Tagged: South Korea

25 Jan

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Have a complicated identity? America’s future looks ‘A Lot Like You’

by · January 25, 2013 · 2 Comments

Filmmaker Eli Kimaro in her Columbia City home. Her documentary 'A Lot Like You' has won acclaim around the world and opens at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival tonight. (Photo by Greg Gilbert/Seattle Times)

“The bibimbap, is that dolsot?” asks documentary filmmaker Eli Kimaro looking up from the menu of Wabi-Sabi in Columbia City. She’s trying to gauge the authenticity of the Korean dish in question. This version doesn’t come in the traditional heated stone pot (dolsot), but she goes for it anyway–calling the rice bowl a favorite “comfort [...]

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28 Sep

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Three videos you have to see: A $26,000 cocktail, airport holograms and PSY goes viral

by · September 28, 2012 · 1 Comment

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Singapore mixes Asia’s most expensive drink  When a club dangles a one-karat diamond as a “garnish” on a drink, you know they’re taking lavish excess to a whole new level. And that’s just the tip of the decadent iceberg for this $26,000 cocktail made with Hennessy, champagne and edible gold flecks served by a gloved [...]

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Filed under: Arts & Culture, Food, Globalist, Music, Technology, Travel

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13 Sep

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A drunken news roundup, cinema ninjas fight cellphones and music you can swing to…literally

by · September 13, 2012 · 0 Comments

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This week in drunk news: Man kills 70,000 chickens in Maryland and a North Korean man floats south Drunk men all over the world are making headlines this week in bizarre events that rival the “Hangover” films. For starters, 21-year-old Joshua D. Shelton accidentally killed 70,000 chickens after flicking a switch and shutting down power [...]

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