So much weird crap happened this week that just thinking about posting all of it made my head ache. So here is a roundup of strange news from the past few days.

North Korea’s Awesome Hotel (awesome from the outside, …

So…in South Korea, people eat babies. Bits of them at least, tucked into little capsules like a pill.

Now, I’ve seen enough Asian horror films to know that in Asia, all kinds of things have been done to babies for …

South Koreans are apparently testing out some new technology: robot guards in prisons.

Robo-Guard

The robots patrol the cell blocks autonomously, and are equipped with cameras so a guard can see what’s going on. They also have microphones and speakers …

The King and the Clown bears a strong resemblance to the Hong Kong movie Farewell, My Concubine. Both feature a pair of performers, one of whom always plays female roles. Each of the more feminine men is gay and in …

“Hey AnaKhouri, you’re all into Asian stuff. Have you ever tried acupuncture.”

No, no I have not.

And this is why:

LungNeedles!

Seriously, if an acupuncturist is going to be that sloppy with the South Korean president, how careful are …

In a crowded Seoul subway station, a rural visitor boards a train. But his wife of fifty years becomes lost in the crowd; the train pulls away without her. He turns around at the next station, but by the time…

This week’s Giant Bombcast covered the recent StarCraft II finals in South Korea, and the video coverage is now online as well. I don’t care how much you dig StarCraft II, you don’t love it like South Korea…not by …

Unlike South Korea, I loathe Starcraft. Starcraft isn’t a wargame – it’s an economics sim. In my opinion, when you’re spending more time sweating over build-orders than the morale of your troops, you’ve done something wrong.

But we do …

I talk about my obsession with the coming Machine Wars here sometimes. I really think about them more than the average person, I bet, but that just means I will be better prepared to resist the robot uprising.

Which is …

A guy in South Korea has been arrested after he sold a gadget that he claimed made tap water into holy water with healing properties.

Holy Crap

Why would you need a evice to make holy water? The pope can …

Here are updates on a couple stories we’ve reported”

The Japanese PM’s atrocious fashion sense has inspired a company to start selling this replica of his awful primary-colored shirt with black checks. Only $500 a pop, folks, so get them …

I should preface this by saying that I am no expert in foreign relations; my only experience in that field is occasionally shooting up people from the U.K. in Modern Warfare 2 Xbox Live matches (well, and calling my relatives …