Hong Kong campaign to give away over 500,000 plane tickets in bid to revive tourism

Hong Kong is offering free airline tickets, spending vouchers and special events in their efforts to bring travelers back after COVID-19 tra...

Manila store to allow customers to pay with onions

A discount store in the Philippines will be accepting onions as a mode of payment for select in-store items. As the prices of onions in the ...

Bill Gates says China’s rise is a ‘huge win for the world’

In a new interview, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said he views China’s global ascent as a “huge win for the world.” As ...

Filipino bride walks down the aisle with onion bouquet

As the prices of onions have soared in recent months in the Philippines, a Filipino bride chose practicality over traditional aesthetics by ...

Japan PM warns country will cease to ‘function as a society’ if population decline persists

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declared a dire need for policies tackling the country’s declining birth rate, calling it “now or neve...

The BTS effect: Dior stock soars to all-time high following appointment of Jimin as global ambassador

French luxury fashion brand Dior saw an unprecedented surge in stock prices following the announcement of BTS member Jimin as its newest glo...

China’s population declines for the first time in 60 years

Before you read: China’s birth rates plummet as more women choose to not have babies due to COVID-related factors Young people in China are ...

Thai man refuses government help, lives in tree for 3 years

A 38-year-old Thai man has lived in a tree for three years out of embarrassment. Known as Charlie, the man is currently living in a tree in ...

Japanese woman spent $1.50 a day on food to buy 3 houses by age 34

Saki Tamogami, 37, lived extremely frugally for 16 years to achieve her dream of owning three houses by age 34. Tamogami’s dream first manif...

Japan’s top cosplayer made over $1.5 million in 2022, manager reveals

Top Japanese cosplayer Enako earned over 200 million yen (approximately $1.5 million) in revenue for 2022, according to her manager.  The ne...

Detroit Free Press editor resigns amid layoffs to help save employees’ jobs

Detroit Free Press Vice President and editor Peter Bhatia announced in a virtual staff gathering on Friday that he will resign from his pos...

Costco CFO confirms increase in membership prices

During an earnings call on Thursday, Costco CFO Richard Galanti confirmed that membership prices will soon be increasing.  Earlier this year...

Frozen food named ‘dish of the year’ in Japan

A Japanese restaurant guide has named frozen food Japan’s “dish of the year.” According to the Gurunavi Research Institute...

Vietnamese EV maker VinFast files US IPO, selects T-Mobile as internet provider

Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast has filed for an initial public offering in the U.S. and selected T-Mobile as its connectivity pr...

Report: Singapore, NYC ranked most expensive cities to live in

The “Worldwide Cost of Living (WCOL) 2022” report, which was released on Wednesday by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), ranked Singapo...

Jimmy O. Yang praised for refusing to promote crypto platforms in wake of FTX lawsuit

Comedian Jimmy O. Yang revealed in July that he had refused multiple offers to promote crypto-related platforms because he did not want to ...

Asian nations dominate ranking of countries with most international students at US universities

Students from Asia ranked in the top 10 among the number of international students studying at universities in the U.S. According to the I...

Asia is home to 6 of the top 20 cities with the most millionaires

In a recent report by Henley and Partners, a firm that tracks global wealth, Asian cities accounted for six of the top 20 cities in the wor...

South Korean teen becomes world’s youngest billionaire

Kim Jung-youn, a South Korean heiress to the video game empire Nexon, has become the world’s youngest billionaire at 18 after her father’s ...

More immigrants than ever have become billionaires in the US

Forbes’ recently unveiled World’s Billionaire list for 2022 revealed that a record-number 92 American billionaires are immigrants. Topping...

Education Secretary Cardona: student loan relief and Inflation Reduction Act ‘really cancels itself out,’ naysayers are ‘un-American’ [interview]

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona spoke with NextShark on Thursday to discuss student loan relief, inflation and the future of high...

KFC China forced to sell chicken feet due to inflation

KFC stores in China have reportedly begun selling chicken feet, giving customers a new finger-lickin’ experience. Instead of as a response...

Obscure Hong Kong tech company’s stocks surge 21,000%, valued more than McDonald’s thanks to Reddit

Thanks to popular Reddit forum WallStreetBets, Hong Kong financial tech company AMTD Digital is now worth even more than giants like Coca-Co...

‘It’s great to invest, but invest smartly’: Jimmy O. Yang explains why he turned down crypto promotion offers

Jimmy O. Yang revealed that he has turned down multiple paid cryptocurrency promotion offers in the past, fearing that his endorsements mig...

Korea’s growing ‘no-spend challenge’ trend has people saving more amid rising inflation

South Korea’s “no-spend challenge” trend has citizens saving more, with some boasting their zero-expenditures on social media. On Instagra...

Chinese investors lead foreigners with $6.1 billion in purchased US real estate last year

Buyers from China, including those from Taiwan and Hong Kong, acquired $6.1 billion in U.S. real estate in the last 12 months, the most out...

Hong Kong billionaire Calvin Lo reveals why he has no plans to invest in crypto

R.E. Lee International CEO Calvin Lo, whom Forbes has estimated to have a net worth of $1.7 billion, revealed in an interview with Tatler A...

Some ‘Axie Infinity’ players once made more money gaming than in their day jobs — but the bubble has burst

“Axie Infinity,” a blockchain-based video game with a “play-to-earn” model, continues to hemorrhage players due to diminishing r...

Strippers can apparently better forecast the market than your finance bro

In a tweet that has since gone viral, a netizen who claims to be a stripper declared that we are currently in a recession based on the empty...

Alibaba’s shares plunge $25 billion after Chinese authorities arrest man with the surname Ma

Alibaba Group Holding Limited’s stock lost nearly 208.2 billion Hong Kong dollars (approximately $26.5 billion) minutes after Chinese state...

Billionaire Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44 billion

Elon Musk, 50, is set to buy Twitter today, according to reports citing sources with knowledge of the situation. Musk offered to purchase ...

Ukraine’s envoy to Japan slams Uniqlo for continuing operations in Russia: ‘What a shame’

Fast fashion retailer Uniqlo has remained in business in Russia despite pressure to close its 49 stores in the country. Tadashi Yanai, fou...

Indonesian college student becomes millionaire after putting his selfies up for sale as NFTs as a joke

Indonesian college student Sultan Gustaf Al Ghozali, 22, earned over $1 million by selling his selfies as NFTs. Ghozali took daily photos ...

Report: Singapore surpasses Hong Kong to become Asia’s most expensive city to live in

A new report has revealed that living in Singapore has just become even pricier than living in Hong Kong, making it the most expensive Asian...