Weird Asia News » Rest of Asia http://www.weirdasianews.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:23:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Yahoo! Brings in Lap Dancers for Taiwan Hack Day http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/10/27/yahoo-brings-lap-dancers-taiwan-hack-day/ http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/10/27/yahoo-brings-lap-dancers-taiwan-hack-day/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:08:24 +0000 shinigami http://www.weirdasianews.com/?p=10680
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    • ]]>     http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/10/27/yahoo-brings-lap-dancers-taiwan-hack-day/feed/ 5 Tech Giant Yahoo covering their tracks and writing up hasty apologizes after their recent Taiwan Hack Day event featured a lap dancing number that resulted in a spate of bad publicity. Hack Day, which was hosted on 17-18th October, is a much-hyped about affair where developers and coders mingled to talk about emerging trends in the [...] Related posts:
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     Locals Afraid Indonesian President is a Jinx http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/10/25/locals-afraid-indonesian-presidents-jinx/ http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/10/25/locals-afraid-indonesian-presidents-jinx/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:05:18 +0000 shinigami http://www.weirdasianews.com/?p=8932
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    • ]]>     http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/10/25/locals-afraid-indonesian-presidents-jinx/feed/ 3 Unlike his peers who fend off corruption charges and sex scandals, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the Indonesian president has been accused of being a jinx. The 60 year old leader has been blamed for a number of natural disasters that have plagued Indonesia in recent years. Folks believed that the president, whose birthday fell on 9th September [...] Related posts:
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     Taiwan City’s Cash-for-Crappers Program http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/10/15/taiwan-city-turns-doggiedoo-dollars/ http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/10/15/taiwan-city-turns-doggiedoo-dollars/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:31:58 +0000 DanBing http://www.weirdasianews.com/?p=8123
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    • ]]>     http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/10/15/taiwan-city-turns-doggiedoo-dollars/feed/ 8 Pick it up, weigh it, and bring it in—how hard can that be? Well, when the “it” is dog poop, that process may not sound too appealing. But the city of Taichung is willing to make it worth your while. To help clean up this city of a million people, Taichung’s Environmental Protection Bureau has decided [...] Related posts:
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     Taiwan’s Spooky Pod Resort http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/10/14/taiwans-spooky-pod-resort/ http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/10/14/taiwans-spooky-pod-resort/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:09:18 +0000 shinigami http://www.weirdasianews.com/?p=8048
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  • Big Money on the Wing in Taiwan
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    • ]]>     http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/10/14/taiwans-spooky-pod-resort/feed/ 6 Haunted vacation resort or failed business venture? Those are the most common theories surrounding the dilapidated San-Zhi pod village, a building complex consisting of disc-shaped apartments of varying colors. The Taiwan-based vacation resort dates back to the 1980s when it was built as a holiday retreat for the wealthy types. However, these fancy plans fell through when [...] Related posts:
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     Thailand Police Don Smiley Masks: Ha, Ha… Wha? http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/09/27/thailand-police-don-smiley-masks-ha-ha-wha/ http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/09/27/thailand-police-don-smiley-masks-ha-ha-wha/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:03:30 +0000 MDeeDubroff http://www.weirdasianews.com/?p=7821
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    • ]]>     http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/09/27/thailand-police-don-smiley-masks-ha-ha-wha/feed/ 7 In Bangkok, Thailand, motorcycle policemen patrol the city wearing anti-pollution masks with bright red grins painted upon them. In an odd attempt at improving public relations between the police and the populace, the highway policemen of Thailand wear the masks to lift the moods of passing motorists. This past year has been no laughing matter for the [...] Related posts:
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