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Posts from the ‘Offbeat’ Category

11.8.11Old Chinese Folk Choir Belts Out Rousing Cover of Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance”

10.25.11Film Based on Real-Life “Bauhinia Heroine” Gets A Concept Poster

9.6.116 Flash Mobs That Generated Buzz in Asia

9.5.11Korean-American Student Joins Libyan Rebels, “Thought It Would Be Cool”

8.25.11Watch Bruce Willis, Keanu Reeves, and Other Actors Speak Mandarin

8.4.11Imagining a Unified Korea Through Augmented Reality

7.30.11Chinese “Spicy Girl” Booth Babes Forced to Cover Up

7.27.11The Hipster Monk: Reinventing Buddhism for Modern China

7.26.11The Meteoric Rise and Fall of “Fake Apple Stores” in China

6.1.11A Rich, Sexy “Bauhinia Heroine” is Giving Money and Food to Hong Kong’s Poor

5.31.11Did North Korea Really Rank Itself as the World’s 2nd Happiest Country?

3.2.11Japanese Women Think Mark Zuckerberg is a Hamburger

2.13.11What Happens After Her Clothes Come Off? Cooking! (NSFW)

2.11.11Is China Building a Warcraft and Starcraft Theme Park?

2.8.11Prepare Your Own Sushi Out of Candy

1.17.11Keanu Reeves on “Sad Keanu” Meme; Confirms He is Not, in Fact, Sad

1.16.11
24-Hour Burger Joint Comes to… North Korea?!

1.12.11Wikipedia Has a “Deleted articles with freaky titles” Category

1.11.11Only in Japan: Skydiving on a Budget With Google Earth

1.11.11“Old Man Plane Disguise” Was Part of Illegal Immigrant Smuggling Scheme

12.9.10If Dictators Went to College, What Would They Look Like?

11.25.10Fashion Faux Pas: The Athletic Wear Edition

11.5.10Asian Man Boards Flight Disguised as Old Gweilo

10.30.10Zack Galifianakis Sparks a Joint on National Television

10.26.10Taiwanese Woman Marries Herself, Society Bound for Inevitable Collapse

10.26.10Panda Baby Boom, In Part Thanks to "Panda Porn"

10.25.10Japan’s "Saw 3D" Promotion Includes 3…D…Cup-Sized Women

8.22.10What People Ask Google: Why Do Koreans Have Big Heads? [Updated with Answer!]

8.14.10Filipino Inmate Escapes Via Garbage Truck While Guard Plays "Plants vs. Zombies"

3.5.10Japanese Design Absurdist Mental Health Clinic

3.3.10The New York Times Makes A Hilarious Photo Boo-Boo

2.11.10VOTD: Finger Breakdancing