S.Korean man dies after 50 hours of computer games: "A South Korean man who played computer games for 50 hours almost non-stop died of heart failure minutes after finishing his mammoth session in an Internet cafe, authorities said on Tuesday.

The 28-year-old man, identified only by his family name Lee, had been playing on-line battle simulation games at the cybercafe in the southeastern city of Taegu, police said.

Lee had planted himself in front of a computer monitor to play on-line games on August 3. He only left the spot over the next three days to go to the toilet and take brief naps on a makeshift bed, they said."

Kimchi Chic - New York Times:"Korean restaurateurs watched as New Yorkers embraced Japanese food. But they believe that their cuisine can also be a star."

2004 Asian Mustache Olympics: "Mr. Asian Mustache 2004"

Korean Netizens Attack Dog-Shit-Girl: "It began in a subway train with a girl whose dog made a mess on the train floor. When nearby elders told her to clean up the mess, she basically told them to fuck off. A nearby enraged netizen then took pictures of her and posted it, without any masking, on a popular website which started a nationwide witchhunt.

Within hours, she was labeled gae-ttong-nyue (dog-shit-girl) and her pictures and parodies were everywhere. Within days, her identity and her past were revealed."

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: "Anti-Japanese Propaganda War Posters"

Roll Over, Godzilla: Korea Rules - New York Times: "A weepy love story, 'Winter Sonata,' became the rage in Uzbekistan after driving the Japanese into a frenzy last year. In Thailand and Malaysia, people devoured 'A Tale of Autumn,' and Vietnamese were glued to 'Lovers in Paris.' In China, South Korean dramas are sold, and pirated, everywhere, and the young adopt the clothing and hairstyles made cool by South Korean stars.

South Korea, historically more worried about fending off cultural domination by China and Japan than spreading its own culture abroad, is emerging as the pop culture leader of Asia. From well-packaged television dramas to slick movies, from pop music to online games, South Korean companies and stars are increasingly defining what the disparate people in East Asia watch, listen to and play."

Bacon Alarm Clock:"WHAT: An alarm clock that wakes you up with the smell and sizzle of cooking bacon.

HOW: Once the alarm goes off, it sends a signal to a small speaker to generate the alarm sound. We hacked it such that the signal is re-routed by a microchip that in responds by sending a signal to a relay that throws the switch to power a halogen lamp in the "baker module" that slow-cooks the bacon in about 20 minutes. "