A San Francisco jury found Antoine Watson guilty of lesser charges in the 2021 death of 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee, but cleared him of murder and elder abuse in a case that helped fuel the Stop Asian Hate movement.

Over 100,000 visas were canceled by the State Department throughout 2025, setting an unprecedented record with more than double the 40,000 revocations from the previous year. Last week, we learned that the sweeping enforcement contributed to the nation’s first instance of negative net migration in at least five decades, and with significant implications for Asian American communities who make up substantial portions of student and skilled worker visa populations.

Celebrated South Korean director Park Chan-wook revealed that his film “No Other Choice” reflects how capitalism operates in South Korea, where competition intensifies once a worker loses his job. During a recent appearance on “The Daily Show,” Park said Korean society experiences capitalism “to the extreme,” a perspective that shaped his decision to tell the story through satire. Adapted from the 1997 novel “The Ax,” the film follows a longtime company employee who is fired and begins targeting other job seekers as he competes to reenter the workforce.

A new University of Toronto study suggests that stereotypes portraying Asian Americans as uniformly healthy have contributed to blind spots in U.S. mortality research. By analyzing years-of-life-lost among adults ages 25 to 84, researchers identified divergent trends across six Asian ethnic groups from 2000 to 2022. The study shows that aggregated reporting can conceal rising premature mortality in specific populations.

Two large studies released this month found that commonly used racial categories in U.S. health data obscure significant disparities among Asian American patients. When researchers analyzed heart failure treatment and pregnancy-related high blood pressure by specific ethnic groups, patterns of unequal care and elevated risk emerged. The results suggest that broad data labels may be undermining efforts to prevent serious cardiovascular and maternal complications.

A federal judge in San Diego on Monday sentenced former U.S. Navy sailor Jinchao Wei to 200 months in federal prison for his role in an espionage case involving China. The 25-year-old, who’s also known as Patrick Wei, was convicted by a federal jury in August 2025 of conspiracy to commit espionage, espionage and multiple export control violations linked to the unlawful transfer of defense-related technical data, though he was acquitted on one count of naturalization fraud.

The Trump administration will halt immigrant visa processing for applicants from 75 countries starting Jan. 21.

A Chinese man faces federal charges for photographing B-2 stealth bombers and sensitive military infrastructure at a Missouri air base.

President Donald Trump directed the U.S. to withdraw from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) last week, marking the only nation to exit the 1992 treaty that underpins global climate cooperation.

The Trump administration has expanded the number of countries whose passport holders must post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the U.S., bringing the total to 38 nations, with the latest additions taking effect Jan. 21.