BTS’ Jungkook apologizes for wearing ‘Make Tokyo Great Again’ hat

BTS member Jungkook publicly apologized early Saturday (local time) following public backlash over his choice to wear a hat with a political...

Densho calls for greater education after Wyoming lawmaker’s use of anti-Japanese slur

Densho, a nonprofit organization that documents testimonies of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II, emphasized the critical ...

Community rallies around family of Samoan designer killed in ‘No Kings’ protest

An outpouring of community support has emerged for the family of Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, the 39-year-old Samoan fashion designer and former “P...

Trump orders ICE to increase deportations in Democratic cities

President Donald Trump has ordered federal immigration officials to focus deportation efforts on Democratic-controlled cities, intensifying ...

Air India 787 crash likely due to dual engine failure: investigators

A rare dual engine failure during initial climb is the leading theory behind the crash of Air India Flight AI171, investigators said, as the...

Young Asian American adults strongly reject student deportations, college funding cuts: poll

A majority of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AAPI) adults oppose federal efforts to defund colleges with diversity, e...

Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang heads to Meta as part of $14 billion deal

Alexandr Wang, co-founder and CEO of Scale AI, told employees Thursday he is stepping down to join Meta Platforms, confirming his exit just ...

Amy Wang shares update on ‘Crazy Rich Asians 2’

Screenwriter Amy Wang says the long-awaited sequel to “Crazy Rich Asians” is still in the works, but fans will need to be patient. Speaking ...

Timbaland debuts an AI-generated ‘Asian’ pop singer

A virtual singer depicted as a young Asian woman named TaTa was unveiled on June 5 as the first act from Stage Zero, an AI-focused entertain...

Asian American officials blast Senator Padilla’s forced removal from DHS briefing

Asian American lawmakers have expressed outrage over the detention and handcuffing of U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) during a news confer...

Minnesota Hmong American lawmaker responds to backlash over her immigration story

Minnesota State Representative Kaohly Vang Her, one of the nation’s few Hmong American lawmakers, clarified on Monday that she and her...

GOP congresswoman draws bipartisan rebuke over anti-Sikh remarks

Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.) drew widespread criticism earlier this month after claiming that it was inappropriate for a Sikh religious leader ...

ICE deports more than 100 Chinese nationals in major op

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), led by its Dallas office, deported 122 Chinese nationals earlier this month as part of a...

How ILRC’s ‘Red Cards’ can help protect immigrants during ICE encounters

As immigration enforcement actions grow under the Trump administration, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center’s “Red Cards” remain a practical...

Indian American professor sues UCSF over firing linked to Gaza posts

An academic physician at UC San Francisco has sued the university, claiming free speech violations after she was fired over social media pos...

BTS close to reuniting as 6 members finish military service

BTS moves closer to a complete reunion following Wednesday’s discharge of Jimin and Jungkook from the military, with just one remaining memb...

Air India Boeing 787 crash leaves hundreds dead, 1 survivor

An Air India Boeing 787‑8 Dreamliner, Flight AI171, en route to London Gatwick, crashed into the B.J. Medical College hostel in Ahmedabad sh...

3rd Chinese researcher arrested for smuggling biomaterials to University of Michigan lab

Chengxuan Han, a doctoral student from Wuhan’s Huazhong University of Science and Technology, was arrested June 8 at Detroit Metropolitan Ai...

Trump claims ‘done deal’ with China … but is it, really?

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that a U.S.-China trade deal is “done” after two days of high-stakes negotiations in London, but ...

San Antonio elects its 1st Asian American woman, openly gay mayor

Gina Ortiz Jones defeated Rolando Pablos to become the mayor of San Antonio, Texas, making history as the city’s first Asian American woman,...

China, Philippines issue safety advisories for citizens amid LA protests

China and the Philippines have issued safety advisories via their Los Angeles consulates, warning their citizens to remain alert amid demons...

NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump’s deep cuts in public health research

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health released a rare internal protest letter known as the “Bethesda Declaration” on Monday to pub...

Ex-DOGE engineer says federal abuse was ‘relatively nonexistent’

Software developer Sahil Lavingia, who worked briefly for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), claims that abuse within the feder...

Kash Patel’s jail threat to ICE protesters draws accusations of hypocrisy

FBI Director Kash Patel has faced backlash over his jail threat to anti-ICE protesters, with critics accusing the administration of applying...

Asian performers make history at 2025 Tony Awards

Three Asian and Asian American performers won major acting honors at the 78th annual Tony Awards, held June 8 at Radio City Music Hall in Ne...

Manny Pacquiao fights back tears as he enters Boxing Hall of Fame

Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao delivered an emotional speech as he was enshrined in the International Boxing Hall of Fame on Sunday in Canasto...

Federal immigration raids in Los Angeles spark protests nationwide

Federal immigration enforcement operations across Los Angeles on Friday culminating President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard tr...

Donald Trump Jr. appears to suggest ‘rooftop Koreans’ should shoot protestors

Korean Americans in Los Angeles are condemning Donald Trump Jr. for posting a contentious image that references their community’s experience...

Boston mayor Wu draws federal backlash for comparing masked ICE agents to neo-Nazis

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is taking heat from federal officials after comparing masked ICE agents to “secret police” and suggesting similarit...

Will Andrew Yang and Elon Musk team up for a third party?

Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang has reportedly reached out to Elon Musk with a proposal to collaborate on building a th...

NYC Chinatown residents unveil alternative plan to relocate ‘mega jail’

Community advocates in Manhattan’s Chinatown unveiled a new proposal last week calling for the relocation of a controversial, borough-based ...

Japan bans flashy baby names like ‘Nike,’ ‘Pikachu’

Japan’s parliament passed legislation in late May establishing standards for children’s name pronunciations, addressing disputes over creati...

Smartphone smuggled from North Korea automatically censors ‘oppa’

A North Korean smartphone smuggled out of the country by Seoul-based media outlet Daily NK in late 2024 has revealed new evidence of the reg...

Asian Americans no longer healthiest older adult group, study finds

Asian Americans have lost their long-held status as the healthiest racial group among older U.S.-born adults, according to a recent study. T...

World Bank: 1.8 billion South Asians at risk to extreme heat by 2030

More than 1.8 billion people across South Asia could face life-threatening exposure to extreme heat by 2030, according to a new report from ...

Nearly half of Japanese workforce engages in ‘quiet quitting’: survey

Around 45% of full-time employees in Japan are “quiet quitting,” a practice where workers do only what their roles require, without extra ef...