Trump admin wants 5 years of social media history from tourists entering U.S.

The Trump administration is proposing mandatory social media screening for tourists from 42 visa waiver countries, requiring them to disclos...

6-year-old Chinese boy finally speaks with father after 2-week separation, detention

Yuanxin, a 6-year-old Chinese immigrant separated from his father over Thanksgiving, spoke with his parent by phone last weekend for the fir...

DHS targets Vietnamese community in New Orleans

A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immigration enforcement operation in New Orleans has arrested Vietnamese immigrants alongside other ...

Trial begins for man accused in Vicha Ratanapakdee’s death

Nearly five years after the fatal attack on an 84-year-old Thai immigrant helped galvanize the Stop Asian Hate movement, his accused killer ...

San Jose high school students’ human swastika formation triggers hate crime probe

San Jose police have opened a hate crime investigation after eight students at Branham High School formed a human swastika on the school’s f...

Miss Finland condemned after photo shows alleged racist gesture toward Asians

Reigning Miss Finland Sarah Dzafce faced intense backlash after a photo surfaced online showing her pulling back the corners of her eyes, a ...

Japan scientist develops AI system that turns brain activity into sentences

A scientist in Japan has created a technique that uses fMRI brain scans and artificial intelligence to generate sentences describing what a ...

Husband of China’s first cryogenic patient criticized for new relationship

The husband in China’s first cryogenic preservation case faced criticism in Jinan last month after acknowledging he has a partner while his ...

Mamdani guides immigrants on what to do during ICE encounters

Following an ICE operation that drew protests near Chinatown last week, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani posted a video on social me...

JD Vance calls mass migration ‘theft’, gets told Usha ‘go back to India’

Vice President JD Vance drew yet another sharp criticism online, this time after declaring that mass migration is “theft of the American Dre...

Toddler, 3, forced to represent herself in immigration court

A 3-year-old girl was reportedly forced to represent herself in immigration court in Tucson, Arizona, on Nov. 24, one of 25 unaccompanied ch...

Astronaut Jonny Kim returns to Earth after 245-day ISS research mission

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, the first Korean American astronaut to fly to space, returned to Earth Tuesday after completing a 245-day mission ...

Jon M. Chu signs 3-year first-look producing deal with Paramount

Filmmaker Jon M. Chu is preparing to launch a new three-year first-look producing partnership with Paramount Pictures and Paramount Televisi...

Chloe Zhao, ‘K Pop: Demon Hunters’ headline strong Asian showing at Golden Globes

Filmmaker Chloe Zhao and the creative team behind “K Pop: Demon Hunters” lead a wide field of Asian and Asian American talent no...

‘Now the world will know of us’: Joshua Van becomes 1st Asian-born male UFC champ

Joshua Van became the first Asian born male UFC champion after winning the flyweight title at UFC 323 in Las Vegas on Saturday. The fight en...

WestJet agent accused of ripping up boarding passes, striking senior in check-in dispute

A Toronto family says a WestJet agent snatched their phone and ripped up their tickets after they began recording a conversation about being...

Oregon family breaks silence on anti-Asian burglary that took life savings

Editor’s Note: The following article has been updated to indicate that Gloria Kim has worked with, but is not currently a member, of t...

South Korean man detained at green card interview remains in ICE custody

A South Korean man who has lived in the U.S. since infancy was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during a routine green ...

Hmong refugee leader released after months in ICE custody

A Michigan community leader detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since July walked free last Wednesday after bipartisan adv...

XG’s Cocona comes out as transmasculine nonbinary

Cocona, a member of the global hip-hop and R&B group XG, has publicly come out as transmasculine nonbinary, sharing the announcement in ...

BD Wong apologizes for Instagram comment invoking ‘racist trope’

Actor BD Wong apologized on Dec. 3 after posting an Instagram comment under wildlife influencer Mike Holston’s video that compared the anima...

Model discovered at NYC subway station becomes 1st Indian to open Chanel show

Bhavitha Mandava became the first Indian model to open a Chanel runway when she led the house’s Métiers d’Art 2026 show in New York City on ...

Adults aged 45 and older are getting lonelier, survey shows

New research from AARP indicates that loneliness is affecting older Americans at a higher rate than in previous years, with 40% meeting the ...

Korean American ‘Overwatch’ actor files defamation lawsuit against WestJet

WestJet is facing a defamation lawsuit from Korean American actor Charlet Chung over a confrontation she recorded last year aboard a flight ...

JD Vance dismisses marriage rumors after Usha seen without wedding ring again

Vice President JD Vance dismissed speculations about his marriage after Second Lady Usha Vance was photographed without her wedding ring for...

Nathan Chen to enter Figure Skating Hall of Fame after record-setting career

Olympic champion Nathan Chen will be inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2026, honoring a career that produced two Olympic...

Kimchi can boost immune system, new study finds

A new study in South Korea found that eating kimchi powder every day can make key immune cells more alert while helping the body maintain st...

Amazon workers say AI push threatens democracy and the world

More than 1,000 Amazon employees said on Tuesday that the company’s rapid artificial intelligence (AI) rollout is putting jobs, democratic i...

Malaysia to bar children under-16s from social media

Malaysia will introduce a nationwide ban on social media accounts for users under 16 in 2026 and require platforms to block account creation...

Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa dies at 75

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the Japanese American actor who played Shang Tsung in both the 1995 “Mortal Kombat” film and the 2019 video game “Mort...

India reverses order requiring government tracking app on all smartphones

The Indian government withdrew an order on Wednesday that would have required every smartphone in the country to carry an app that critics s...

Why Pete Hegseth’s ‘fog of war’ excuse sounds familiar to many Asian Americans

Embattled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth invoked the “fog of war” during a Cabinet meeting Tuesday to explain his role in a September milita...

NYC Republican club to honor far-right German leader months after anti-Asian texts

A New York City Republican club will honor a far-right German political leader at its Dec. 13 gala, two months after its statewide counterpa...

6-year-old Chinese boy separated from father after ICE arrest

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a Chinese man and his 6-year-old son at a scheduled check-in in New York City last week, ...

MC Jin, NE-YO, and Sonu Nigam launch new music label to spotlight Asian artists globally

NE-YO, Sonu Nigam, and MC Jin have teamed up with music executive Jonathan Serbin to launch a new Hong Kong–based music label called Pacific...

Floods across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia kill more than 1,400

More than 1,400 people have been killed across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia after days of heavy rain triggered severe floodin...