Around Asia: Sex, bombs and space ports

• Seoul, Korea - Police shut down group sex website, arrest participants [Asian Sex Gazette]
  Korean police have arrested a 42-year-old website operator identified as Kim who they say arranged 20 group sex parties in and around Seoul and collected participation fees. They also booked 53 male members who had group sex and 11 females who prostituted themselves through Kim's website.


• Tokyo, Japan - Retired Japanese porn star Ai Iijima needs sex [Asian Sex Gazette]
  Even months into retirement, porn star-cum-celebrity advisor and IT explorer Ai Iijima can't stay out of the news, with Shukan Asahi reporting that now she's moaning about her insatiable urge to break a sex drought.


• Bangalore, India - The dark side of Hyderabad's success [Asia Times]
  The twin blasts that tore through an amusement park and an eatery in Hyderabad on August 25 marked the second time in three months that the city had been targeted by terrorists. A high-tech hub that is second only to Bangalore for its booming information-technology (IT) and biotechnology sectors, Hyderabad appears to be emerging as a terror hub.


• Singapore - US space tourism company to build spaceport in Singapore but has run short of funds [IHT]
  A year after U.S. company Space Adventures Ltd announced it would build a US$115 million spaceport in Singapore to launch sub-orbital flights, it has said it doesn't have enough financing.


• Bangkok, Thailand - Pen-spinning craze [Asian Offbeat]
  The latest craze to hit Thailand is pen-spinning, and the Thai pen-spinning fan club claims 200,000 enthusiasts who say they have mastered over 200 moves.

Video of Thai pen-spinning club in action [h/t to Asian Offbeat]