North Korea has announced that the Japanese capital will be the first to feel its sulky irrational wrath in the event of a war. Continue reading »
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NORTH KOREAN ROCKET HEADING OUR WAY… oh, nevermind.
The city of Yokohama, which it turns out is a sentient being able to send Twitter tweets, caused mass panic when it tweeted to 40,000 followers that North Korea had launched a rocket of some kind. Continue reading »
Picture: Chicken Chases Fish, Looks Like East Asia
Hungry chicken after the jump. Continue reading »
Japan and Korea Set Highest Tweet Rate for New Year
As the clock was striking midnight in GMT+9 (Tokyo and Seoul’s neighbourhood) 33,338 tweets were sent per second, a rate which was 2.5 times more than any other timezone. Twitter user @Trebor subsequently created this graphic which, for many readers, will probably be the first time in a while you’ve seen red circles on a map resembling something other than earthquakes. Continue reading »
Thoughtful Kim Jong Un Writes To Japanese Woman in North Korea
North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un recently sent a handwritten letter to a ‘naturalised’ Japanese woman in North Korea and the media has cynically portrayed this moment of thoughtfulness as an attempt to remind Tokyo there are Japanese living in North Korea. Is it really so unbelievable that an insane despotic dictator took time out from eating cake and executing defectors to see how one random civilian is getting along? Continue reading »
North Korea Prepares to Launch Rocket, Japan Prepares to Troll Epic Failure
“We are taking all possible measures for vigilance,” said Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda in response to news that North Korea plans to launch a rocket of some type between Dec. 10 and 22. Noda, possibly using air quotes, has warned of the “threat” that the rocket could be a type of ballistic missile. Continue reading »
