Late Night Ignoring Asia

Statue down

Ewha students demand ex-leader statue down

 

A group of students attending Ewha Womans University are calling for the removal of a statue of Kim Hwal-lan (1899-1970), a former president of the university, from the school campus for her pro-Japanese activities. More than 300 students covered the 3-meter statue from head to toe with post-it notes Thursday demanding the removal of the statue. A 24-year-old student, who asked only to be identified by her surname Kim, started the campaign through Ewhaian, an Internet community at the university.

 

Let's start with the headline:  Instead of using the word remove or perhaps take down the editor chose statue down.  Utter brilliance.

Why because the poor fool didn't have a racist animus towards the Japanese.  


Kim gets netted and stuffed in a tube.

Kim Jong Un Visits Songchongang Net-weaving Factory and Plastic Tube Shop

Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- Marshal Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, provided field guidance to the Songchongang Net-weaving Factory and the Plastic Tube Shop newly built by the 1521 Enterprise of the Korean People's Army.

He looked round the monument to the field guidance of leader Kim Jong Il to the factory dated August 23, 1982 erected to convey his immortal leadership exploits down through generations and the room dedicated to its history.

I can' find the correlation between a net and a plastic tube. But, I'm sure there's some kind of symbiotic relationship. 

It went over the wire

Tiger escapes from Nandankanan zoo in Odisha

A tiger, captured a month ago after it ventured into the Nandankanan Zoo here, has escaped from an enclosure with 18-feet-high wire.
 
The six-year-old male tiger which had entered the zoo on April 28, escaped last night after being moved to the enclosure from the tiger safari yesterday, as per guidelines of the National Tiger Conservation Authority, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) J D Sharma said today.
 
"The tiger escaped from the enclosure after jumping over the 18-feet-high wire fencing. His pug marks are clearly visible on the walls of the enclosure," Forest and Environment minister Bijayshree Routray said.


That's right.  Using a pole valut as an instrument of escape this mighty tiger made its mad dash for freedom and a better meal plan.