Asia

North Korea’s Thunderbird Runways

As any bond villain will attest, a true megalomaniacal dictator should have a number of underground lairs from which to hatch evil plots. As we can see, North Korea's Kim Jong-Il and his associates have plans to go one better…

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Monday, 19th May 2008

Days Out in Korea

Normally considered to be places of fun and pleasure, perhaps the last country you would expect to find the world's largest stadium is in North Korea, one of the most isolated nations on the planet. However with the capacity to…

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Thursday, 15th May 2008

Air Traffic Control Gone Wrong

At Beijing's huge Capital International Airport, it looks as if disaster is about to strike. As one unsuspecting propeller plane begins its take-off, it seems completely unaware that a large jumbo jet is hurtling towards it, also ready to leave…

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Monday, 5th May 2008

Burj Dubai

The Burj Dubai, upon completion, will be the tallest man-made structure on the face of the planet. Here we can see it in a relatively early stage. From the [timeline of pictures] on Wikipedia, this image looks to have been…

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Thursday, 17th April 2008

Doubly Mysterious Circle of People

In Osaka, Japan this group of people have gone one better than the original Mysterious Circle of People, and have created a Mysterious Double Circle of People... Maybe this is the beginning of a new form of flash mobbing for…

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Thursday, 3rd April 2008

Two out of Three views of Japan

The "Three Views of Japan" are just like the Seven Wonders of the World, except they're all in Japan. And there's only three of them. Firstly there's "Matsushima", a group of around 260 miniature islands which are all covered in…

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Friday, 7th March 2008

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Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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