Late Night Ignoring Asia

Ah Spam:  The food that is truely a mystry meat.

The deal with Koreans and Spam Walk into any market in Korea and one will find ample shelf space reserved for Spam, the canned meat that is as well-known for being a punch-line in jokes as being a convenient, if salty, food. But if you’re expecting those iconic blue-and-yellow cans to be as cheap as they would be in the United States, where they originated, think again: a 340-gram can of the non-perishable stuff costs upwards of 6,800 won ($6.10). That’s largely because Spam is not the outlier here that it is elsewhere. Instead, it is a staple with a history that dates back to the 1950-53 Korean War, a product that can be found in cupboards as well as pricey restaurants. Toru Hashimoto apologizes for being his ass-hole self to himself.  His epiphany? Discovering that one can't always reveal their true dick head self. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto apologized Monday for saying U.S. troops should patronize adult entertainment businesses as a way to reduce rapes, but defended another controversial remark about Japan’s use of sex slaves during World War II. Hashimoto, who is also the co-head of an emerging nationalistic party, said his remarks two weeks ago rose from a “sense of crisis” about cases of sexual assaults by U.S. military personnel on Japanese civilians in Okinawa, where a large number of U.S. troops are based. “I understand that my remark could be construed as an insult to the U.S. forces and to the American people” and was inappropriate, he said at a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Tokyo.

The snakes that didn't becomes steaks. Lucky

53 King Cobras Saved from a Car in Vietnam

In Hanoi, Vietnam, the police were called in to handle a rather unusual request. Trapped in a car were 53 sacked king cobras.

After removing them from the vehicle, the local police took the snakes to a wildlife rescue center near the capital where they could be treated before being released back into the wild.

In Vietnam, snake meat is considered a delicacy. Snakes are also used in traditional oriental medicine. The demand for king cobras in Vietnam for commercial uses has led to them being banned from being hunted or traded.

The driver of the car in question claims to have been paid about US$50 to transport the snakes and was arrested.