I never picked up the original Old Boy manga, but I was a really big fan of the Chan Woo Park film. Ever since I heard Spike Lee had decided to remake the film for Western audiences, I've been quite wary of the concept. Howev...
| Hiroko Yamamura |
The hilarious Korean video for the song Gangnam Style by Psy has become an instant social networking phenomenon and overnight meme. I knew I wasn't alone when I started humming the words "Gundam Style" along with the song! Y...
| Hiroko Yamamura |
Now yes, I know this site is called "Japanator", which would nominally keep Korean news off our radar - not until we launch our peninsular offshoot "Joseonator", anyway - but I'd think this news is significant enough to put u...
| Josh Tolentino |
I want Pizza! Wait, wrong Olsen. Elizabeth Olsen, the younger sister of the sensation known as the Olsen Twins, is now in talks with producers about the lead female role in the Spike Lee's remake of Old Boy. Park Chan-Wook's ...
| Hiroko Yamamura |
For today's daily dose we decide to cross the pond, and take a look and some exciting new ladies from Korea. T-ARA have released a Japanese version of their hit Bo Peep Bo Peep. The single is due on shelves September 28th, as the adorable ladies look to take Japan by storm. Nyan?
| Hiroko Yamamura |
Exciting headline, isn't it? Sometimes, these cable deals can seem a little boring, but this one caught our eye: a company called Mnet is teaming up with Comcast to distribute Asian pop culture in a dedicated channel. So, the...
| Brad Rice |
Hey, ever watch Red Dawn? It's a movie about how America is taken over by the soviets. Homefront is a new game that's kind of like that, except you replace Russia with North Korea. Or, in the case of Japan's version of H...
| Josh Tolentino |
In a severe case of think before you type, Kameri Eri and Tanaka Reina of Morning Musume fame have found themselves caught in a bit of racist trouble with a photo posted on Tanaka's blog. The photo has the girls posing ...
| Pedro Cortes |
Oh god! What is going on here? What is happening with these things?Pikachu buggy rides are apparently a common sight outside stores in Japan, but in South Korea, they're a little, well, wrong. These things are goddamn terrify...
| Bob Muir |
Back in 1965, Japan and Korea put aside their differences over Japan's brutal colonization of Korea - which included forcing men into military service, forcing women into sexual slavery as "comfort women," seizing t...
| Bob Muir |
Yes, this article does have to do with Japan, before you ask.During the colonization of Korea at the turn of the 20th century, there were a number of pro-Japanese Koreans that decided to help facilitate their new overlord's d...
| Brad Rice |
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