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Feature: Should Korea and China be Worried About the Return of Shinzo Abe?

Feature: Should Korea and China be Worried About the Return of Shinzo Abe? Professor Robert Kelly talks about why much of the worry and fuss over the return of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and...

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The Asia Fail: The Foundering of Foreigners Abroad

The Asia Fail: The Foundering of Foreigners Abroad For whatever reason, being it the adventure of new experience, padding your resume or running away from your resume, thousands flock to Asia every...

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Old Before My Time: The Concept of Korean Age

Old Before My Time: The Concept of Korean Age Korea, and a few regions in China literally make you older. If you are young, the system is great, you get to be a year older. If you are older now, well,...

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Feature: Remembering Maggie - A British Expat Looks Back on the Thatcher Years

Feature: Remembering Maggie - A British Expat Looks Back on the Thatcher Years Whatever your feelings on the recent passing of Margaret Thatcher and her years as prime minister, there is no denying her...

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Feature: Why are Americans Suddenly Losing it Over North Korea?

Feature: Why are Americans Suddenly Losing it Over North Korea? Swayed by a hyped-up media machine in the states, a majority of Americans are beating the drums of imminent war with North Korea. South...

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PSY`s New Video: Making Obnoxious Cool? Or a Clever Piece of Satire?

PSY`s New Video: Making Obnoxious Cool? Or a Clever Piece of Satire? Is PSY’s new video promoting the art of being obnoxious or a piece of clever commentary decrying how people treat each other? Or, is...

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Feature: The Trend in Korea of Living Alone

Feature: The Trend in Korea of Living Alone According to recent studies, Korea has one of the world’s highest rates of growth for single households. James Turnbull looks at how the country is adapting...

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Tharp On: Money

Tharp On: Money Author and comedian Chris Tharp offers up his unique take on the world's most popular pursuit: Money. BUSAN, South Korea -- Let’s start with the obvious: being poor sucks. There’s...

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Tharp On: America

Tharp On: America Whether you love Americans, hate Americans or could care less either way, it’s not always easy being born of the red, white and blue. BUSAN, South Korea -- The other night I was...

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Should Korean Stars Have to Serve in the Military?

Should Korean Stars Have to Serve in the Military? With two major Korean entertainers getting in trouble for breaking their military curfew by visiting a late night massage parlor, Koreans are starting...

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Tharp On: Family

Tharp On: Family There comes a time in every man’s life when he thinks more deeply about family. Or at least deep enough to write about it. BUSAN, South Korea -- “Royal Baby Arrives!”This is the...

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Shaking the Model Taboo: More Korean Magazines Portraying Korean Women as Sexy

Shaking the Model Taboo: More Korean Magazines Portraying Korean Women as Sexy Surprising as it may sound, one of Korea’s most popular fashion magazines, Allure Korea, marked this year as the very...

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Tharp On: Haters

Tharp On: Haters When perusing the average Internet comments section one thing is glaringly clear: love is overrated and hate is where it’s at. For all it’s promise, and its furthering of humankind,...

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The K-Pop Cringe: Is the Korean Wave Living Up to the Hype?

The K-Pop Cringe: Is the Korean Wave Living Up to the Hype? The Korean Wave seems to be sweeping all before it. But on American shores, a.k.a the Holy Grail of markets, it has largely come up short. So...

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Tharp On: Regret

Tharp On: Regret Call him ‘cathartic Chris’ if you’d like. But ‘tis the season for the inimitable Tharp to come clean about the woulda-coulda-shouldas that fill the chapters in most of our life tales....

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