For a country of about 50 million people, there are a lot of protests in South Korea. With a national average of 11,000 public protests a year, the average South Korean riot policeman is mobilized to contain 85 demonstrations a year. picked by ogri2003 2 years ago

Did someone say pork? Yes. I did. Just then. So what? So - now we can taste pork 730 times a year - with new Pork flavored toothpaste! picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

An impressive crop circle formation from Boryoung, South Korea. More photos from the original photographers website here picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

American and South Korean officials say that Kim Jong-il, the North Korean dictator recovering from a stroke, appears to have designated his youngest son as his successor. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

A top aide told to former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun says he appears to have committed suicide.
Moon Jae-in told reporters Mr. Roh left a suicide note before he hiked up a mountain near his home Saturday morning and jumped to his death. picked by bingo 6 months ago

An American woman received five puppies Tuesday that were cloned from her beloved late pitbull, becoming the inaugural customer of a South Korean company that says it is the world's first successful commercial canine cloning service. picked by AfroMosHi 1 year ago

Young South Korean job seekers are rushing to surgical clinics for "employment cosmetic" procedures to improve their chances of getting hired. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

South Korean boxer Choi Yoi-sam, who lost consciousness after winning his WBO intercontinental flyweight bout last week, has been declared brain dead. picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

South Korea's high court has upheld a ruling ordering Citibank Korea Inc., to pay menstruation leave allowances to former and current women employees. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Crazy South Korean protest photos. Yes they do throw poo. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

Six cloned Labrador retrievers are now using their olfactory prowess to help officials find drugs and explosives at airports and harbors across South Korea. The dogs—which all share the name “Toppy,” a combination of “tomorrow” and “puppy”—became the world’s first working cloned sniffer dogs when they reported for duty last Thursday, according ... read full post picked by Bornbad 5 months ago

An all access website to every episode of South Park. browse through seasons, and say goodbye to the next 6 hours of your night picked by skate2live 2 years ago

Each year, farmers in the town of Inakadate in Aomori prefecture create works of crop art by growing a little purple and yellow-leafed kodaimai rice along with their local green-leafed tsugaru-roman variety.(This is very cool) picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Suspicious of the chunky diapers, inspectors with U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the international bridge in Hidalgo found several links of spicy pork sausage, or chorizo, inside. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

South Africa has rejected "with contempt" claims by jailed British mercenary Simon Mann that it backed his plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea.

Background here picked by thenegativeone 2 years ago

Each year these guys make new images on their field by planting rice in different patterns making various images. They use different sorts of rice for colour. picked by doggylives 1 year ago

Call it the strange case of the pork chops along the trail. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

A new rice plant has been developed which grows "snorkels" when exposed to floods.

A paper in the journal Nature, describes how the plant elongates rapidly in response to being submerged. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Preliminary genetic research suggests that African slaves are responsible for nearly every facet of one of the first rice varieties grown in the U.S., as well as one of the most lucrative crops in early American history. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

Nuclear Facility in South Africa attacked. Four armed men broke into the control room of the Pelindaba Nuclear Research Center, shooting "a senior emergency officer" in the process. The government nuclear agency Necsa insisted the paper not run this story. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago