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    2PM play dress-up for fans

    Members of K-pop boy band 2PM host a mock talk show at their fan-only gathering on Sunday, at the Grand Peace Palace of the Kyunghee University in Hoegi-dong, eastern Seoul. Taecyon, who did most of the speaking for the evening, is on screen. / Courtesy of JYP Even with just…

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    Leader of K-Pop Group Meets Press

    Tae Yeon, header of South Korea’s pop group Girls’ Generation, answers questions during a press conference for foreign media in Seoul, capital of South Korea, on Nov. 1, 2010. <Xinhua/He Lulu> news@theasian.asia

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    K-Pop Singers Before the Foreign Press

    SEOUL – Yoon A, left, and Yuri of South Korea’s pop group Girls’ Generation answer questions during a press conference for foreign media in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 1, 2010. <Xinhua/He Lulu> news@theasian.asia

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    K-Pop Girls’ New York Holiday

    NEW YORK – Members of the Korean Pop band Girls Generation, from left, Seohyeon, Sunny, Taeyeon, Yoori, Tiffany, Hohyeon, Sooyoung and Yoona make an appearance at a Best Buy store in New York on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia

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    “I Get an Extra Eye”

    SAN DIAGO, Calf. – In this image released by San Diego Zoo, Mac Jarman, 5, of La Mesa, Calif., reacts as a Giant Owl butterfly perches on him at San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s Butterfly Jungle on Friday, March 23, 2012. The three-week festival of flutter opens on Saturday and…

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    Living Goddess ‘Kumari’ in Nepal

     KATMANDU —   A Kumari, or living Goddess, sits on a palanquin carried by devotees towards the Ghode Jatra festival, an annual horse-racing festival, in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, March, 22, 2012. According to legend, the festival is held to celebrate the victory over a demon named Tundi who lived in the…

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    Cherry Blossom in Washington D.C.

    Tourists walk beneath cherry blossom trees along the Tidal Basin in Washington D.C., the United States, on March 18, 2012. The annual Cherry Blossom Festival will begin here on March 20, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Japan’s gift of 3,000 Japanese cherry blossom trees to Washington in 1912. <Photo: Xinhua/Lin…

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    Nepalis Prepare ‘Holi Festival’

    People gather at a square to celebrate Holi festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 7, 2012. The Hindu festival Holi, the festival of colors, was celebrated by Nepali people on Wednesday. <Photo: Xinhua/Zhou Shengping> news@theasian.asia

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    Star of the Day

    A dressed-up elephant enters the Rambagh Polo Ground in Jaipur, capital of the north India state Rajasthan, during the Elephant Festival on March 7, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Li Yigang> news@theasian.asia

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    Japanese Celebrate ‘Hinamatsuri’

    People look at the dolls display on the day of the Hinamatsuri (Doll Festival) in Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, on Mar. 3, 2012. The Hinamatsuri (Doll Festival), which is also called Girls’ Day, is celebrated in Japan on March 3 to pray for young girls. <Photo: Xinhua/Feng Wuyong> news@theasian.asia

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