Pro-wrestling in Japan: Finesse, bizarreness and spectacle
If there is one word synonymous with pro-wrestling, it is: WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) (even though it leans more toward the term “sports entertainment” these days), the American promotion, which has given the world icons such as Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin and The Rock. However, wrestling is not only WWE, even though WWE is the […]
Indian actor Salman Khan jailed for 5 years in a hit-and-run case
Indian Bollywood actor, Salman Khan, has been sentenced to 5 years in jail for killing a homeless man in a September 2002 hit-and-run case. An Indian court handed down the sentence to Khan on Wednesday. Khan had been convicted of homicide for crashing his SUV into a group of homeless men, after a night […]
Chef Yang reveals Korean cooking secrets in Cairo
Korean Cultural Center in Cairo has organized a workshop about “Korean cooking secrets” in four lectures over the past two weeks under the supervision of Chef Joonghee Yang. Chef Yang is Korean and currently making a tour around the world to spread the Korean culture by revealing the secrets of Korean dishes at the same […]
French ‘Spiderman’ climbs Paris skyscraper for Nepal quake victims
French climber Alain Robert, dubbed as Spiderman, climbed a Paris skyscraper as a tribute to thousands of victims of Nepal earthquake. With Nepalese flag in his pocket, Robert, 53, ascended the highest building in Paris, the 210m Tour de Montparnasse, without a safety harness in just under an hour. During the climb, he tried […]
Silencing Sabeen Mahmud: impairing cultural and social discourse in Pakistan
One can guess that the society has gotten to a new low point when a person is ‘silenced’ because he spoke against the human rights violation of the very same society. But that has become a common practice in Pakistan. Usually, it is a waste of writing a few hundred words condemning that society when […]
‘Hometown Cold Buckwheat Noodles’ CEO Jeon Cheol-woo
The North Korean defector Jeon Cheol-woo, who was a student in the former East Germany in 1989 and then chose to leave early and defect to the South, can always be seen in all smiles. He has always been a popular guest on television and prolific lecturer, but is now more known as a restaurateur […]
Nepal: fear, debris and shattered lives
Khilmaya Gautam, 66, is a heart patient. She cannot walk. Her husband is a diabetic. This old couple of Koteshwore, Kathmandu, who owns a house, spent Saturday night in the open after the earth continued to tremble. They were sleeping under their staircase at their home with their son, daughter-in-law and two grandsons. But when […]
Earthquake in Nepal: Rubbles, dust and corpses
[AsiaN=Rahul Aijaz] On Saturday 25th April, just before noon, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the mountainous country of Nepal, killing more than 3,200 people and injuring over 6000. On Sunday, the country was struck by a major aftershock at magnitude-6.7, adding to the ever-rising death toll. The earthquake was powerful enough to disturb the mountains in Nepal […]
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