Hue Airport To Close Down from mid-May to mid-June

Hue airport (known locally as Phu Bai Airport) in Vietnam will be closed from May 13 to June 16 for runway maintenance.

In the meantime, you can fly to Danang.

Or ask your all-resourceful travel agent or HR department. Im sure the latter will not help you.

Link: http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/National/2011/4/91675/

Fly from Malaysia to Pyongyang

BusinessWeek writes this week about the opening of a new route between Kuala Lumpur and Pyongyang, DPRK (North Korea).

Although chartered flights have been operating on the route for years, this is the first time that regular scheduled flights will initiate on the route.

What is surprising, is that the article mentions that the airline already flies to a bunch of countries (e.g. Switzerland and the Czech Rep.) and that Air Koryo has its own website!

Link to article: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9MMN7HO0.htm
Link to Air Koryo: http://www.korea-dpr.com/airkoryo.htm

East Asia Map

Nutbars A'Plenty in the World

We have invented the internet, microwave, sliced bread, what have you.

But on a near daily basis, the world still seems to demonstrate just how messed up we are.

Just look at the Koran story from Florida and the subsequent turmoil in Afghanistan:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12940014

http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_florida-pastor-terry-jones-supervises-koran-burning_1522999

...

There are too many nutbars out there!

Support Red Cross' efforts in Japan

Help the earth quake/Tsunami/Nuclear victims in Japan.

Support Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/en/

Tell us how you are helping those in need.

We start by encouraging everyone to donate at least USD 10 to the good cause.

Defining East Asia

The boundary, the map, the way we define East Asia

Mop Sourcing

Are you interested in meeting your mop needs through purchasing in East Asia?

Let East Asia Blog be your guide!



This web site seeks to promote mops made in East Asia (Vietnam, Indonesia, China, Philippines, etc.).

Share you company profile in the comments section - or if you're looking for a strong source, leave you company details in the comments section and you might be contacted back by your future mop supplier.

A few suggested places to search for your mop sourcing:

Thailand
Philippines
Vietnam
China

Top "Mop" Image

If you search "mop" under Google images, the first image you will find is:



What's even MORE interesting, is that the article has a short story about the history of the "mop":

The mop was first patented in 1893 by Thomas Steward of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Links to the mop date as far back as Roman times. The mop patented in 1893 was made up of a clamping system that allowed the mop to be secured to the handle and released with a simple flip of the lever. Stewards mop in very close in style to the screw type mops we have today In 1950 the sponge mop was born making the everyday household chore a little easier. The quick action lever system allowed for easy wringing on the mop all done from a standing position. Peter Vosbikian the inventor of the mop used a sponge attached to a piece of metal connected to a lever. When the lever was pulled the sponge would be compressed by the two pieces of metal.
(Source: LuckyBogey's Blog)

Today's Mop News

Today's Mop News:

- Mop discovered at murder site in Kuala Lumpur
- Mob uses Mop to Mop up Evidence
- Asian Prices for Mops Rising higher: Economist considers making global "mop index"
- Women uses mops as wig in Xi'an
- Mops are good for your health according to the East Asian Mop Health Organization

The number one hit in Google when searching for "mops asia":
http://62.189.48.160/qn-product-61725.html

Mops

... The snow was heavy in the streets of London, and a young sea mate of the trading ship

The Cleaner had just disembarked the legendary vessel in hope for a new future in the misty city. He had just spent the past three years and two months on the seas to and fro Japan, Cathay and the Malukkas.

He had discovered some interesting sights. And many of those he shared with me in a pub near Knightsbridge, willing to network (1600s-style) his way to rich and fame after a well-deserved tour of duty in the Far East. The most interesting sight was that of the mop....

The Doubleminded Cleaner - An East Asian Crime Thriller

... Stormy weather never deters me. Mud, water, snow or sleat never hurts me. I was born to be of pure purpose, swift justice and wild imagination. The call me the sweeper, the cleaner, the relentless workhorse that never relinquishes a chance to express a chance to take hold of a mysterious situation. Usually murders; murder of my favorite places: clean floor spaces.

This is my life. To never give up in the quest for peace, cleanliness and the use of soap or detergent.

So why am I here? Honestly, its a long story, or a series of them to be exact. I was never meant for much but through my life as an international servant of clean shoe soles and white socks, my mission never ends. I am what you might call me, what you may see - but never understand ..... i am the mop!

So what is the story - where did it all begin? ... let me begin by telling you a story of my childhood as a young, inexperienced and goalless mop.

It all began in 1654 .....

[to be continued].....

Bangkok Airport Closed

Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport Partially Closed

Breaking News
Read more on IHT

Only one day after protesters blocked, the Prime Minister's office in Bangkok, thousands of anti-Government demonstrators today blocked the main entrance of Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport, according to IHT. CNN furthermore reports that protesters have broken through police lines, most likely to cause flight delays tonight and tomorrow morning.

This blog will not be posting updates. Watch CNN or something...









What a map!!

Wind Power in East Asia

What's the current status of wind power in Asia? Are China and india the only countries with wind turbine developments?

Why aren't any other Asian economies investing into this green source of energy?




What do you think will happen in the future?

Map of East Asia

It's time. We need to show it to you again. It's the best map of East Asia on the internet.

What Obama will mean for East Asia

What will the election of Barack Obama mean for politics, trade and the economy of East Asia?

Who will benefit and who will not? What will Obama do with the North Korea "dilemma"? How will relations between China and the US be in the coming years? Will Obama seek to increase US foreign investments in the emerging markets (Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, etc.)?

Please share your thoughts and comments with us.

Remembering Tim Russert

Source: Wikipedia

I woke up to the sad news this morning of the death of one of my favorite journalists - particularly regarding U.S. politics - Tim Russert.

Mr. Russert collapsed during preparations for his show "Meet the Press" at the NBC studio in D.C. earlier on June 13th.

With his extremely well-informed interviews, courageous questions to politicians and straight forward explanations and analysis, he will be remembered as the creme of the crop of US journalists of our generation.

Tim, you will be missed!!

Drawing East Asia - Submit your own map

Drawing maps can be fun ... and artistic.

East Asia Blog tried it (for about 10 mins) and here's the result

It's fun, and although this was completed at a tremendous speed, it should be fun to see if any psychologists can get anything out of this....

Please submit your suggestion.

Sichuan Earthquake, Western China

A series of earthquakes shook Sichuan Province this afternoon. The strongest measured 7.8 on the richter scale. Thousands have died, with even more injuries. Our prayers and thoughts are with those who were affected by it.

Tremors from a separate earthquake shook Beijing as well, with many people experiencing dizziness. No one has reportedly been injured in the nation's capital.

Have you been affected by the earthquake? Please send any updates.

As always, we recommend that you donate to Unicef as they usually have something creative and constructive to say/do.
CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO UNICEF

Thank you.

Anti-France Sentiment in China - Care-e-Fooooorrreeeee

There's a lot of anti-Franceness going on in China these days. Quite ironic, since folks in the US seem to be getting on better terms with their love-hate relationship to their ever-romantic- farmerprotesting-escargo,cheese&wine'loving- "amis". following a barrage of anti-France/French SMS messages and various chinese blogs expressing their malice towards the French following the controversial torch relay in paris last week.

So these days, some of the more active bloggers/sms writers, or readers thereof ( or just people who feel a sense of purpose or duty to protest ), are holding vigils in front of the embassy in beijing and consulates around China, while more importantly, staging demonstrations in front of Carrefour supermarkets.

Now that's great....... I used to shop there..... Not anymore. .... Nope. ....Not after the lucky person number 1,000 drove his/her shopping over my feet while I was trying to navigate through the fruit and vegatable section of this enormously popular and crowded mini-version of walmart. Yes, people love to shop there (and piss me off in the process). ... Or was it because someone stole my shopping cart within me being in the store less than 10 mins - this happened twice in a row back in March...

Therefore you can say, I'm already holding my own anti-Carrefour protest. Not in regard to anything that happened in Paris ( i don't really care about that ) but because I'm tired of being pushed around by eager shoppers. But now that people are planning to boycott carrefour, this juncture would, also ironically, be a great time to shop there! Just me and myself!!!!! ... but then again, no ......... I don't want to find my self being chased down the streets of beijing by others than your ill-tempered beijing taxi driver (another story). so in other words. I'm just avoiding carrefour all together. Nothing against my french "ami" .... I guess it's just destiny....

what do you think? Have you seen any of these protest? are you a happy carre-one-two-three-four customer, or should I say "carre-free" (家乐自由）shop-till-u-dropper?

ps. If you have something serious to say about the anti-france issue, i'm sure you can post it at some other blog. I just want to be amused, that's all :-)

Maz-da-KAR

NICE CAR, eH!?!
What's this got to do with East Asia?
Oooops... Hey, it's a Mazda..... It's Japanese..... and the owner sold it to move to China.....
Get outta here!

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