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16 November 2005

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Stories from 16 November 2005

South Korea: Rude Westerner

Jacob Jun-Gang Yoo describes witnessing a foreigner having a bad day in a Seoul McDonald's. “People are people, and when you visit their countries and act like an ass, you...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
16 November 2005

Thailand: Fangirl

Lynn of brain farts (and other inane crap) drops everything she's doing for one night. Why? Because the lead singer of a now-defunct 1990s Australian pop group is in Bangkok,...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
16 November 2005

Vietnam: Hanoi Evenings

Both No Star Where and Our Man in Hanoi have written posts reminiscing about music and evenings in Hanoi. Perhaps its the autumn season (Hanoi is the northernmost Southeast Asian...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
16 November 2005

Iran: Tehran's Metro

Zehne Abi, an Iran based blogger, says it is unbelievable thatRafsanjani's son position as General Manager (call it boss) of Tehran's metro has been confirmed. Zehne Abi writes everybody knows...

Written by Fred Petrossian
16 November 2005

Nigerian blogosphere this week

Gbenga Sesan continues his reports from Tunis “Yesterday we got a taste of Nollywood in Tunis”. Gbenga and his group were prevented from entering a hotel which was a venue...

Written by Sokari Ekine
16 November 2005

Travels in the Kurdish Blogosphere

New this week…. Kurdo from Kurdo's World was interviewed by The Kurdistani, a Kurdish news agency posting out of the United Kingdom. Kurdo's World is considered as the first Kurdish...

Written by Deborah Ann Dilley
16 November 2005

Argentina: Cromañon Update

Inspired by a street mural, Jeff Barry describes the political fallout which has ensued the tragic fire at Club Cromañon, responsible for the death of 194 concert-goers. Robert Wright and...

Written by David Sasaki
16 November 2005

Turkmenistan: Elections

neweurasia reports on upcoming elections in Turkmenistan and changes to electoral laws that remove the requirement that the president be an ethnic Turkmen.

Written by Nathan Hamm
16 November 2005

Armenia: Talent

Ara Manoogian says that he has encountered quite a bit of talent in Armenia in recent days.

Written by Nathan Hamm
16 November 2005

Armenia: Khash

Christian Garbis reports on the tradition of celebrating a new baby with a meal of khash.

Written by Nathan Hamm
16 November 2005

Hungary: Economic Fun and Games

Pestiside.hu reports that the Hungarian government has posted an online game offering citizens the chance to experience the difficulties of creating a government budget and the opportunity to submit the...

Written by Nathan Hamm
16 November 2005
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