“The wicked Japanese imperialists committed such unpardonable crimes as depriving Korea of even its standard time while mercilessly trampling down its land with 5,000 year-long history and culture,” said North Korean state news on Friday, announcing the country’s new “Pyongyang time” zone.
Fox News reportedly used random b-roll video of sad Asians from other places as stand-ins for actual Koreans during a segment on the Korean ferry disaster. In fairness, lots of stations use b-roll that's unrelated to the story at hand. Few do it in such a racially and ethnically tone-deaf way.
Transformed Into White Gods: What Happens in America Without Love
It started before a friend told me that he wanted to date white women and before another friend told me “fuck white people.” It started before two 14-year-old girls on their way to a birthday party were crushed to death on the Yangju Highway, before George Bush put North Korea on the Axis of Evil, and even before…
Photo Shows North Korea's 'U.S. Mainland Strike Plan': L.A., D.C. and Austin, Texas
Following a joint South Korea-U.S. stealth bomber practice mission, North Korea announced that it's pointing its rockets at the U.S. and putting them on standby, and a state news photo seems to show its main targets: Hawaii, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and, uh... Austin. (Just a few weeks too late, Un!) NKNews.org…
'Skulls on Screens' at Korean Banks, Broadcasters Following Massive, Malicious Viral Attack

South Korea's three main broadcasters and two of its major banks were paralyzed on Wednesday by a massive outbreak of malicious code that crashed and displayed "skulls" on some computers, thought by many to be a retaliatory cyberattack from North Korea. The television channels KBS, MBC, YTN and the banks Nonghyup and…
Senator Bob Menendez has called North Korea's nuclear threats "absurd and suicidal." That Dennis Rodman trip went great!
Korean Kids Kicked Out of McDonald's for Throwing $250 French Fry Feast
Our sister site Kotaku already explained the phenomenon of "Potato Parties" at length, but here's a tl;dr:
This 16th-Century Korean Love Letter from a Woman to Her Dead Husband Will Break Your Heart
This brutal, heartbreaking love letter was found in 1998, lying on the mummified body of Eung-Tae Lee, a 30-year-old Korean man who'd died in 1586, some four hundred years before. Lee was tall and bearded — "The dark mustache made me feel that he must have had a charming appearance," says the former director of the…
Someone Finally Explained That Insane Korean Rap Video 'Gangnam Style'
Were you one of the 49 million people on the internet who watched that "Gangnam Style" video from the South Korean rapper PSY and wondered what the hell was going on? Max Fisher at The Atlantic has an excellent explainer about the "subversive message" of the video today.
Who Is Kim Jong-Un's Sexy Mystery Woman?
Last weekend may have witnessed the geopolitical equivalent of the Kanye West-Kim Kardashian Date of the Century, when North Korean leader Kim Jong-un showed up at a couple events with a mystery woman in tow. But was it his wife, his mistress or just his boring sister at his side? And what does it all mean?
The Erotic Sculpture Garden of Korea: A Virtual Tour
JeJu Love Land is a "whimsical erotic sculpture park" on an island in South Korea. It's been around for years, but we hadn't heard of it until Laughing Squid brought it to our attention.
Penis Size Related to Length of Index and Ring Fingers
Finding a way to assess a man's penis size with all of his clothes on has long been the holy grail of, well, anyone with a vested interest in penis size. The old standbys — hand, foot and nose sizes — have been discredited as viable indicators, the LA Times reports. (Though I'm not so sure if I buy that.) But a team…
Bieber Lets His Pro-Life and Pro-Canada Freak Flags Fly
Justin Bieber, mop-topped wunderkind of the wooded north, fell into a political booby trap at the hands of Rolling Stone, declaring himself pro-life and pro-Canada: "You guys are evil. Canada's the best country in the world." Uh oh.
Is This Guy the Korean Michael Jackson?
As you may have heard, Cube Entertainment is hosting open online auditions for its 2011 KPOP Festival. Here's a submission by a guy named Edo—his speciality is popping—that will likely blow your socks off. The boy's got moves!