Meanwhile in Asia of the Day

This is a picture from a "potato party," the latest weird craze that's been sweeping across Korea and Japan which involves going to a McDonald's restaurant and feasting on an absurd amount of french fries right then and there. Earlier last week, several South Korean adolescents were reportedly booted from the fast food restaurant after purchasing more than $250 USD worth of the fried potatoes, but not before snapping several photos that subsequently went viral online.