Offbeat News Roundup From Around Asia

Detention of journalists sparks web debate :: Vietnam, Globalvoicesonline
Top Five Lessons Learned from the Tragedy of 2002 :: S.Korea, Rokdrop
Armpit sniffer gets jail and cane :: Singapore, Reuters
Korea Ranks Near Bottom in English Exam :: S.Korea, Chosun
India tops list of murder numbers :: India, Indiatimes
Thanking the first human who ate it :: Japan, Whatjapanthinks
Kim Jong il’s official online biography :: N.Korea, Flickeringpictures
Teacher admits leaving pupils behind as he fled Chinese earthquake :: China, Telegraph
Censorship: Record number of bloggers arrested :: Asia, Guardian
Nepal palace becomes a museum :: Nepal, BBC
Google China’s blog mentions a Google search query log which dramatically shows the three-minute moment of silence and mourning on 2:28PM on May 19 for the victims of the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan. The graph tells it all (Chinavortex):

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kenny
4 months ago
exactly~~~


yamm
2 year ago
what?? -.-' ohh c'monn
























