We hear that all is not well in South Korea for Nintendo, who's next generation console is taking bad rap from the hardcore elite in the country. The negative gossip all revolves around the fact that the localized Wii consoles are only accepting localized copies of Nintendo games, and from the looks of it, Nintendo isn't getting corresponding versions of the most demanded titles into the market fast enough. The result: Wii sales have been sluggish at late. More details follow at the full story.

Microsoft plans on lowering the price of its Xbox 360 in its Asian markets to revitalize sales - a move similar to when it cut the prices in Europe. For more information on these price cuts and the specific regions to be affected, head on over to the full article by clicking on the "read more" link below.

The maxim says, "imitate, then innovate." Perhaps Fantom Entertainment Group imitated Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children a little too much.

In any case, Square Enix has won the reported copyright infringement case against Fantom Entertainment Group. For more legal details, turn to the full article after the jump.

Last year gave us the news of a madly love-struck astronaut, and this year, we'll be witnessing how taking out books outside the premises without asking permission will take something important away from you: in this case, the privilege to be the first person from your country to be sent into space. Read all about it in the full article.

Itching for more StarCraft II updates? Well, you are just in time because Blizzard has just unveiled a new trailer video for the game in an event in South Korea. This particular clip focuses on the Zerg Swarm and the new units that come with it. Watch the video after the jump!

South Korea's Ko San will be blasting off to the International Space Station bringing with him his country's national dish, kimchi.

Apparently, it took three government research institutes, millions of dollars and years in order to make this thing happen. Find out more after the jump!

Last time, it was the United Kingdom and South Korea. This time, it's Poland. And yes, the strain of bird flu involved was the dreaded H5N1 strain, which has been known to infect humans as well as birds.

Find out where those sites were located after the jump!

In South Korea, they make glow-in-the-dark kittens. Or at least, a group of cloning experts there were recently able to clone cats that glow in the dark under ultraviolet light. More on this at the full article!

They say that imitation is a form of flattery. But sometimes, imitation can unleash on you a Beat Rush + Somersault + Water Kick + Meteodrive combo (and very well into Final Heaven too). Last March, Square Enix filed a law suit against Korean media company Fantom Entertainment Group for releasing a music video that's been ruled to have plagiarized FF7: Advent Children. Exhibit A, if you please: Korean pop singer Ivy's music video for her song, "Temptation of Sonata". Read more to see the video and for more details.

The mobile industry continues to boom with its uncanny ability to entice the public to get cell phones and constantly upgrade to the latest models. The pace has been so fast in terms of production and sales that there are now 3.3 billion mobile handsets in the world. That's half of the world's total population.