![]() ![]() Video: First ever robot wedding in Japan (RT) Robots Roborin (the bride) and Frois (the groom) got married in a ceremony officiated by a humanoid robot named Pepper. The world’s first robot wedding took place last weekend in Tokyo. Take a look at new images of China’s artificial island construction in the South China Sea.įirst Robot Wedding In The World Takes Place In Japan See China’s rapid island-building strategy in action “Asia is a growing market both globally and domestically-with Asian beer makers breaking into world markets and beers from around the world finding their way into the region,” writes Catherine Putz in a comparative analysis of the beer market in Asia. What’s That Got to Do With the Price of Beer in China?Īsia is driving growth in global beer demand. The 10 Korean Contemporary Artists You Should KnowĪrt historian and writer Julie Daunt surveys South Korea’s flourishing contemporary art scene for The Culture Trip: “From neon words to hyper-realistic sculptures to threaded installations.” In this South China Morning Post magazine feature, writer Nathan Thompson recounts his experience getting a tattoo and meeting with sacred tattooists in Phnom Penh. Magical tattoos, known as sak yant in Khmer, have centuries of history throughout Southeast Asia, and are believed to “render their wearers impervious to bullets, protect them from misfortune and endow them with sexual magnetism.” In Cambodia, however, the tradition was mostly lost during the Khmer Rouge genocide and civil war. Read about the campaign, then scroll through a slideshow of notable participants. The campaign, which aims to champion girls in a country where the births of boys vastly outnumber births of girls each year, has drawn thousands of participants, including a number of politicians and celebrities. Last Sunday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his monthly radio show to launch #SelfieWithDaughter, a campaign encouraging fathers to post selfies of themselves with their daughters to social media. Social media takes to ‘SelfieWithDaughter’ whole-heartedly Welcome to Asia Society’s Weekly Rewind, featuring some of the best Asia-related content you may have missed. ![]() Asia Society Museum: The Asia Arts & Museum Networkįilipino LGBT participants march in Luneta park during the Pride March on Jin Manila, Philippines. ![]()
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