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· Bryan Ke
Australian Cosplayer Pulls Off the Most Impressive Costume You’ve Ever Seen
Meet Australian cosplayer A.K. Wirru, a man who pulled off an epic and realistic cosplay of Mai Shiranui, an iconic character in the popular fighting game “King of Fighters.” A.K. Wirru made his Mai debut at the Madman National Cosplay Competition 2018 on September 16.
· Ryan General
British-Australian Man Sues Hong Kong Firm After Being Called ‘Gweilo’ by Colleagues
A British Australian employee has sued a company in Hong Kong after being called a “gweilo” by staff and eventually getting fired. In an equal opportunities lawsuit filed with the District Court last week, blasting specialist Francis William Haden accused Leighton Contractors…
· Bryan Ke
Australian eSports Athlete Helps Win $11.2 Million Playing ‘Dota 2’
Anathan Pham, one of Australia’s most successful and highly paid athletes, won the International “Dota 2” Championships in Canada to split the total tournament prize pool of $25,532,177. Pham, along with the boys of team OG and their new recruit Topias “Topson” Taavitsainen,…
· Carl Samson
Australian Navy Vet Calls Out Racist Teens Targeting a Asian Man on the Tram
A former Australian Navy sailor slammed a pair of teenage girls who went on a racist tirade against an Asian man aboard a Melbourne train. Sean Fitzsimons, a former member of the Australian Defence Force (ADF), filmed the incident on a Melbourne tram last week.
· Bryan Ke
Korean Restaurant in Australia Gets $2,200 Fine for Dumping 2 Drunk Female Customers on the Street
Gangnam Station Sydney, a Korean BBQ restaurant in Sydney, Australia, is facing a range of sanctions for dumping two passed-out female patrons on the streets last November after doing 16 shots of spirits in 40 minutes. In a statement on Monday, the Department of Liquor and…
· Bryan Ke
Massive Fight Erupts During World Cup Basketball Game Between Philippines and Australia
A friendly competitive match between the Philippines’ Gilas Pilipinas and Australia’s Boomers turned into a massive bench-clearing brawl as members of the two teams exchange punches and kicks. The fight occurred during the third quarter of the Gilas vs. Boomers game on Monday…
· Editorial Staff
Chinese Student In Australia Scammed Out of $370,000 By Faking Her Own Kidnapping
Chinese international students are reportedly being targeted by a devious scam that has lost victims millions of dollars around the world. The scam, which involves con artists persuading their victims to fake their own kidnapping, has victimized many in Australia,…
· Bryan Ke
Australian Man Who Organized $1,200 ‘Wild Boat Orgies’ With Thai Women Arrested in Sting Operation
An Australian man who notoriously organized “wild boat orgies” with foreign men and Thai women was recently arrested by authorities in Thailand after a successful undercover sting operation. The suspect, identified as 49-year-old Stephen Allan Carpenter, was nabbed by…
· Ryan General
‘Australia’s Worst Pedophile’ Gets Life Sentence in the Philippines for Raping Infant, Child Sex Trafficking
Australian Peter Gerard Scully, known as “Australia’s worst pedophile,” has recently been found guilty of raping and abusing young children in the Philippines and uploading videos of the abuse online for his clients in Europe via the dark web. The 55-year-old…
· Carl Samson
Descendants of Australia’s First Chinese Settler Rediscover Their Roots After 200 Years
This year, the Chinese community in Australia is celebrating 200 years of settlement — a rich history that dates back to the moment a man named Mak Sai Ying set foot on the land Down Under. Today, Mak’s descendants are fulfilling the task of sharing his story while rediscovering…
· Ryan General
Asian-Owned Restaurant in Australia Sparks Debate Over Its ‘Ching Chong’ Burger
A burger chain in Perth, Australia has come under fire for naming one of its menu items with a term deemed derogatory towards Asians. Lisa Chappell, an Australian-born Chinese customer, was shocked to find that Johnny’s Burgers in Canning Vale has called its “Asian inspired”…
· Ryan General
Korean Student Beaten By Drunk Man For Being Asian in Australia
A young Korean man suffered multiple injuries after being physically assaulted by a drunk man at a burger joint in Brisbane, Australia. The victim, named Hyuk Ju Kwon, detailed the accounts of the alleged attack in a lengthy Facebook post along with photos of his wounds and…
· Ryan General
Tennis Troll Challenges Australia’s Top-Ranked Player to a Match on Twitter
An Asian American Twitter user/tennis fan has been persistently badgering Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios on social media to challenge him to a one-on-one tennis match. Sen Chao of Sacramento, California has called upon the top-ranked player in Australia (24th in the world),…
· Carl Samson
Elderly Filipina Racially Abused by Young Women in Australia
A 66-year-old Filipino Australian woman is the latest victim of racial abuse in Melbourne, putting up with two White women who called her a “motherf***ing curry muncher” and demanded that she go back to her “own f***ing country.” The incident, which took place on a train on…
· Ryan General
Australian Woman’s Stomach Grows 5x After Eating Japanese Noodles
An Australian woman’s stomach reportedly grew five times its size after the Japanese noodles she ate remained undigested for almost two weeks. The unnamed patient, aged 61, complained of abdominal pain and vomiting for 10 days at the emergency department of Cabrini Health in…
· Khier Casino
Taiwanese-Australian Go Player Takes 2nd Place in Tournament, 1st in Netizens’ Hearts
Taiwanese-Australian Joanne Missingham finished in second place at the inaugural Senko Cup World Go Women’s Championship in Tokyo, Japan, on March 16, but came in first in the hearts of netizens. Missingham ended up losing to Yu Zhiying of China in the international tournament…
· Carl Samson
Australian Gastropub ‘Hotel Longtime’ Sparks Fury for Racist Theme
A gastropub in Australia called “Hotel Longtime” is currently under fire over its alleged racist theme that presumably took cues from “Full Metal Jacket”, a movie that degraded Asian women. “Full Metal Jacket” was directed by Stanley Kubrick and involved a scene where a…
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Australian K-Pop Star is the First Asian to Be Awarded Cosmopolitan Bachelor of the Year
Korean-Australian K-pop star Kevin Kim was named 2018’s Cosmopolitan and Tinder Bachelor of the Year in Sydney on Thursday night, making him the first Asian to ever be awarded the title. The 29-year-old singer beat out 30 other men including “Home And Away” star Orpheus Pledger,…
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Australian Commentator Really Can’t Tell Chinese Skiers Apart During the Winter Olympics
Former Australian Olympian Jacqui Cooper has been accused of racism after saying “all Chinese competitors look the same” during Channel Seven’s coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics. Cooper, 45, made the comment about Chinese athletes during the first stages of the women’s skiing…
· Ryan General
Blister Forces Tennis Star Hyeon Chung to Forfeit the Australian Open
After a phenomenal run at the 2018 Australian Open, the South Korean “Professor” was forced to end his campaign in Melbourne, Australia via a painful finish. South Korea’s tennis star Hyeon Chung, who has been dubbed by foreign media as the “Killer of Giants” and an icon in the…