1. Will Manhwa Catch Manga?

    The manga (or comic) business in Japan is BIG business. It’s worth billions yearly (an estimated $3.6 billion in 2007) [...]

  2. Japan Loves Its Leggy, Cool K-Pop

    Jung-sun Park, a professor at California State University at Dominguez Hills, is currently based in South Korea, doing research on [...]

  3. Levi’s, China Kiss & Make-Up

    China and Levi's have forgiven and forgotten—in the name of affordable jeans.   Things seemed to be looking up for narrow-hipped, [...]

  4. North Korea’s Twitter Tactics

    A new development in the hard-to-turn away from propaganda war going on in the Korean peninsula involves the DPRK enlisting [...]

  5. Golden Dragon Takes Gold

    Last week, I mentioned the first-ever annual ‘redAMP–Are You ASEAN's Best Band?’ contest, which culminated in a big concert event [...]