Carl Samson

Kamala Harris breaks Biden’s poll record, gets Obamas’ endorsement

Vice President Kamala Harris broke President Joe Biden’s record in a new poll by Morning Consult, the first of the pollster’s daily tracking...

Kakao’s billionaire founder arrested for alleged stock manipulation in K-pop deal

Kim Beom-su, the billionaire founder of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly manipulating stocks durin...

Overtourism in Japan could mean extra taxes for visitors

Japan is experiencing a tourism surge fueled by a weak yen and pent-up demand. However, this influx is also leading to some environmental ch...

Woman filmed racially attacking Asian Kiwi passengers on Auckland bus

A woman was filmed pushing and spitting at Asian Kiwi passengers during a racist meltdown on a bus traveling in Auckland, New Zealand, on Mo...

Kamala Harris endorsed by Asian American leaders

Vice President Kamala Harris is receiving endorsements from prominent Asian American legislators and advocacy groups, with more expected to ...

Blackpink set for 2025 comeback, world tour

Blackpink will release a new album and embark on a world tour in 2025. The news comes from a four-minute announcement by label YG Entertainm...

Asian woman ‘needs her city back’ after violent attack in NYC

A woman took to Instagram to call for justice after allegedly falling victim to an unprovoked attack in Long Island City, Queens, before 1 p...

How Kamala Harris is blazing a trail with her Asian American heritage

Born to an Indian mother and a Jamaican father, Kamala Harris became the first woman and also the first Asian and African American vice pres...

Trailblazing Chicago cop Malcolm Woo dies at 79

Malcolm Woo, a pioneering Chinese American police officer in Chicago, died on July 8 at the age of 79 from heart complications. Joining the ...

Los Angeles County Board expansion could create Asian district

A proposal to expand the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from five to nine members has garnered significant support, with advocates ...

South Korea grants rights to same-sex couple in landmark ruling

South Korea’s Supreme Court on Thursday granted a same-sex couple spousal coverage under the state health insurance program. The historic ru...

Andrew Yang says Dems should replace Biden as presidential nominee

Andrew Yang, former Democratic presidential candidate and co-founder of the Forward Party, is predicting a “historic loss” for Joe Biden in ...

Usha Vance hit with racist comments by MAGA figures

Usha Vance, the wife of Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, has been subjected to racist comments following Donald Trump’s announcement of her husband as ...

6 dead, hundreds injured in Bangladesh anti-job quota protests

Six people were killed and more than 400 were injured during violent clashes in Bangladesh earlier this week as students protest the governm...

Usha Vance could become the 1st Indian American second lady

Usha Vance, the 38-year-old wife of Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate, is an accomplished lawyer and daughter of Indian immi...

Nikki Haley calls for GOP unity with ‘strong endorsement’ of Trump

Nikki Haley delivered a “strong endorsement” of Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, urging party unity days after...

North Korea executes 30 teens for watching K-dramas

North Korea reportedly executed around 30 teenagers for watching South Korean dramas earlier this month. The deceased, who were all middle s...

New York Post apologizes for misreporting Trump shooter as ‘Chinese man’

The New York Post has apologized for a July 13 article that initially falsely described the shooter in the attempted assassination of former...

BTS’s Jin carries Olympic torch in Paris amid massive fan support

BTS member Jin carried the Olympic torch for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics on Sunday — which was also Bastille Day, a French national holid...

Uber driver shot while helping robbery victim in Chicago’s Chinatown

Paul Bessette, 38, was shot in the chest while trying to stop a violent robbery targeting an older man in Chicago’s Chinatown at 1:40 a.m. o...

Chinese social media erupts over Trump assassination attempt

The failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday ignited various reactions on Chinese s...

Ex-NASA engineer accused of secretly filming sexual encounters with his glasses

Former NASA engineer Eric Sim, 37, who is facing seven counts of sexual assault, is now accused of filming his sexual encounters without his...

Ex-Japan soldier settles with 3 sexual assault attackers after landmark case

Rina Gonoi, a former soldier sexually assaulted while serving in Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force, reached a civil settlement with three of...

City of Oakland hit with subpoena after FBI raids on mayor’s home

A U.S. attorney has issued a subpoena to the City of Oakland, California — addressed to City Attorney Barbara Parker — following FBI raids o...

Man attempts to smuggle 104 snakes in his pants into mainland China

A man was caught at the Hong Kong-Shenzhen border trying to smuggle 104 live snakes in his pants, Chinese customs officials said on July 9. ...

Asian American, Asian leaders react to Trump assassination attempt

Asian American and Asian leaders around the world condemned the attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in ...

Man arrested for brutal robbery of Asian senior in Oakland is repeat offender

Clarence Esteen III, 31, accused of attacking and robbing a senior Asian woman and her companion in Oakland, California, on July 5, has been...

Biden-Harris campaign launches AANHPI outreach program

Team Biden-Harris this week launched “AANHPIs for Biden-Harris,” a campaign program that aims to mobilize Asian American, Native Hawaiian an...

China takes urgent climate action amid deadly rains, flooding

China is prioritizing its climate change policy as severe torrential rains and flooding continue to affect several parts of the country. Ext...

Blackpink’s Jennie apologizes over indoor vaping video

Blackpink’s Jennie has apologized after a clip of her vaping indoors sparked backlash in South Korea. The moment was captured in a video pos...

Jollibee buys $340M stake in South Korean coffee chain

Jollibee Foods, the Philippines’ largest restaurant operator, purchased a 70% stake in South Korea’s Compose Coffee for $340 million, markin...

Grammy Museum to exhibit K-pop memorabilia

The Grammy Museum, located in Los Angeles, will run “HYBE: We Believe in Music,” an immersive exhibit featuring articles from Hybe acts — in...

Asian American voters favor Biden over Trump, survey shows

Asian American voters continue to show support for President Joe Biden, though his approval has waned since the 2020 election, according to ...

Florida State Senate candidate sues fellow Republicans over ‘racist’ claims

Florida State Senate candidate Bowen Kou has filed lawsuits against the Florida Republican Senate Campaign Committee and Florida’s Voice, a ...

Chinese man arrested for vandalizing Japanese war dead shrine

Jiang Zhuojun, a Chinese national living in Japan, was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly conspiring with two others in the widely reported v...

Lisa to debut solo performance at New York festival

Blackpink’s Lisa will be the fifth official headliner at New York’s Global Citizen Festival, joining Post Malone, Doja Cat, Jelly Roll and R...