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North Korean Situation “A Tragedy,” Psy Says Before Performing His Newest Single, “Gentleman”

Psy unveiled his newest single, "Gentleman," at midnight on Thursday, then christened it on Saturday at a solo concert at Seoul's World Cup stadium in front of 50,000 fans. That should tell you exactly how worried the people of South Korea are about its neighbor's threats, and offers more context for the phrase "heightened tension." Before the concert, Psy, i.e. Park Jae-sang, was asked about the situation ...

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Chinese Software Company Mocks Kim Jong-Un And North Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions In This Funny Ad

North Korea may be distressing policymakers here and abroad with its threats of nuclear blah-blah-blah, but most people tend to shrug off its proclamations as rhetorical bluster, which we've all seen before. "Final destruction," DPRK? Really? You mean, this is finally the final one, now? North Korea, at this point, is a parody of itself, but that doesn't mean it can't use the occasional poke. Here's Kingsof ...

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PSY Makes First Mainland China TV Appearance, Performs In Shanghai’s Dragon TV Gala [Video]

As advertised, South Korean rapper PSY made his first televised appearance in mainland China at the Shanghai Spring Festival TV Gala, which aired on Dragon TV on Sunday. There were indeed dancing robots, as you can see. But much more bizarre was the exchange at the beginning, in which PSY tried to teach Gangnam basics to the hosts, who appeared contractually obligated to play dumb as if there were still peo ...

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PSY Lands In Shanghai, Celine Dion Tabbed For CCTV Spring Festival Gala

Hunan will be spared a visit from Uncle PSY this Spring Festival, as it looks like he’ll be galloping on Phoenix Dragon TV’s Spring Festival crap-a-thon in Shanghai, effectively making the Changsha government look like a bunch of liars. According to gossip queens Xinhua, PSY arrives in Shanghai tonight, where he’s scheduled for a performance at Cuvve on The Bund February 1 and will then spend the next five ...

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The Competition For Best Gangnam Style Remake Is Over: This Flipbook Wins

We have here a very late entry to the Internet's ongoing competition for best Gangnam Style remake/parody, but sometimes the best really do come last. Please give your attention to Etoilec1, whose flipbook animation of Gangnam Style captures and embodies PSY's original production in all its creativity, craftsmanship, zaniness, and sheer wonder. Is it scene-by-scene perfect? No. For example, it's missing bac ...

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The Latest Hot Gangnam Video From China Features Violins

Ten violinists at a Beijing concert on Saturday gave their creative take on this year in viral music, with Gangnam Style taking the fore. Explains Sina: "Disturbing", or "Tan Te" in Chinese, mixing "Gangnam Style". These violinists really let their imagination go free. And it worked very well. The performance was met with rapturous applause. The concert also featured soundtracks from movies like "Schindler’ ...

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Here Are Bikinied Women Doing Gangnam Style In China, Because Of Course

Alicia first saw this slideshow on China News, but it's since migrated to Sina, and if you thought a slideshow of scantily clad women doing Gangnam Style wouldn't make it to People's Daily, under the headline, "40 sweet beauties dance Gangnam Style in bikini," you have been living under a rock. Catch up. These ladies (and at least a couple of gentlemen) were out to promote Henan province on Saturday at the ...

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China Successfully Landed A Jet On Its Aircraft Carrier For The First Time On Sunday, And It’s Already A Meme

China took another step toward legitimizing its Soviet-purchased aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, on Sunday when five pilots of J-15 fighter jets successfully landed on the carrier, led by squadron leader Dai Mingmeng. Even though experts say it'll be at least four years before the Liaoning is "fully combat capable," according to China Daily, Sunday's exercise was nonetheless a milestone for the People's Lib ...

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Announcing: PSY’s Coming To China! First Mainland Performance Will Be On New Year’s Eve [UPDATE]

Hold your saddles everyone, your favorite horse dancer is coming to China! Unfortunately, his first mainland performance will be in Changsha, as part of Hunan Satellite TV's "Carnival Week" to ring in the new year. Amanda, I kid. Changsha is a fine city. Unfortunately, it's in the middle of nowhere. Ah, I kid again. It's not nowhere. Unfortunately, it's Hunan province. We linked to this in last night's East ...

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That Picture Of Chinese Leaders Doing Gangnam Style Has Been Censored, Because Censors Hate Fun

Hate it as I do, I understand why some things are censored. You can't have a perpetually restless populace in the countryside, for instance, believing that an alien overlord will descend from heaven and deliver them from misery if only they'll overthrow the current regime. You can't have top leaders exposed as hypocrites. You can't have porn. What I don't understand for the life of me, however, is why THIS ...

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Chinese Leaders Do Gangnam Style! [UPDATE]

Via Alicia via Facebook This is photoshopped, in case you're the type to need that kind of information explicated. Previously: Xi Jinping bobblehead does Gangnam Style. UPDATE, 11/20, 2:30 am: Someone tried putting this picture on Sina Weibo, and it was almost immediately deleted. ...

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With More Than 5 Million Likes On YouTube, PSY Gets Guinness Certificate

PSY's "Gangnam Style" will almost certainly be the first YouTube video to reach 1 billion views. Just think about that for a second. One billion. How in the world did we let ourselves believe, just last year, that Justin Bieber was a big deal? We're a bit late on this story, because PSY actually got his certificate on Thursday in the UK, but Xinhua just got around to writing about it, so here we are. Gangna ...

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Activists Put On Oversized Xi Jinping Head And Dance For Tibetan Independence

You've probably already guessed that the dance is Gangnam Style. Like this one, it features bulls. Via International Tibet Network and Students for a Free Tibet: On the eve of the CCP's 18th Party Congress, Students for a Free Tibet and the International Tibet Network release a parody video titled "Tibetans challenge Xi Jinping - Gangnam Style." A takeoff of Korean star Psy's uber-popular Gangnam Style, the ...

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We Found A Gangnam Parody That Isn’t Terrible: Zhangjiajie Style

I know you're going to hate me for this, but throw back a drink of choice and let yourself enjoy this. It succeeds where other Gangnam parodies fail: by sticking to the basics. It doesn't rewrite any lyrics. Doesn't invent dance steps. It just says to PSY by way of tribute: you think you're zany with your horses and K-pop stars? We're going to give you cross-dressing chefs, ridiculous costumes, and the Na'v ...

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“Nasty China Style”: A Tolerable Gangnam Parody Highlights Hong Kong-Mainland Rivalry

We're as sick of Gangnam Style parodies as everyone else, but this latest, "Nasty China Style," has a few redeeming factors. First, it's sung in Cantonese; I tend to think all Gangnam parodies are bad mostly because of the lyrics, but it helps when you don't know what they're saying. (There are subtitles though.) Second, file this one under "Red Army Orchestra meme" -- it'll help you get over the anti-Gangn ...

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Halloween Night In Beijing And Greater China

Did you know people in the US spend more for Halloween than every holiday except Christmas? Candies, costumes, day-after pills (only in some states!), and liquor all cost money, and if there's one thing we know, it's that adults are more than happy to spend in the name of socialized buffoonery and fun. Some of this fun has been imported, of course (though most of you, according to this poll, disapprove). He ...

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Gangnam Style Gone Wrong: Stage Collapses Underneath Dancers In Beijing

Students in the throes of Gangnam Style on Sunday morning had their dance abruptly halted when the one-meter platform underneath them collapsed. The mostly international students were performing in front of a sizable audience as part of the Peking University International Cultural Festival. The festivities had just started when the accident happened, according to Beijing News, though there were no serious i ...

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