The Korean Liberator welcomes an addition to its blogroll: “Chapter 15 is an excellent new blog that follows Korea, the United Nations, and human rights. If you really want to see how [South Korean] Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon's run for U.N. General Secretary is going, this is the place.”
Up top at Chapter 15 are three posts looking at Ban's current campaign tour through Eastern Europe.
A popular Chinese drama “Dwelling Narrowness” was “re-scheduled” without explanation recently. ESWN translated various reports and discussions about the drama. A recent development of the drama is that one of the main characters becomes the mistress of a government official in order to help repay her older sister's mortgage.
Fauna from ChinaSMACK translated local web portal Netease's pick of 41 popular Chinese internet memes.
Tingting from ChinaSMACK translated a local forum post that shows modern and luxurious design prison in China.
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You should look at http://www.unsg.org, which provides a more comprehensive look at the candidates for Secretary General, including Ban.