Asian Singles’ Dating

The Economist has introduced a new Asian feature named Banyan to address “half the world’s people”. This is coming on the heels of its long-time Lexington (American), Charlamange (European), Bagehot (British), and Buttonwood (finance) columns. The banyan tree is supposed to signify Asian values that celebrate spirituality and entrepreneurialism. Needless to say, I am looking forward to the many insights the magazine will offer through this new conduit. I am personally fascinated by culture

The article in the Korea Times , which provides the above illustration and the figures by way of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (what?), opens with a sad story from another victim of what's basically a slave trade. This one is in Gangjin county: It's already been a year since 26-year-old Thien moved to Gangnjin, a small farming county in South Jeolla Province, but Korean still sounds like unbearable noise to her. With a 35-year-old jobless husband and two elderly

April 2nd, 2009 admin Posted in Uncategorized | 82 views The end of the Fuglies… and the brickbats for Australian TV - disassociated.com04/01/2009Anthony Dever has told TV Tonight he will no longer be running the annual TV Fugly Awards , aka Fuglies, which he established in 2002 … the cuff thought that friends and family suggested I actually do,” says Dever. “I put the website Space Race Hikes Risk of Nuclear War - laprogressive.com04/01/2009An unchecked race to militarize space is un