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...past 20 years or more, Japan has successfully sold its superinfectious brand of pop music in other Asian markets. Now the South Koreans want to follow suit. The vocalist Rain - among the TIME 100 in 2006 - remains the international face of K-pop, but a host of other artists are eager to follow in his wake. Their appeal to Western audiences remains niche - Rain himself has struggled to make an impression in the U.S., despite a ton of MTV appearances and onstage backup from the likes of Omarion and Diddy. That leaves Japan as the prime foreign market...
Asian American Awareness Week kicked off today with “Obama and Asian America,” a discussion with Jay Bhatt, the guy who founded South Asians for Obama. Didn’t make it? Don’t worry, you didn’t miss the sexy part of the week...
Modern and Traditional Dance Workshop Eliot Dance Studio, 5 p.m. Hosted by South Asian Dance Company and the Asian American Dance Team...
Awww, Miami-Dade County, you're so thoughtful. For a few years now, every parent of a newborn baby in the South Florida district has received a congratulations packet while still in the hospital that includes, among other things, a glossy animal picture book (in three languages) and a letter from something called the Parent Academy. "Keep in mind that you are, and will always be, your child's first and most important teacher," the letter reads. "Miami-Dade County Public Schools has many resources and opportunities for you to make the most of that awesome responsibility." You have...
...While Kenyan attitudes toward homosexuality are considered more liberal than the rest of sub-Saharan Africa outside South Africa, gays say they still face overwhelming hostility in the country. The law banning sex between men is a holdover from colonial times but won't be repealed soon; one member of parliament, asked if a draft constitution in the works would enshrine gay rights, said recently that doing so would destroy the document's chances of passing...