If you’ve ever caught yourself flicking through K-dramas and wishing you could dive headfirst into a Korean barbecue scene, Romantic Baka is basically your IRL cheat code. From the team behind Dampa ...

Portland ramen shop Baka Umai has opened a second location in Northwest Portland called the Ramen Den, expanding the spicy ramen specialist beyond its original Hawthorne outpost. The new location on ...

Many know that baka (馬鹿) in Japanese literally means idiot, stupid, dumb, foolish, silly, goofy, clown, and various other insults in just one word. But is this really the true meaning of the word?

Colors, music, and the air of community pride filled the streets of this town as it officially opened the 22nd Baka Festival with a lively street showdown, marking the start of a week-long celebration ...

The movie Baka’s Identity depicts young men working in the black market moving inexorably toward more brutal criminality. It is based on Nishio Jun’s novel Orokamono no mibun (A Fool’s Identity), ...

The making of fake IDs has a venerable and even noble cinematic history, going back to Donald Pleasence’s document forger in “The Great Escape” (1963), who ruined his eyesight for the sake of his ...

A cafe in Toronto that's been a local staple for almost 13 years has officially closed its doors for good. It's only natural for restaurants in Toronto to be, more or less, transient. Some last for ...

A pair of young swindlers and their mentor plot to escape their lives of petty crime; lives spent posing as women on social media platforms, finding lonely, vulnerable men and sweet-talking them into ...

In the past, in Cameroon, artisanal weaving of mats was naturally passed down from one generation to the next. But over time, these cultural practices began to fade, threatening the very identity of ...

Jean Pesme has officially assumed duties as the new Division Director for Bangladesh and Bhutan at the World Bank, effective 1 July 2025. A French national and engineer by training, Pesme brings with ...