North Korea is singing the praises of female revolutionaries on International Women's Day. The official KCNA news agency says Wednesday that many people are singing songs such as "Song of coast artillery women" and "A girl innovator dashing like a steed. "

It pays to be lonely in one South Korean province. The government in South Kyongsang province plans to give $6,113 to single male farmers in order to help them pay for mail-order brides from abroad, an official said to Reuterson Tuesday.

North Korea's communist government urges women in the country to sport traditional Korean clothes instead of pants. Joson Yeosung (Woman) magazine says, "Keeping alive our dress style is a very important political issue to adhere to specific national cultural traditions at a time when the U. S. imperialists are maneuvering to spread the rotten bourgeois lifestyle inside North Korea. "

A fast food chain in Japan is offering whale burgers, in an attempt to rid itself of overstock from past hunting expeditions. Lucky Pierrot, a restaurant chain in the city of Hakodate, began selling the burgers Thursday for $3. 50.

A waitress at the To Suk Chung, serving dog stew to a group of patrons, says she does not understand why so many people make such a big deal about eating dog and whale meat, considered traditional meals in South Korea. Pak Suk-kyun does not sympathize with conservationists making pleas to ban the whale meat trade at The International Whaling Conference, just a few blocks from the restaurant, which specializes in dog stew.