Michelle De Pacina

‘That’s what America is about’: Sugar Bowl Bakery co-founder reflects on his family’s pursuit of the American dream

“How come all the houses look the same?” then-24-year-old Andrew Ly wondered while touring San Francisco for the first time. The air was col...

Texas Gov. Abbott signs bill officially designating Koreatown in Northwest Dallas

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a bill to officially designate an area in Northwest Dallas as Koreatown. The bill was signed into law ...

Video captures terror as Asiana Airlines flight passenger opens plane door mid-air

A man in his 30s was arrested for opening an airplane’s emergency door in mid-air on an Asiana flight in South Korea.  On Friday, Asiana Air...

Chinese discovery of WWII bunker of Japanese scientists may lead to new war crimes evidence

Chinese archaeologists have uncovered an underground “horror bunker” that was purportedly used by Japanese scientists to conduct experiments...

VinFast recalls first batch of EVs in US due to safety risk

Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast is recalling its first batch of vehicles in the U.S. due to a dashboard display error that po...

Vietnamese ‘Onion Leaf Bae’ noodle vendor sentenced to 5 years in prison for mocking minister

The Vietnamese noodle vendor dubbed “Onion Leaf Bae” has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison for mocking a senior government o...

Artket Goods’ Asian-inspired candles tap into nostalgic scents of childhood

Francesca Chan of Artket Goods found a unique way to honor various Asian cultures through candles, with scents that range in inspiration fro...

Chin-Kee to Freddy Wong: The hardest challenge in adapting ‘American Born Chinese’ to a Disney series

Chin-Kee — the startling caricature of a negative stereotypical Chinese in Gene Luen Yang’s graphic novel “American Born Chinese” — was the ...

Model faces backlash for video of Filipino nanny returning home after 30 years of working for her family

A 29-year-old woman is facing backlash for uploading a TikTok video of her undocumented Filipino nanny returning to the Philippines after 30...

Hundreds of new species discovered in Southeast Asia’s Mekong region at risk of extinction

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has called on governments in Southeast Asia’s Greater Mekong region to increase protection for newly discovere...

Taipei restaurant introduces ramen dish topped with giant isopod

A restaurant in Taiwan is serving a ramen dish topped with a giant isopod.  The owner of The Ramen Boy restaurant located at the Liaoning St...

Taiwan’s last ‘comfort woman’ survivor dies at 92

On Tuesday, Taiwan’s foreign ministry announced that the island’s last known survivor of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery has died at th...

World’s most expensive ice cream from Japan costs more than $6,000 per serving

The world’s most expensive ice cream can be found in Japan for more than $6,000 per serving. Byakuya, which was created by the Japanese ice ...

Comedian Uncle Roger banned on Chinese social media after joking about China’s government

Malaysian British comedian Nigel Ng, better known by his online persona Uncle Roger, has been suspended on Chinese social media after making...

Virginia man charged for attacking woman, 2 congressional staffers with baseball bat

Xuan-Kha Tran Pham, a 49-year-old man from Fairfax, Virginia, was arrested and charged for attacking a woman and two congressional staffers ...

Journalist visiting Auckland to speak about anti-Asian racism gets racially harassed

Australian-based journalist Louisa Lim was racially harassed at a Chinese restaurant while visiting Auckland, New Zealand, to speak about an...

Philly Chinatown community sees no relent from developers of Sixers’ arena despite strong opposition

Michael Ha and his wife moved to Philadelphia’s Chinatown from New York City nearly 14 years ago in search of a business opportunity in Cent...

‘Elemental’: A closer look behind the multicultural world of Pixar’s latest film

While scientists see the periodic table as an arrangement of the chemical elements, Korean American director Peter Sohn was inspired by its ...

‘Depressed’ California doctor ‘purposely drove’ family off cliff in Tesla: affidavit

Dharmesh A. Patel, the radiologist who was accused of intentionally driving his family off a cliff, was “depressed” when he “purposefully dr...

In-depth: Gun lobbyists target Asian Americans amid spike in anti-Asian hate crimes

“Want to #StopAsianHate? Buy a rifle,” Gun Owners of America shared on Twitter on March 19, 2021, just three days after the Atlanta spa shoo...

‘The end of an era’: Journalist SuChin Pak says goodbye to MTV News

Journalist SuChin Pak took to social media to reminisce and bid farewell to the MTV News division, which is shutting down 36 years after its...

Gov. DeSantis signs Florida bill ​​banning Chinese citizens from buying land

Gov. Ron DeSantis has passed a bill banning Chinese citizens from buying land in the state of Florida. Bill SB 264, titled “SB 264: Interest...

Seattle, Philadelphia Chinatowns among ‘America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places’

Philadelphia Chinatown and Seattle Chinatown-International District (CID) were listed among America’s “11 Most Endangered Historic Places” f...

Video game journalist sparks backlash with tweet of WWII photo amid Nintendo blacklisting

Last week, Kotaku senior writer Luke Plunkett sparked backlash by tweeting a historic World War II photo in defense of a colleague who leake...

National Museum of Asian Art celebrates 100 years with 2-week festival

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art is celebrating its 100-year anniversary in a two-week Centennial Asian Pacific American Herit...

‘History, pride and dignity’: Google Doodle honors Chinese American photographer Corky Lee

In celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Google Doodle is honoring the legacy of Corky Lee, a Chinese American phot...

Broadway community sings farewell to beloved Korean owners of a NYC deli

A TikTok video of New York City’s Broadway community singing farewell to the Korean owners of a beloved sandwich shop in the city’s th...

Last known female Yangtze turtle dies in Vietnam, leaving the sacred species near extinction

A Yangtze giant softshell turtle, considered one of the world’s rarest reptiles, recently died in Vietnam, leaving its species on the ...

Singapore band robbed of equipment, cash in California during US tour

Singaporean band We Are Forest had their van broken into and robbed at a hotel car park in California during their U.S. tour. The band was s...

‘Here Lies Love’ musical introduces Broadway’s first-ever all-Filipino cast

The upcoming musical “Here Lies Love” has introduced Broadway’s first-ever all-Filipino cast.  The immersive musical, whose official opening...

California DA Pamela Price blasted by outgoing prosecutors as soft on crime, ‘disrespectful’ to AAPI community

Two Alameda prosecutors have resigned over what they see as too much leniency in California District Attorney Pamela Price’s policies on cri...

Hello Soju disproves plagiarism allegations from Hummy Soju

Hello Soju, a product developed by the entertainment agency The Hello Group (THG), has issued a statement in response to plagiarism allegati...

Japan to ban upskirting, non-consensual sexual videos for first time

Japanese lawmakers will be introducing a bill against upskirting and taking sexually exploitative images or videos of others without consent...

Tou Thou, officer who contained crowd during George Floyd’s murder, is convicted

Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao was found guilty of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd...

‘I love showing pride in my heritage’: Saweetie flexes her Filipino roots in Manila

Filipino American rapper and singer Saweetie visited the Philippines to headline the FIBA World Cup Draw in Manila.  On Saturday, Saweetie p...

‘Hungry’ S. Korean student eats $120,000 banana artwork

A South Korean art student ripped a banana off a wall that was part of an installation by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and ate it be...