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Inventory shortages, rising prices expected as Trump’s China tariffs continue
President Donald Trump’s 145% tariffs on Chinese imports are causing significant supply disruptions and threatening higher prices for U.S. c...
Virginia school officials respond to middle schooler’s bullying of 5-year-old Asian boy
Aaron Spence, superintendent of the Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia, issued a statement on Tuesday condemning a now-viral video sh...
Bain says K-pop bandmates rallied behind him after he came out to them
Just B member Bain, who recently made history as the first active K-pop boy group idol to come out as gay, received overwhelming support fro...
New US ambassador to China claimed Beijing wants to ‘destroy democracy’
The Senate confirmed former Georgia Sen. David Perdue as ambassador to China on Tuesday with a 67-29 vote, placing the longtime China critic...
Shein, Temu prices soar as Trump’s tariffs near
Chinese e-commerce platforms Shein and Temu have substantially increased prices for U.S. consumers ahead of President Donald Trump’s closure...
Seattle woman vows to find driver who killed her mom in hit-and-run
A Seattle woman is offering a $20,000 reward to find the motorcyclist who fled after striking her parents in a crosswalk earlier this month,...
Chinatown businesses in hoarding war as Trump’s tariffs remain in effect
Chinese American businesses in major cities have found themselves locked in a stockpiling frenzy as President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chin...
Trump claims he’s talking to Xi. China says no.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly asserted that communications with China are being made about his sweeping tariffs, but Beijing continu...
Trump signals retreat on China tariffs
President Donald Trump announced this week that his administration’s record tariffs on Chinese goods will “come down substantially,” marking...
Just B’s Bain is 1st K-pop idol in a boy group to come out as gay
Just B member Bain made history this week by becoming the first K-pop idol in a boy group to publicly come out as gay during the group’s “Ju...
Indonesian father faces possible deportation after secret visa revocation
An Indonesian man is now facing possible deportation as he remains detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after agents secret...
Malaysia’s first K-pop idol is fluent in 4 different languages
Alicia Wong Lingling, or simply Lingling, 19, is set to make history as Malaysia’s first K-pop idol, debuting with entertainment label Leanb...
Myanmar’s capital is having to be redrawn after devastating earthquake
Myanmar’s military rulers have announced plans to redraw the layout of the nation’s capital city, Nay Pyi Taw, after last month’s catastroph...
Arcadia swears in its 1st woman Asian American mayor
Sharon Kwan made history on April 15 by becoming Arcadia, California’s first woman Asian American mayor. About Kwan: Kwan, who was previousl...
Beijing amplifies patriotic messaging in propaganda war with US over tariffs
Beijing is stoking nationalist sentiment via a sophisticated propaganda campaign, framing the economic confrontation as a prolonged ideologi...
Japanese lawmaker compares Trump to ‘delinquent kid’ over tariffs
A Japanese opposition lawmaker has reportedly compared President Donald Trump to a “delinquent kid extorting somebody” amid tense trade nego...
Las Vegas area welcomes its first Filipino Town
After years of community efforts, commissioners in Nevada’s Clark County unanimously voted to establish the Las Vegas area’s first Filipino ...
Chinese factories have flooded TikTok with ‘luxury’ goods. Should you buy them?
Chinese suppliers are taking over U.S. social media with videos promoting direct sales of alleged luxury products as a strategy to circumven...
How China is retaliating against Trump’s tariffs
China unveiled multiple countermeasures on Tuesday, immediately after new U.S. tariffs on its imports took effect. This marks the latest dev...
24 Filipinos deported, more being processed
Twenty-four Filipino nationals were recently deported for alleged illegal activities, according to Philippine Ambassador to the U.S. Jose Ma...
Texas Republicans renew push for Chinese land ownership ban
GOP lawmakers in Texas are moving forward with legislation to restrict foreign land ownership in the state, targeting China and other countr...
Pennsylvania universities accused of discriminating against Asian, white students
Four Pennsylvania state universities are facing a civil rights complaint filed Tuesday for allegedly discriminating against Asian and white ...
TikTok’s algorithm shows bias in political content, CCP-related coverage, studies find
Recent research reveals that TikTok’s recommendation algorithm exhibits significant biases in both its distribution of U.S. political conten...
Dozens of states, cities file lawsuits against Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship
True to his campaign promise, President Trump signed an executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship for children born to undocu...
Trump unleashes sweeping immigration crackdown
President Donald Trump could soon deploy thousands of additional troops to the southern border, following through his campaign promise of a ...
Fears abound as Trump ends DEI programs, LGBTQ+ protections
As part of his first wave of executive orders, President Donald Trump has moved to systematically dismantle federal diversity, equity and in...
Nearly 2,000 couples tie the knot as Thailand approves same-sex marriage
Thailand made history Thursday as the first Southeast Asian nation to legalize same-sex marriage, with 1,832 LGBTQ+ couples registering thei...
Remembering Mitsuye Endo’s sacrifice to end Japanese American incarceration
President Joe Biden posthumously awarded Mitsuye Endo the Presidential Citizens Medal on Jan. 2 — a long-overdue recognition of a quiet hero...
How Martin Luther King Jr. inspired Asian Americans
A Pew Research Center study in 2023 revealed a startling statistic: 25% of Asian Americans know either “not much” or “nothing at all” about ...
Got the holiday blues? Here’s how you can deal with them.
The holiday season is often described as a time of joy, connection and celebration. But for many, it can also be a period marked by heighten...
How Anise Health is transforming Asian American mental health care
Editor’s Note: NextShark joined Anise Health as an investor in October. Anise Health, a digital platform dedicated to Asian American mental ...
FEMA, Ad Council launch AANHPI-focused disaster preparedness campaign
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in partnership with the Ad Council, has launched the latest iteration of its “Ready” campaig...
Ador asserts contract validity as NewJeans decides to exit label
Ador, the management agency of NewJeans, has rejected the group’s abrupt announcement of contract termination, asserting that their exclusiv...
Michelle Steel concedes to Derek Tran in Orange County House race
Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) has conceded her re-election bid to Democrat Derek Tran in California’s 45th Congressional District, marking ...
Trump picks Indian American COVID lockdown critic as next NIH director
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, an Indian American Stanford University professor and vocal critic of COVID-...
Missing Hawaii woman intentionally missed her flight to New York, police say
Los Angeles police have determined that Hannah Kobayashi, a 30-year-old Hawaii creative who had been missing for weeks, intentionally missed...
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