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...hottest product on South Korea's biggest TV shopping channel is not the latest kimchi fridge or camera phone. It's a do-it-yourself kit for Koreans wanting to emigrate to Canada. More than half of Koreans in their 20s and a third of thirtysomethings say they want out, according to a recent Gallup poll. That might sound strange for a country whose rapid economic development has made it a model for other Asian nations. But it says a lot about the despair of Koreans, who face a sagging economy, a seething nuclear crisis across the border, rancorous local...
...resurgence of America’s favorite old-school game, table tennis, but because of a phenomenon known as Beirut. Nick Moulton, a Boston University student from New Hampshire, has taken this high demand for Beirut supplies into his own hands with the all-new “Beirut Kit.” The kit contains all of your beer pong essentials—sans beer—wrapped up in one convenient package, including a “regulation” table (six feet long), 22 wide-mouth reusable cups (two wash cups), and ten balls?...
...dashes and tasting things at the stove. What are old-style cooks to do when this quiet craft is elbowed aside by an industry in which flavor concentrations are measured in parts per billion and companies like IFF can sell, without irony, a product called Fleximint, "a tool kit for mint work...
...rivals Russia to qualify for the Rugby World Cup. But most local teams don't have stadiums to play in, the players pay their own way to matches, and "if they swap shirts at the end of a game," says sports journalist Paata Tortadze, "they may find themselves without kit the next week." In places like Georgia, rugby is still largely an amateur sport. But in its traditional bastions of England, France, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa it has, since turning professional in 1995, become a multi-billion-dollar industry. So the fifth World Cup, which kicks...
...STAY CLEAN Any survival kit should include a toothbrush, toothpaste, antibiotic ointment, bandages, baby wipes, tissues, tampons or sanitary pads, shaving cream, a razor, mouthwash, deodorant and anything else that keeps you feeling human. (A pair of sneakers can also come in handy. And don't forget prescription medications and an extra pair of glasses...