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Starbucks Korea’s Year of the Dog puppy cupcakes look adorable, get stabbed in the face【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 20, 2018
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Videos show lunar New Year treats require a forceful stabbing that breaks hearts while making mouths water.

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• Korea
• (Chinese New Year • cupcakes • Lunar New Year • Starbucks • sweets • video • Year of the Dog)

Beautiful Korean cosplayer charms fans with outfits from Cardcaptor Sakura, Love Live!, and more

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 30, 2018

Variety-packed portfolio ranges from classic anime to modern mobile game hits.

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• Korea
• (anime • beautiful women • Cardcaptor Sakura • cosplay • cosplayers • love live • Pokemon • Sailor Moon)

We could all learn something from this Korean grade school music class’ Daft Punk cover【Video】

• Master Blaster
  Jan 7, 2018

Watching this video makes me realize that I got ripped off as a kid.

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• Korea
• (Daft Punk • education • electronic music • music • Something About Us • video)

Beautiful YouTuber shows Japanese and Korean makeup trend differences in half-faced comparison

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 28, 2017

In colors and application techniques, the two countries go their separate ways when it comes to cosmetics.

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• Japan, Korea
• (beautiful women • cosmetics • fashion • makeup • video)

Oops they did it again! Japan removed from map for the second time by Olympic charity

• Master Blaster
  Oct 15, 2017

After originally omitting Japan from the world map, a PyeongChang Olympic website fixes the mistake only to have it erased again weeks later.

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• Japan, Korea
• (2018 Winter Games • Dream Programme • Map • PyeongChang Olympics • weird)

Pyeongchang Olympics group wipes Japan off the map

• Master Blaster
  Sep 27, 2017

It looks like some graphic designer was aiming for the gold medal in passive-aggressiveness.

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• Japan, Korea
• (2018 Winter Games • Dream Programme • maps • Olympics • PyeongChang Olympics • weird)

Studio Ghibli in Real Life video beautifully combines the worlds of reality and Hayao Miyazaki

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 27, 2017

The characters of Ghibli’s anime films live in our hearts, and in this amazing video, they live in our towns too.

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• Japan, Korea
• (anime • awesome • beautiful • cool • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • tributes • video)

Korean women go crazy for facelift tape beauty trend 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 8, 2017

It’s a facelift in a box!

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• Korea
• (beautiful women • beauty • beauty hack • beauty trends • facelift • plastic surgery)

Korean pastry chef crafts incredibly realistic floral cakes using just buttercream 【Pics】

• Koh Ruide
  Aug 21, 2017

When cakes are no longer something to be eaten, but to be looked at.

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• Korea
• (beautiful • cake • cupcakes • flower • incredible • Instagram)

YouTube channel starring 71-year-old Korean grandma is a big hit 【Video】

• Shannon McNaught
  Aug 12, 2017

Yeah, your grandma is cool, but does she have a YouTube channel with over 290,000 subscribers?

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• Korea
• (funny • grandma • Humor • Korea • makeup • makeup tutorial • South Korea • YouTube)

South Korea’s “Idol School” proves Korean idols are more than just pretty faces【Pics & Vids】

• Joan Coello
  Aug 3, 2017

Just how much reality behind South Korea’s idol industry is revealed in this show?

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• Korea
• (competition • Idols • K-pop • music • reality TV • video)

South Korean high school’s yearbook photos look nothing like yours 【Video】

• Joan Coello
  Jul 24, 2017

There’s nothing like ending the best years of youth with a memorable photo shoot.

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• Korea
• (cosplay • graduation • high school • photography • yearbook)

Korean shopping site’s commercial series is brain-washing in more ways than one【Videos】

• Joan Coello
  Jul 14, 2017

If you need a zen moment to reset your brain, this might do the trick.

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• Internet, Korea
• (commercial • Gmarket • online shopping)

Korean authorities seize 530,000 fake Pokémon plushies, show off portion in video【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 4, 2017

Pokémon are meant to be caught, after all.

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• Korea
• (anime • crime • funny • knockoffs • Pokemon • video • video game)

Persona 5 video game character’s shoes cause controversy in Korea【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 25, 2017

Persona 5’s opening animation has style to spare, but gamers in Korea took issue with one character’s fashion sense.

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• Japan, Korea
• (controversy • Persona • persona 5 • video • video games)

South Korean president’s hot bodyguard responds to worldwide attention, comments on viral fame

• Oona McGee
  May 22, 2017

With his chiselled jaw, steely gaze, and model good looks, this bodyguard has been stealing the spotlight wherever he goes.

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• Korea
• (bodyguard • government • Handsome men • Korean President • politicians • politics)

SmartBoy gadget lets you relive your favorite childhood games on your smartphone

• Krista Rogers
  May 20, 2017

Had your fill of Pokémon Go? Use this device to play classic Game Boy-era games on your phone’s display!

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• Korea, USA
• (Android • gadget • Game Boy • handheld video games • Hyperkin • Samsung • SmartBoy)

Piko Taro appears in new music video for “I Luv It” by South Korean superstar Psy【Video】

• Oona McGee
  May 11, 2017

The viral hit makers from Japan and South Korea get together to show us their awesome new dance moves.

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• Japan, Korea
• (dancing • I Luv It • K-pop • music • music videos • pen pineapple apple pen • piko taro • ppap • Psy • video)

Dancing Pikachu gets dragged off stage in dramatic exit after deflating mid-performance

• Oona McGee
  May 8, 2017

This hilarious clip shows every detail of the unexpected event, including the moment the deflated Pikachu attempts to get back on stage.

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• Korea
• (cute • dancing • funny • Pikachu • Pokemon • video)

Emperors, anime icons, and porn stars show up in six-nation survey of most famous Japanese people

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 27, 2017

Respondents in the U.S., China, and four other countries’ top 10 answers included Pokémon, military leaders, and adult film actresses.

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• Europe, Japan, Korea, SE Asia, USA
• (anime • celebrities • culture • Hayao Miyazaki • history • internationalism • manga • Pikachu • society • Sola Aoi • survey)

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