Weird Stareastasia News http://weird.stareastasia.com Weird news and odd stuff from from China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Fri, 17 May 2013 02:48:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 StarEastAsiaWeirdNewshttp://feedburner.google.com Giant Hong Kong duck deflates http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StarEastAsiaWeirdNews/~3/vSJvuyHY7ZE/ http://weird.stareastasia.com/2013/05/giant-hong-kong-duck-deflates/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 02:48:59 +0000 Webmaster http://weird.stareastasia.com/?p=618 [CNN] Hong Kong’s new favorite tourist attraction, a giant inflatable duck, mysteriously deflated overnight.

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]]> http://weird.stareastasia.com/2013/04/japanese-wasps-alchohol/feed/ 0 http://weird.stareastasia.com/2013/04/japanese-wasps-alchohol/ Mascots protest unpaid salary http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StarEastAsiaWeirdNews/~3/h3ApSe2YkPg/ http://weird.stareastasia.com/2013/02/mascots-protest-unpaid-salary/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2013 08:53:58 +0000 Webmaster http://weird.stareastasia.com/?p=607 Rural migrant workers dressed as cartoon characters protest outside China National Radio in Beijing on January 31 demanding 280,000 yuan ($45,000) in salary they claim has not been paid.

Chinese mascot protest

Chinese mascot protest

The five workers, representing 31 people who work at different companies in Hebei, dressed as Angry Birds, Donald Duck, Garfield and the Chinese God of Wealth in the hope of drawing attention to their cause.

Don’t know if this could solve anything, wish them luck.

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Japan most expensive tuna

The winning bidder, Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Kiyomura Co, which operates the Sushi-Zanmai restaurant chain, also set the old record of 56.4 million yen at last year’s New Year’s auction.

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