Remember the good ol’ days when chopsticks were just used as utensils? Okay fine, we may still be in the “ol’ days” right now, but if the Chinese […]
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The Beauty Photoshop Experiment On A Woman Of Color
You may remember 24-year-old journalist Esther Honig who did the original beauty photoshop experiment which revealed the various ideals of beauty around the world. Honig sent her picture to people […]
Bringing Game Characters to Life: Q&A With Professional Cosplay Team Spiral Cats
Written by MAI NGUYEN Photos by JAMIE LEE Doremi, 23, and Tasha, 28, are members of the South Korean professional cosplay team Spiral Cats, and they look like they […]
Google To Launch Campus Seoul, A Community Hub For Startup Entrepreneurs
by RUTH KIM Get excited, Korean entrepreneurs. “Campus is coming to Seoul,” announced Google on its Asia Pacific Blog, and it’s going to bring a wealth of resources and global […]
Daum Employees to Adopt English Names in Kakao Merger
by JAMES S. KIM South Korean mobile messenger service provider Kakao is set to acquire Internet portal site Daum earlier this year in a 3.1 trillion won ($3.03 billion) deal […]
The Latest ALS Ice Bucket Challengers: Samsung Galaxy S5 vs. iPhone 5s
by JAMES S. KIM Everyone seems to be partaking in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, which has raised over $53 million and counting since late July. People around the world […]
Forget Surgery, Japan’s New App Makes You “Sexier” Instantly
We obviously live in a beauty-obsessed society. Diet tips, weight loss and surgery stories constantly make their way onto my newsfeed on a day-to-day basis. It’s tragic really – the lengths […]
Activists Demand Third-Party Factory Inspection After Another Samsung Worker Dies of Leukemia
by JAMES S. KIM A Samsung worker died earlier this month from leukemia, a labor advocacy group said Tuesday. Family members and activists claim the death was a direct […]
Indian Inventors Create Wearable Tech Designed to Help the Blind
We’ve all probably had days where we weren’t paying attention while walking and, in the blink of an eye, accidentally took a spill or dive. I can think […]
James Kyson Plays Quirky Space Cowboy in New Sci-Fi Web Series ‘Nobility’
by RUTH KIM A web sci-fi series that describes itself as The Office meets Firefly, with the craziness of Doctor Who. Is this too good to be true, or is this the beginning of something […]
SKorean Electronics Giant LG Shows Off Transparent and Rollable TVs
by HAEIN JUNG “Life’s good” when you can turn off your transparent TV and have it blend in with your wall. Or when you can roll up your TV and […]
Photoshop Experiment Shows Every Country Has A Different Standard of Beauty
If you pick up a dictionary and look up “most ridiculous beauty test in existence,” you’ll find yourself looking at Asia’s Finger Trap Beauty test. Fine, it may not […]
Latest Asian Trend: This $1300 Camera Will Give You the Perfect Selfie
There’s no denying it — Asians love taking selfies. How much do we love them? Apparently, enough to dish out $1300 for a camera designed specifically for taking selfies. Talk about […]
Ride-Tracking, A Rearview Camera And Lasers Beams? Meet The Samsung Smart Bike
by MICHELLE WOO Sure, your bike may be super high-tech with a smartphone mount and GPS system, but does it have freakin’ laser beams? Samsung’s Smart Bike does. Okay, […]
Filipino Teen Creates Footwear That Can Charge Phones & Access Electricity
A fifteen-year-old Filipino teen named Angelo Casimiro has created a new way to charge a phone or flashlight with footwear that can generate electricity by walking. He recognizes that this concept may not seem […]
