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Travel tip from @SeoulSweetSeoul team! When in Seoul exfoliate @ a Korean spa. You'll turn a whole new leaf. And where: amzn.to/uaWiwE about 14 hours ago via web
Amazing A Day in the Internet, an infographic. technode.com/2012/05/26/inf… about 21 hours ago via web
Ugh. Always feel so helpless when I read stories like these. North Korea suffering severe drought: bit.ly/JkRTmJ about 22 hours ago via web
Coming to Korea. The free, mobile phone call: tnw.co/LyPBE7 5:48 AM May 25th via web
And here's my blog post on @miyaando from last year. globalasianculture.com/2011/miya-ando… 11:58 AM May 24th via web
Congratulations to artist @miyaando for her 2012 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award, and for Obon Puerto Rico! miyaando.com/?page_id=7 11:57 AM May 24th via web
@jin_kim Good point! Korean food tastes better with white rice anyways. :) 6:56 AM May 24th via web in reply to jin_kim
Japanese artists RULE at Louis Vuitton! Following the success of Murakami Yayoi Kusama takes on the monogrammed bag: bit.ly/KGrS2O 6:54 AM May 24th via web
Chen Guangcheng's escape has left his other relatives feeling a bit unsafe: bit.ly/LHSlSE #China 6:50 AM May 24th via web
The satirical paintings of Chinese artist Yue Minjun is on view at Carmichael Gallery Los Angeles: bit.ly/KG7OxC twitter.com/GlobalAsianist… 6:47 AM May 24th via web
If you eat white rice, you might be at risk for Type 2 Diabetes: drweilblog.com/home/2012/5/24… 6:40 AM May 24th via web
Now following: @FakeYangRui twitter.com/#!/FakeYangRui 6:11 AM May 24th via web
ArtfulToddger @GlobalAsianista I enjoy the restraint of Japanese sports like #kendo & #sumo. As the article said, it's not "how to do" but "how to be" 9:48 PM May 23rd via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to GlobalAsianista Retweeted by GlobalAsianista and 1 other
@daniel_krieger Your article on kendo, read on a subway in Korea RT @ArtfulToddger It was in this morning's IHT. Read it on the subway 9:47 PM May 23rd via Echofon
@ArtfulToddger You read it already? That was quick. #kendo 9:43 PM May 23rd via Echofon in reply to ArtfulToddger
So much for xenophobia! Chinese business looking for a few good Jews via @isaacstonefish blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/05/… 9:36 PM May 23rd via iOS
Why the Japanese martial art kendo should not become an Olympic sport, but why Korean kumdo advocates beg to differ: nyti.ms/Lqj7Mr 9:29 PM May 23rd via Echofon
@Susan_BK @jonah_kessel No debate in my mind about Yang Rui's unsubstantiated blasphemy, either. 9:25 PM May 23rd via Echofon in reply to Susan_BK
Try saying this with a straight face. 'Kim Il Sung University is the Harvard of North Korea.' (cc: @adamcathcart) 7:12 PM May 23rd via web
Korea and Japan: The Rising Tides of Cultural Waves (2006): english.seoul.go.kr/gtk/news/repor… 6:58 PM May 23rd via web

Name Elizabeth Shim
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Bio Stories of the New Asia | China | Korea | Japan | Interviewer @AsianTalks | Knows Seoul like the back of her hand: http://amzn.to/uaWiwE