All posts tagged "health"
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2.6KAsiaSouth Korea is Trying to Make Kimchi Less Scary to White People By Making it Less Stinky
In an effort to promote a global kimchi culture, scientists in South Korea are attempting to eliminate the food’s relatively uninviting smell...
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9.7KAsiaJapanese Women’s Breasts Have Been Growing For the Last 40 Years
Japanese women’s breasts have reportedly grown significantly bigger in the last couple of decades according to the findings of a popular lingerie...
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3.8KAsiaDoctors Say North Korea Left Otto Warmbier With Severe Brain Damage
Otto Warmbier, the U.S. college student who was detained by North Korea for over a year after stealing a propaganda poster, as...
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1.1KAsiaChinese Surgeons Remove 30 Inches of Man’s Intestines to Relieve Painful Constipation
A Chinese patient recently underwent a three-hour procedure with a team of surgeons to remove 30 inches of his bloated large intestines....
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4.2KAsiaJobless South Korean Millennials Are So Broke They Eat Only One Meal a Day
Unemployed young adults in South Korea are taking thrifty to the extreme by eating as little as once each day. The news comes...
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571AsiaWoman to Sue Thai Government For Ruining Her Life With a False HIV Diagnosis
A 20-year-old Thai woman is reportedly filing charges against the Thai Ministry of Public Health for wrongly diagnosing her as HIV-positive when...
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735AsiaExtremely Overweight Monkey Rescued and Sent to Fat Camp in Thailand
A monkey in Bangkok, Thailand is attracting local attention for having an unusual physique, apparently brought on by his own cravings for food....
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514AsiaFilipinos Celebrate President Duterte’s Ban on Smoking in All Public Areas
Filipino netizens are now singing praises for a recently passed executive order that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signed earlier this week. The...
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950AsiaOne of Japan’s Most Famous Female Pop Stars is Going Completely Deaf
Ayumi Hamasaki, arguably one of Japan’s most successful pop stars, is now about to go completely deaf. Hamasaki, who rose to popularity in...
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13.3KAsiaLet’s Talk About Body Shaming in the Philippines
Let me start off by saying I am a fiercely proud mixed-race, Filipino-American woman. Growing up, I had the wonderful and rare...