#eastasia

[nerds-yearbook]

In 1984, telescreens offered entertainment and propaganda, while at the same time working as spy cams for the government so that all needed to be of one mind and on their best behavior for Big Brother was always watching. London was the chief city of Airstrip One, which was one the provinces of Oceania. The official language of Oceania was Newspeak, a form of politically correct inspired speech. The government continually rewrote history and news so that their opinion had never changed and everything lined up with their current world view and policies. Technically nothing was illegal, but the inhabitants lived in continual fear of the Thought Police. Many women who were especially loyal to the party joined the Anti-Sex league. Through propaganda, especially during the Two Minutes Hate, the masses were constantly reminded who their enemies were and were encouraged to express their hate. The world was in a continual state of war but who was enemy and ally kept changing between Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. The continual warfare helped justify hardships like the rationing of almost everything as well the importance to loyalty of ones nation. ("1884", Bk)

#nerds yearbook #1984 #george orwell #dystopian #winston smith #julia #o'brian #big brother #newspeak #thought police #anti sex league #outer party #oceania #eurasia #eastasia #emmanual goldstein #ministry of truth

[hbreference]

Miu Miu Aoyama Store, Herzog & De Meuron, Tokyo Japan, 2015. Turns out HdM has designed half of this street. Crazy to walk down, every building is a brand trying to make its image as iconic as possible. Prada flagship is right next door. HdM actually recognizes this themselves when they say: “Contrary to expectations for a site that is home to so many luxury brands, Miyuki Street in Aoyama Tokyo is not particularly beautiful or elegant. The architecture is heterogeneous – a hodgepodge of freestanding buildings of different heights and shapes, with neither historical tradition nor common standards." Didn't know who it was by when I visited, but it's certainly the most striking on the street. The presence of the wall angled above glass and the perfect proportion between the two is very well-done. Set back a little bit farther than most of the other buildings so people naturally gather in front. Build quality is unreal of course. Inside leaves something to be desired but the bones are there. I am sure the brand will leave at some point and it will be changed. Position of the changerooms on short sides and stairwell in the middle works well. Can't believe I came all the way to Japan just to be swissposting again.

#medium #steel #glass #eastasia #japan #commercial #2010

[tmarshconnors]

🇰🇵The State of the Threat: North Korea 🇰🇵

In the realm of international relations and global security, few nations have captured the world's attention quite like North Korea. The reclusive state, led by the enigmatic Kim dynasty, has long been a subject of concern and curiosity, primarily due to its aggressive rhetoric, nuclear ambitions, and unpredictable behavior. As we assess the current state of the threat posed by North Korea, it is important to consider several key aspects.

1️⃣ Nuclear Weapons Program: North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons has been a focal point of global concern. Despite numerous sanctions and diplomatic efforts to halt its progress, North Korea has persistently advanced its nuclear capabilities. The country has conducted multiple missile tests, including intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launches, and claimed to possess the ability to strike targets as far as the United States. Although the true extent of their nuclear arsenal remains uncertain, it is clear that North Korea's capabilities have raised regional and global anxieties. 🇰🇵

2️⃣ Regional Tensions: North Korea's actions have had profound implications for regional stability. Its belligerent rhetoric and provocative actions, such as missile tests and military drills, have strained relations with neighboring countries, particularly South Korea and Japan. These actions have created a volatile environment in Northeast Asia, with potential repercussions for the entire region. The threat of an armed conflict breaking out cannot be ignored, given the history of tensions on the Korean Peninsula. 🇰🇵

3️⃣ Humanitarian Concerns: Amidst the focus on security threats, it is essential not to overlook the humanitarian challenges faced by the people of North Korea. The reclusive state has been criticized for its human rights abuses, including political repression, lack of freedom of expression, and forced labor camps. Addressing the humanitarian crisis and improving the living conditions of the North Korean population should remain a priority for the international community. 🇰🇵

4️⃣ Diplomatic Efforts: Various diplomatic efforts have been made to engage with North Korea and address the threat it poses. In recent years, several high-profile summits have taken place, including meetings between Kim Jong Un and leaders from South Korea, the United States, and other countries. While these dialogues have provided some hope for de-escalation, progress has been slow and inconsistent. The challenge lies in finding a balance between deterrence and engagement to effectively manage the North Korean threat. 🇰🇵

5️⃣ Evolving Dynamics: It is crucial to recognize that the situation on the Korean Peninsula is dynamic and subject to rapid change. Leadership transitions, internal political dynamics, and shifts in the global landscape can all impact North Korea's behavior. Keeping a vigilant eye on these evolving dynamics is essential for assessing the ongoing threat. 🇰🇵

#Geopolitics #InternationalRelations #ConflictResolution #NuclearProliferation #Diplomacy #RegionalStability #HumanRights #UnitedNations #PeacefulResolution #EastAsia #MilitaryTensions #InternationalSecurity #today on tumblr #deep thoughts #NorthKorea #SecurityThreat #NuclearWeapons #RegionalTensions #HumanitarianConcerns #DiplomaticEfforts #GlobalSecurity #KimJongUn #KoreanPeninsula

[biglisbonnews]

South Korea will give families $770 a month for one year to have a baby South Korea’s birth rate has reached alarming new lows. Births shrank to 0.78 per woman last year, from 0.81 in 2021, which already put the country lowest in the world. If that trend continues, South Korea’s population will be less than half what it is now by the end of the century.Read more... https://qz.com/south-korea-will-give-families-770-a-month-for-one-yea-1850273991

#southkorea #yoonsuk #humanoverpopulation #humans #rates #countries #eastasia #totalfertilityrate #yoonsukyeol #fertility #yun #Annalisa Merelli #Quartz

[averageopinions]

When I met my ex-flame from school (she was a Hansarian at the time, and I was an engineering student at Warangal) at Bungalow Road in 2011, I was gobsmacked by the DU crowd. It had rained all day. Throughout our reunion,' I was only looking out the stained glass of Cafe Coffee Day, fantasizing about these students' lives. Now, when I'm a part of Delhi University, that too on its centenary, it's a different feeling altogether. Already had a brilliant start to the week. Zou ba! #delhi #delhiuniversity #india #eastasia #g20 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cly0S0TPgXw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#delhi #delhiuniversity #india #eastasia #g20

[jalonz0]

A INDIAN GENIUS!!!

#youtube #INDIA #GENIUS #YOUTUBESHORTS #MUSIC #ASIA #EASTASIA

[piaisabelvargas]

#places #placesintheworld #world #wonders #wondersoftheworld #abudabi #uae #asia #eastasia #sheikhzayed #mosque #gulf

[legit-news247]

Apple curbs AirDrop record sharing on units in China | CNN Business ... https://legitnews247.com/?p=21113&feed_id=2864

#WORLD #AIRDROP #APPLE #APPLEINC. #ASIA #BUSINESS #CHINA #CIVILDISOBEDIENCE #CNN #COMPANIES #CONTINENTSANDREGIONS #CURBS #DEVICES #EASTASIA #FILE #PROTESTSANDDEMONSTRATIONS #SHARING #SOCIETY

[ausark-media]

#seoul Halloween crush

Ausark  —  A fresh graduate in her first full-time job; a teenager who helped raise her siblings after their father’s death; a foreign exchange student excited for his first trip to Asia. In the seven days since 156 people were killed in a Halloween crush in the South Korean capital, the names and stories of those who died have emerged, along with details of missed warnings and desperate calls for help. According to police emergency call logs, multiple calls were made as early as four hours before the tragedy unfolded, as the crowd in Seoul’s buzzy nightlife district Itaewon became so packed that partygoers were unable to move or breathe. Videos taken over the course of that night show revelers realizing, at first slowly then in a rush of panic, that what was supposed to be a fun night out was spiraling dangerously out of control. Police ultimately sent four police dispatches to the site that evening, but too few and too late to prevent the disaster. Families are mourning the loss of their loved ones, with most victims in their teens and 20s. Amid the grief, anger has grown with demands for answers as to how things could have gone so terribly wrong. Here’s a look back at how the disaster unfolded – and the early danger signs that went unheeded. Halloween in Itaewon isn’t a single event held by an organizer – rather, it’s a popular place for young people, often dressed in elaborate costumes, to go bar hopping and clubbing. From the Itaewon subway station, the main nightlife strip can be accessed via a sloping alleyway less than 4 meters wide (13 feet), that runs between the brick wall of the Hamilton Hotel and some stores. On weekends, the alley becomes a busy thoroughfare for people coming and going, giving it a convivial atmosphere where friends meet up and party. By 4 p.m. on October 29, crowds had become “significantly big,” said Park Chang-ki, a parking attendant who worked across the road from the alley where most of the crush took place. By 5 p.m., the alley was so packed it was completely blocked off, according to the owner of a restaurant facing the alley. At 6:34 p.m., police received an emergency call – the first of 11 increasingly urgent calls that first pleaded for crowd control, then for rescuers. “That alley doesn’t look safe … It feels like (people) can be crushed to death,” the caller said. “I barely escaped, I think you need to control this, there are simply too many people.” “Police will come out and check that out,” the officer responded. By 7 p.m., people in the alley were spilling out onto the adjacent main road, said Park, the parking attendant. According to police logs, the second emergency call came just after 8 p.m., with the caller saying people were being pushed, falling and getting hurt. “It’s chaotic … I think it needs to be controlled somehow,” the caller said. Similar warnings, growing more dire, soon followed. Just after 8:30 p.m., a caller warned police the situation was “really serious.” Twenty minutes later, another caller said it felt like a “madhouse.” “It’s not a joke. It’s not a prank call,” they said, adding: “I beg you.” Things rapidly escalated between 8 p.m. to 9 p.m, with footage showing the Itaewon streets – lined with clubs and bars blasting music – packed with revelers standing shoulder to shoulder, some pushing forward in a slow-moving wave. Crowds aren’t unusual for Seoul, or for the Itaewon area, which is often full of partygoers on weekends. Some experts have said this may have contributed to the disaster, with residents unaware of the danger because they were used to being in tightly packed crowds. In a selfie video taken at 8:41 p.m., 22-year-old French exchange student Anne-Lou Chevalier and her friends laugh about the number of people as they wait in the middle of an unmoving crowd. “At the beginning we thought it was funny,” said Chevalier. “We heard Halloween in Itaewon was amazing.”

But unease soon set in. In a video taken just minutes later, the group’s laughter has taken on a nervous edge as one girl says, “Just try not to fall.” Another responds, “I’m scared.” Shortly after, Chevalier says, they began to feel crushed; she passed out and was evacuated, with a photo taken at 8:58 p.m. that shows her being lifted away from the crowd by two men. By 9 p.m., an emergency caller urged police to “make an emergency dispatch now,” saying a “big accident could occur at any moment.” Several other callers around this time warned that people were being trampled on, describing the situation as “horrible.” One caller, at 9:02 p.m., put it more bluntly: “Somebody is going to die.” By 9:30 p.m., the streets were crammed full; some people reported not even being able to exit the nearby subway station, with new partygoers still arriving in the area. By now, the danger was apparent. Ian Chang, a 21-year-old university student from Florida, arrived in Itaewon around 9:40 p.m., planning to meet his friend Steven Blesi, another American exchange student – but the crowds were so severe he messaged Blesi at 10:17 p.m., urging him to avoid the area. It’s not clear if his warning ever reached Blesi – one of the two American victims who died that night, the other being 20-year-old Anne Gieske from Kentucky. Sometime before 10 p.m., Emily Farmer, a 27-year-old English teacher in Seoul, escaped into a bar after being “overwhelmed” by the crowds. Shortly after, she said, rumors began spreading that somebody had died and patrons were not allowed to leave. By 10:21 p.m., some began taking desperate measures; a photo shows a man scaling a wall to escape, cheered on by bystanders unaware of what was happening.

Minutes later, police began receiving reports of people being “buried” in the crowd. “At 10:23 p.m. we received more than five reports that people fell, and they could either get hurt or die,” a first responder told Ausark, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. Authorities rushed to the scene, where they saw up to “10 rows of faces – we couldn’t even see their legs,” said the first responder. They said workers pulled out the people in the bottom row first – but “when we laid them (on the ground), most of them were unconscious.” The sheer volume of people also made it difficult for police to reach those who needed help. Video posted to social media showed people performing compressions on other partygoers lying on the ground as they waited for medical attention. Sophia Akhiyat, an American doctor in Itaewon that night, was whisked to a side street after telling an officer she could possibly help. “I was completely overwhelmed but I started CPR on the first body I saw,” she said. “It was so chaotic because there were so many victims on the floor, along with foot traffic and partygoers and music blasting from surrounding restaurants and clubs that had no idea what was going on.” Adding to the confusion was the fact that most people were in costume that night – meaning some mistook police officers for fellow partygoers. One 20-year-old eyewitness, who requested anonymity because she did not feel comfortable having her name published, said when an officer tried to direct the crowds, she heard someone ask: “Is he a real policeman?” By 11:46 p.m., South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency had reported that dozens of people were receiving medical assistance after suffering from “cardiac arrest,” citing fire authorities. Photos show the road full of police cars, with officers cordoning off the area. At 11:55 p.m., the Seoul metropolitan government sent an emergency alert to residents in the Itaewon area, requesting vehicles to turn away due to “an emergency accident near Hamilton Hotel.” “Citizens, please return home as soon as possible,” it read – which would be repeated in several more alerts in the following hours. This was more than five hours after the first emergency call had come in, with reports of the disaster beginning to circulate widely on social media. Around 12:14 a.m., the country’s National Police Agency made its first report to agency chief Yoon Hee-keun, according to Yonhap. President Yoon Suk Yeol dispatched a disaster medical assistance team to Itaewon, ordering hospitals to prepare emergency beds. By 12:30 a.m., the scale of the tragedy was becoming clear, with photos showing a line of blue body bags on the street, as first responders rushed the wounded onto stretchers and into ambulances. Just after 1 a.m., authorities released the first death toll of 59 killed as they worked frantically to transfer injured people to nearby hospitals, and bodies to multiple mortuaries. Read the full article

#asia #business #businessandindustrysectors #continentsandregions #crime #curricula #deathanddying #deathsandfatalities #eastasia #economyandtrade #education #halloween #holidaysandobservances #journalismandnewsmedia #laborandemployment #lawenforcement #lawenforcementandcorrections #mediaindustry #policingandpoliceforces #publicsafetyworkers #seoul #society #southkorea #studentsandstudentlife #studyabroadprograms #workersandprofessionals

[youronlyoneofcl]

Asian Financial Crisis 2.0?

Are we starting to see the early beginning of an Asian Financial Crisis 2.0?

Hopefully not. If this is something that should happen, now is a very bad time.

#AsianFinancialCrisis #Asian Financial Crisis #Asian Financial Crisis 2.0 #AsianFinancialCrisis2.0 #Asia #ASEAN #EastAsia #Philippines #Korea #Japan #China #Thailand #India #economy #PHP #KRW #JPY #CNY #THB #INR

[fancygirlplays]

#arrangement #asia #asiatic #japanesecuisine #international #japan #japanese #food #eastasia #makisushi #maki #sushi #nobody #oriental #roll #cuisine #stilllife #lunch #inarow #japaneseculture #raw #rice #seaweed #tuna #salmon #music #painting #interiors #natural #photography

[hbreference]

Inverted House, Oslo School of Architecture / Kengo Kuma / prof. Raphael Zuber, Taiki-Cho Japan, 2015.

Photography by Shinkenchiku Sha and @laurianghinitoiu

A competition on a property in Hokkaido, northern Japan, called for a house to enjoy the harsh cold. The forms and intersections of this thing make it feel more like a pavilion than a house, but with the solidity of something permanent.

Very mature for student work. Has the insansity (in a good way) of young persons work, with the craft and articulation of materials of someone more experienced. Apparently, they worked extensively on-site with the contractor while it was being built. Exactly as you should.

I wonder if it's still used. The hot bath seems incredible - I wonder if that fireplace in outside room B provides enough heat to be comfortable in the cold.

#small, #concrete, #wood, #2010, #eastasia, #japan, #residential, #educational, #architecture

#small #concrete #wood #2010 #eastasia #japan #residential #educational

[the-tenth-arcanum]

It's a beautiful day. You join another work call. It's more gaslighting from management. You're not even fazed.

#I was literally told 3 weeks ago I could move to another team #except now it's not happening #it's the second time it's happened #also I have new responsibilities now #except they're not new. we've always been at war with eastasia weren’t you listening? #I point out that no I don't remember us being at war with eastasia actually. this is news to me #I get accused of not being a team player or something #none of this is in writing so it cannot be proved or disproved #it's a normal day on my job #corporate drama #*

[biglisbonnews]

China sanctions US military companies supplying arms to Taiwan China officially put Lockheed Martin and a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies on an “unreliable entities list” after they sold weapons and military technology to Taiwan. The move is the latest in a series of microaggressions that have recently increased tensions between China and the US.Read more... https://qz.com/china-sanctions-raytheon-lockheed-martin-1850124249

#china #taiwan #geographyofasia #raytheontechnologies #politicsofchina #chinesetelecom #war2cconflict #chinae28093unitedstatesrelations #politics #countries #politicsoftaiwan #cross straitrelations #eastasia #lockheedmartin #politicalstatusoftaiwan #sovereignty #taiwanindependencemovement #huawei #Diego Lasarte #Quartz

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

It's always funny to see a Trump Pence sticker with a scratched out Pence

#bumper sticker #fuck trump #fuck pence #fuck republicans in general #we have always been at war with eastasis #we have always been allied with eastasia #trump always picks the best and most competent people until they turn on him in which case he always hated them and never trusted them

[jalonz0]

(John D. Alonzo)

#SoundCloud #music #John D. Alonzo #SoundCloudRadio #SCFIRST #GETMOREPLAYS #DANCE & EDM #soundcloud #INDIA ASIA MUSIC DANCE TIKTOK #DANCE #TIKTOK #ASIA #EASTASIA #PAKISTAN