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Sorry for the lack of posts — the one I’m working on is proving much more involved (and several thousand more words!) than I expected. But I will have it up early sometime next week, and will try to make it worth the wait :)
Announcements
— Legal NGO Filing Complaint with UN Regarding E2 HIV Testing: Your input needed! (Expat Hell; Gusts of Popular Feeling)
— Casting call for an independent short film, Seoul, Sunday February 24 (Seoul Players)
Saturday
— 3 Sisters Left Abandoned in the Basement (Human Rights Monitor)
— Ask the Yangxifu: Why Your Chinese Wedding Ceremony Will Always Be Big, Fat and Loud (Speaking of China)
— CathyCat tries to sell their product by making miss A’s Fei look like CGI (Asian Junkie)
— Queer Links from the Week (The Kimchi Queen)
— HIV/AIDS Increasing in Osaka (Visual Anthropology of Japan)
Sunday
— Why do Asian women have smaller breasts? (The New York Times; Netizen Buzz)
— As Families Change, Korea’s Elderly Are Turning to Suicide (The New York Times; Korea Economic Reader)
— Do some Korean fans of K-pop purposefully keep information from overseas ones? (Angry K-Pop Fan)
— How can Korea provide better child care? (The Korea Herald)
— Koreans finding noisy neighbours harder to handle (The Korea Times; Global Voices)
Monday
— (Video) Korea Today: The Economist Sues Korean Hagwon (Arirang TV)
— Singapore’s Population Debate Grows Heated (The Diplomat)
— Japanese dual surname law has more opponents (The Daily Yomiuri)
— Wuhan student’s same-sex love story a hit on Youku (Want China Times)
— Korean lawmaker who exposed Samsung corruption forced from office (The Verge; The Marmot’s Hole)
Tuesday
— Are foreign English teachers in Korea foreigners, expats, guest workers, or immigrants? (I’m No Picasso; update)
— Korean Work Ethic and the Quality of Life (My Musings)
— Seven-year-old Park Min Ha has an anti-cafe, which means we’ve reached a new low (Asian Junkie)
— On Bainian — Chinese New Year’s Calls — And Those Annoying Questions From Relatives (Speaking of China)
— Sunny (2008): Representations of Militarism, Masculinity, and the Korean Experience of the Vietnam War (Peace and Conflict Monitor)
Wednesday
— Park Si Hoo accused of sexual assault, netizens reveal ugly double standard (Asian Junkie; Update 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
— Say Goodbye to the Wonder Years: Leaving K-Pop Behind (The One Shots)
— Film documents the troubled lives of Japan’s male porn stars (The Tokyo Reporter)
— Suggestions For The Future: Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Edition (Racialicous)
— Korean retirees make pittance delivering things via free subway trips (Arari)
Thursday
— China’s ‘leftover women’, unmarried at 27 (BBC)
— Roundtable: Can’t Resist the Aegyo (Seoulbeats)
— Female lawmakers emerging in South Korea (The Asahi Shimbun)
— In Defense of (Korean) Hazing (Sorry, I was drunk)
— 2012 drug crime statistics (Gusts of Popular Feeling)
Friday
— [ASK AKF] K-pop fanart and fanfiction (Angry K-Pop Fan)
— Prostitution in Korea: Disturbing public order vs. earning A living (Human Rights Monitor)
— Incorrect statistics portray Americans and Canadians as more prone to criminality (Gusts of Popular Feeling)
— There IS life after girl-group failure (Netizen Buzz)
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