If you don’t read Korean you’ll be surprised that the above photo is advertising a bar called “Hitler,” or “Hitler House,” as in the photo below. Hitler bars are growing rare in Korea, but they still exist. I spotted this one in my new neighborhood in Ulsan last night.

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It took exactly 11 games to remember why Ichiro is so special.
He didn’t get off to the best start. His batting average through the first seven games of the season stood at a paltry .192. Over a particular three-game span in Boston and Texas, Ichiro went hitless in twelve at bats with a completely uncharacteristic […]

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Ok, folks, so we can all catch our breaths. Unless the Nationals sign that hit-and-run guy booted out of the NPB, all the big name Japanese players headed for the majors next season have been inked to contracts. Now it’s your turn to tell us, do the Dodgers have a bonafide No. 3 in Kuroda Hiroki? Will Fukudome […]

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One of Taiwan’s truly unique albeit controversial features is the habitual chewing of Betel Nuts–a highly addictive fruit that masquerades as a mildly euphoric alkaloid stimluant known to Taiwanese folks as ‘bing lang’– that’s chewed somewhat like tobacco by a fairly sizeable percentage of adult males here. Bing lang contain a strong red pigment that’s spit […]

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