung at Seoul Fashion Week

(via www.nt2099.com) 25 days ago

A model showcases designs by Vack Yuun Zung on the catwalk during Seoul Fashion Week S/S 09 at SETEC on October 22, 2008 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)...

Tags: 2008, korea, south korea, fashion, seoul, model, photo, rights, design


Op-ed: Rain should have just stuck with JYP

(via www.seoulbeats.com) 27 days ago

Op-ed: Rain should have just stuck with JYP

The Wonder Girls won their fourth straight Music Bank's top song award with "Nobody", beating out Rain and the Brown Eyed Girls on Friday.  That is not the issue.  The fact that the win denied Rain the bragging rights to...

Tags: new, us, music, love, song, group, girl, release, fans, girls, series, cute, dance, drama, actor, deal, rain, award, rights, hollywood, fake, kpop, bi


YouTube Signs Agreement With Japanese Music Rights Group

(via www.alafista.com) 27 days ago

YouTube Signs Agreement With Japanese Music Rights Group

YouTube users who love to post videos of themselves singing Japanese songs will now no longer worry about copyright infringement. YouTube has just signed an agreement with Japanese Society for Rights of Authors...

Tags: japanese, people, music, love, song, group, tv, anime, artist, youtube, rights, singing, law, google, copyright