Pocky Day

November 11 has long been celebrated in Asia as "singles' day" - because the 11/11 date looks like four singles - and has been commandeered in Japan and South Korea by Pocky and Peppero respectively.

South Korea and Japan fight over a group of guano-covered rocky islets in the sea between them. They argue over their recollections of history in the first half of the 20th century, when Japan colonized the Korean Peninsula.

November 11 has long been celebrated in Asia as "singles' day" - because the 11/11 date looks like four singles - and has been commandeered in Japan and South Korea by Pocky and Peppero respectively.

South Korea and Japan fight over a group of guano-covered rocky islets in the sea between them. They argue over their recollections of history in the first half of the 20th century, when Japan colonized the Korean Peninsula.