Prime Video has dropped “Butterfly,” the espionage series fronted by Daniel Dae Kim, ending one of the streamer’s largest Asia-based original shoots to date.

The Trump administration’s immigration policies will reduce the U.S. labor force by 15.7 million workers by 2035, including 4.7 million from legal immigration restrictions that disproportionately impact Asian professionals, who represent 85% of H-1B visa holders, according to a new economic analysis.

Baek Se-hee, the South Korean author whose bestselling memoir candidly explored living with depression, died at age 35, the Korean Organ Donation Agency announced last week.

Kent Wong, the longtime director of UCLA Labor Center and prominent advocate for immigrant and worker rights, died Oct. 8 at a Los Angeles hospital due to cardiopulmonary failure with complications from endocarditis.

Taiwanese tourists visiting South Korea have begun wearing identification badges to avoid being mistaken for Chinese nationals amid escalating xenophobic incidents targeting Mandarin speakers.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is establishing dedicated social media surveillance teams at two facilities, with plans to hire nearly 30 private contractors to monitor online platforms to generate leads for deportation raids.

In a world-first, Chinese researchers have successfully transplanted a genetically engineered pig liver into a living human, proving that a porcine graft can sustain human liver function.

Vietnam is moving to nominate its beloved noodle soup pho for recognition by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism confirmed during a seminar in Hanoi last week that a nomination dossier has been completed for submission to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

If there was ever any question of Shohei Ohtani’s greatness, Game 4 of the National League Championship Series answered it beyond a doubt. During Friday night’s performance, the Japanese two-way superstar hit three home runs and struck out 10 Milwaukee Brewers over more than six scoreless innings to secure the series-clinching win and the NLCS Most Valuable Player award. His 10 strikeouts came on 97 pitches, including 18 swinging strikes, while his three home runs traveled a combined 1,342 feet, according to Statcast.

Veteran animator Willie Ito, who was incarcerated as a child at Utah’s Topaz War Relocation Center during World War II, has been honored with the lifetime achievement award from the Spark Animation Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia.