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Where Are The Asian Borders? (Part 1: Australia and Africa)

Asia is the largest of all continents, covering an area of 44,579,000 square kilometres - that's 30% of the Earth's total land area. It has given rise to many of the world's first civilizations, and has long been home to the majority of the human population.

But have you ever wondered what actually counts as Asia? Where exactly are the borders? Do they sit nicely in between countries, or can a country be divided?

This video is part one of a three part series. We cover the specific Asian borders following the coastal regions from the Tumen River between North Korea and Russia to the Suez Canal in Egypt. In between, we go over Japan's Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands, the Malay Archipelago, Indonesia's border with Papua New Guinea, the Wallace Line, the Weber Line, Asian continental shelf, the Middle East, Yemen's Socotra Archipelago, Afro-Eurasia, Egypt's border, and more.

Part two and part three will cover the messy Europe Asia border, Russia's continental status, and the North America Asia border that, surprisingly, isn't as simple as you might think.

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These Events Will Happen in Asia in 2019 (part 1)

This video will be different from normal, because it won’t just be about one event, but 42 events in the near future, all happening in Asia in 2019. Now of course predicting such events is extremely difficult, but we can always give our best estimates based on the information we currently have.

Some of the events covered in this video:
- India's Chandrayaan-2 will be the first spacecraft to land on the moon
- Mister World competition held in Philippines
- Google developing new censored version of search engine for China ('Dragonfly')
- India's T-Series will defeat Pewdiepie to become the most subscribed YouTube channel of all time
- Kim Jong-un is expected to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow, as well as Donald Trump for a second time
- South Korea's Samsung will release the first foldable smartphone (Samsung Galaxy X)
- Thailand, North Korea, Afghanistan, Indonesia and India will hold their elections
- Japanese Emperor Akihito will abdicate his throne
- Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Israel
- Taiwan will be the first Asian state to legalize samesex marriage
- New $1.4 billion port city to begin construction in Sri Lanka
- Singapore will complete world's first air taxi trials
- ASEAN countries and US will hold maritime exercises, the biggest display of combined force against China
- Japan hosts the first Rugby World Cup in Asia
- Turkey may start construction on the Canal Istanbul
- China will complete the Beijing Daxing International Airport, busiest in the world.
- India will finish building 111 million toilets nation-wide
- Russia will send humanoid robots to space
- Russia will offer commercial spacewalks to tourists
- Tesla will open factories in Shanghai, China
- Eurovision Asia will be launched
- Huawei consolidates its lead over Apple in smartphone sales
- North Korea will increase their cybercrime activities worldwide

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How Would You Escape North Korea? (The 7 Choices)

If you were living in North Korea right now - trying to survive on a diet of rats, grass, soil and tree bark; quenching your thirst by drinking out of mud puddles in the ground - what would you do?

There's also the conceivable chance of being sent to a political prison camp for years on end just because you innocently thought out loud one day to a bunch of friends that, say, Dear Leader gained a bit of weight; where you are then beaten, tortured, and left so hungry that you are forced to dig and consume the grains out of faeces, or the maggots from dead bodies, just so you have the energy to perhaps last one more day.

You'd probably wanna escape. But how?

The North Korean government in Pyongyang refuses to let its citizens leave, a clear violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, viewing North Korean defectors as traitorous criminals. Captured North Koreans would be subject to unimaginable torture and often public executions.

If they are successful in their escape, then three to four generations of their family back home would be sent to North Korean prison camps to rot ....or worse. This is a strong deterrent.

But this still doesn't stop desperate North Koreans from tempting fate. In this video, I'll go over the seven ways to escape the DPRK, including the most dangerous, the most unforgiving, the most unique, and the most unexpected.

The North Korean border on the south side (ie. South Korean border / Korean DMZ) is the shortest distance to travel for safety and stability but as a result, the regime makes it dangerously hard. A North Korean escapee can be shot down by North Korean soldiers (border guards) or step on the many landmines in the area.

The northern border to China has its own set of challenges. Most North Korean refugees escape through this way, usually crossing the Tumen River border (like the famous North Korean defector Hyeonseo Lee). Once in China, the nightmare doesn't end there.

There are also other, more unconventional ways you can try to escape such as through North Korean labor camps.

Even if you make it to safety and resettle in a stable country, the North Korean regime will still try to hunt you down, so you're never truly safe. Especially if you're an outspoken critic or a threat to Kim Jong-un's power - just ask his half brother, Kim Jong-nam.

Sources:
https://web.archive.org/web/20070303203248/http://www.hrnk.org/refugeesReport06.pdf
http://bushcenter.imgix.net/legacy/gwb_north_korea_executive_summary_r4.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/world/asia/north-korean-soldier-braves-dmz-to-defect-to-south.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news

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How the CIA Ran a Secret Toy Operation in South Asia

Guangdong, China, 2005. It was late at night. A factory manager made his way past the assembly line to the adjoining warehouse where a meeting was set to take place - a group of men had already gathered. He didn’t know exactly who these men were, but from his contact he knew they were important people. Not wasting any time he presented to them what they asked for — a toy that he and his colleagues had passionately been working on the past few months.

Upon inspection, the men seemed pleased with the product, but in order to move to the next phase of operation, final approval was needed from Langley. You see, these men were from the CIA, and this operation, if successful, could help put an end to one of the greatest conflicts in modern time. But how? What was this toy? And who were they targeting?

This happened in 2005, but what lead to this moment, actually started four years earlier...

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'Asian Eyes' Are More Common Than You Think

The stereotypical Asian eye - the ones that are small, slanted and often with a monolid (single eyelid) - can only be seen in Asians...

...ok, not exactly true.

Just like how there are Asian people who have larger, non-squinty eyes; there also exist white people or black people who do have these squinty, Asiatic eyes. But just how common is it among non-Asian people, and why do they even have it?

In this video, I'll get into the different countries and ethnic groups from all over the world that you may not expect to have this characteristic. There will also be examples from some well-known celebrity faces!

If you want to find out what kind of 'Asian Eyes' you have, click our previous video on the topic. In it, we cover the truth behind apparent slanted eyes or small Asian eyes, hooded eyes (common in Caucasian eyes), as well as the different types of Asian epicanthic folds.


Sources:
https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/human-anatomy-fundamentals-advanced-facial-features--cms-20683
https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/reference-populations/
http://www.dnaireland.ie/dna-origins/
https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/human-journey/
http://nmnh.typepad.com/100years/2014/08/origins-of-arctic-peoples-revealed-through-study-of-ancient-dna.html
http://ethnicelebs.com/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2811390/Did-Renee-Zellweger-surgery-disguise-ethnic-roots-Leading-professor-suggests-actress-Norwegian-descent-Michael-Jackson.html
https://robertlindsay.wordpress.com/2010/06/12/the-strange-case-of-bjork/
http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamafacialplasticsurgery/fullarticle/479760
http://epicanthus.askdefine.com/http://eyelidsurgerymalaysia.blogspot.co.at/2016_02_01_archive.html
http://eyelidsurgerymalaysia.blogspot.co.at/2016_02_01_archive.html
http://english.teuimps.co.kr/eng/02_eye/eye1_2.php
https://www.beautylish.com/a/vcacj/whats-your-eye-shape
https://drkotlus.com/asian-eyelid-crease/
http://www.fashionlady.in/have-you-known-the-types-of-monolids/38650

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These Events Will Happen in Asia in 2020

Our last video was about the start of 2020—all the likely Asian events to happen in the first six months—but this video is about how it all ends. We’ll be breaking down the final six months of 2020 (all 29 future events), and, as you will see, things get even crazier...

Talking Points — Artificial meteor shower, Tokyo 2020 Olympics, mission to Mars, oldest serving state leader, Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, first self-sustaining nuclear fusion reactor, Hong Kong protests, US election hacking, world's largest trade deal, Indian Apple Store, world's largest IKEA store, world's tallest ferris wheel, 2020 World Expo, District 2020, World Robot Summit, MrBeast, United Nations Arms Embargo, Iran Nuclear Deal, Donald Trump, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, manga cult-classic Akira, Kim Jong-un, Xi Jinping, deep fakes, Vladimir Putin, Andrew Yang, G20 Summit, dengue virus, asteroid Ryugu, Hayabusa2 sample-return mission

Countries Covered — Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea, India, UAE, ASEAN, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Russia, Israel, Armenia, Philippines, Malaysia, East Timor, Iran

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Where Are The Asian Borders? (Part 2: Europe)

Asia is the largest and most populous continent in the world. From the physical extremes to the cultural, it's a continent that has shown tremendous diversity from one end to the other. But what exactly counts as Asia? Where are the Asian borders?

This video is part two of a three part series.

In part one, we covered the specific Asian borders following the coastal regions from the Tumen River between North Korea and Russia to the Suez Canal in Egypt. In between, we went over Japan's Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands, the Malay Archipelago, Indonesia's border with Papua New Guinea, the Wallace Line, the Weber Line, Asian continental shelf, the Middle East, Yemen's Socotra Archipelago, Afro-Eurasia and Egypt's border.

In part two, we cover the most controversial Asian border section of Europe starting from Egypt, through Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia. We end on the eastern side of Russia (Siberia) bordering North America, which is where part three will commence.

Many feel Asian and Europe shouldn't have been separate continents to start with, as there isn't a clear physical geographical divide between the two. In fact, a few countries teach the continent of Eurasia as a result. This made this video particularly challenging as nothing is definitive and is all open to interpretation.

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These Events Will Happen in Asia in 2020 (part 1)

As you probably know, this video will be different from normal, because it won’t just be about one event, but multiple events in the near future, all happening in Asia in 2020. Now of course predicting such events month-by-month is extremely difficult, but we can always give our best estimates based on the information we currently have.

In this video, we cover some of the following:
- Burj Khalifa, Al Marjan Island and fireworks (UAE)
- Kim Jong-un New Year's Address (North Korea)
- Xi Jinping's battle with Winnie the Pooh (China)
- Taiwan and China's conflict
- Hong Kong protests
- South China Sea Dispute between China and ASEAN
- Mekong River dams (Laos)
- Mount Everest landfill (Nepal)
- Indian's water crisis
- World's highest bridge (Kashmir)
- Beidou Satellite System (China)
- Fastest train in the world (China)
- The new Japanese Emperor
- Central Asia and Lonely Planet
- Bhutan and phalli
- Andrew Yang in the Democratic presidential primaries
- BTS and mandatory military service (South Korea)
- US' Huawei Ban
- Azerbaijan's first lady and vice president
- Tajikistan's very tasty president
- ABU International Song Contest (China)
- China's Beidou Satellite System

+ more!

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Has McDonald's Conquered Asia?

If McDonald's were a country, it's revenue would make it the 105th largest economy in the world, surpassing the GDP of Estonia, Cambodia and Afghanistan. The number of McDonald's employees worldwide would be more than the entire population of Iceland, Barbados and Samoa. It's a big company, but it wasn't always that way.

McDonald's was founded on May 15th, 1940 in San Bernardino, California - that's over 77 years ago - and has since expanded to a 120 countries and territories around the world, serving 68 million customers each day.

It took 27 years for the first McDonald's to appear outside of the US, and 31 years to make it's way to a second continent. THIS continent was Asia, and in this video I'm going to take you through the next 46 years of McDonald's' Asian ascension.

So, which Asian country was the first to open a McDonald's? What did McDonalds have to sacrifice in order compete with local markets? And how much of Asia is there still left to conquer, as of today?

We'll get into all of that, so grab a double cheeseburger (maybe some fries), and we'll explore every Asian country to have ever had a McDonald's.

Welcome to McAsia....

Some notable McDonald's branches in Asian countries are:
- McDonald's Japan for being the first Asian McDonald's ever.
- McDonald's Singapore for having the oldest McDonald's employee worldwide at 93 years old.
- McDonald's Malaysia for being the first McDonald's in a Muslim-majority country.
- McDonald's Turkey for being the first McDonald's in West Asia (Middle East).
- McDonald's South Korea to be the first to sell alcohol (beer).
- McDonald's Russia for having the largest McDonald's outlet in Asia in Pushkin Square, Moscow.
- McDonald's Israel for having the healthiest McDonald's in the world.
- McDonald's Saudi Arabia for oddly taking out a full page ad in a Saudi national newspaper swearing loyalty to the new crown prince.
- McDonald's India for being the first McDonald's in South Asia, as well as having the first vegetarian McDonald's in the world.
- McDonald's Pakistan for having served the Taliban at one point in time.
- McDonald's Georgia for having the chain's most exquisite outlet.
- McDonald's Iraq for only having ONE McDonald's outlet for the US Army stationed in Baghdad.
- McDonald's Kazakhstan for being the first McDonald's in Central Asia.

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The Insane Hijacking of Japan Airlines Flight 351

Tokyo, March, 1970. 31,000 feet up in the air. Japan Airlines Flight 351 was reaching its cruising altitude. It had left Tokyo’s Haneda Airport no more than ten minutes ago, and was set to land in Fukuoka in an hour’s time. This was to be a relatively short flight, a domestic affair, but little did the passengers and crew know it was going to be neither, as Japan Airlines Flight 351 was about to undergo a harrowing ordeal.

On the plane were 122 passengers: tourists, businessmen, first-year uni students, doctors on their way to medical conferences—people from all walks of life—and including a few notable individuals like the high-ranking Pepsi executive, the talented bass player from the up-and-coming rock band ‘Hadaka no Rariizu’, and the Roman Catholic priest from New York. This was a diverse mix, with people of varied experiences and professions, but nothing could have prepared them for what was to come.

At about 7:30 am, as the plane was flying over the southern face of Mount Fuji, a young Japanese man got up from his seat to make a special announcement:

He was hijacking the plane...