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· Ryan General
The MLB’s Best Pitcher is South Korean Hyun-Jin Ryu
Largely overlooked his entire Major League Baseball career, Los Angeles Dodgers’ Hyun-Jin Ryu is now starting to get attention as the league’s best starting pitcher this season. The 32-year-old baseball superstar, born in Incheon, South Korea, who became the first player from…
· Ryan General
California’s New Michelin Star Guide Now Features Several Japanese Restaurants You Have to Try
Michelin Guide recently held a live awards ceremony at Huntington Beach, California to announce new Michelin Star restaurants included in its first-ever all-California restaurant guide. Recognizing the state’s culinary diversity and agricultural bounty, Michelin’s international…
· Ryan General
Asian-Owned Restaurant Named ‘Yellow Fever’ Shuts Down After People Stop Going
A small chain of restaurants in Los Angeles is shutting down its operations a year after going viral for its name Yellow Fever, which many found to be culturally insensitive. Originally a standalone spot for rice bowls and other Asian fusion cuisines in Torrance, Yellow Fever…
· Ryan General
Alleged Gambling and Drug Operation Busted in Former Church in Koreatown
SWAT operatives discovered an illegal gambling operation in Koreatown, Los Angeles during a raid around 4:30 p.m. on Friday. According to LA police, the activity was busted after SWAT acted on a search warrant served to a building located in the 200 block of N. Vermont Avenue.…
· Ziye Wang
Hi Duk Lee, the Man Who Built L.A.’s Koreatown, Passes Away at 79
Hi Duk Lee, a business owner and visionary who is credited with building Los Angeles’ iconic Koreatown, has died aged 79. Lee passed away on March 7 after a six-month battle with colon cancer, the Los Angeles Times reports. A private Korean ceremony was held on March 14, in…
· Ryan General
American Passenger Orders Taiwanese Flight Attendants to Wipe His Butt After Defecating
A female chief purser and her crew of flight attendants at Taiwanese international airline EVA Air were reportedly left traumatized after an American passenger tried to coerce them into wiping his butt after defecating. The chief purser, identified only by her surname Kuo,…
· Stephanie Ngo
What is Boba? Here’s Everything You Need to Know
Talk to someone in Southern California, and they call it boba. In the midwest, it’s sometimes called tapioca. In New York, they’ll say bubble tea. But what exactly is it and where can we get some? The word “boba” refers to the thick, black chewy toppings that one would find on…
· Ryan General
Koreatown is Tearing Itself Apart Over Plan for Temporary Homeless Shelter
Homeless advocates and local officials in Los Angeles have staged their own protest in support of the temporary homeless shelter planned on a city-owned parking lot in Koreatown. Koreatown residents have been conducting multiple protests to express opposition against the plan,…
· Carl Samson
Lil Tay Has NOT Been Picked Up by Child Protection Services
Lil Tay — the youngest flexer of the century with questionable parenting — has NOT been picked up by child protection services, contrary to popular belief. Unsuspecting netizens thought the nine-year-old rapper was taken into government custody on May 4, a day before Huzlers.com…
· Ryan General
LA Koreatown Residents Protest Against Homeless Shelter in Parking Lot Near Schools
Residents of Koreatown in Los Angeles have voiced out their objection against a planned temporary homeless shelter on a city-owned parking lot by organizing a protest on Sunday. According to the protesters, the chosen spot at the heart of Koreatown (in 682 S. Vermont Ave) was in…
· Jin Hyun
Dear White People: Stop Using Asians To Excuse Your Racism Towards Asian Americans
Editor’s Note: Jin Hyun is a Korean-American journalist. The views expressed in this piece are solely her own. “Ni hao”, “Oh wow, your English is so good”, “where are your people from?”
· Ryan General
Award-Winning Playwright Relives Cambodian History Through Play ‘Cambodian Rock Band’
A new play from award-winning Asian American playwright Lauren Yee, which has been getting rave reviews from critics, is nearing the end of its limited run. Developed as part of an initiative by South Coast Repertory’s CrossRoads calling for an engagement with the diverse local…
· Ryan General
LA Fashion Event Organizer Denies Discriminating Against Filipina Models, Says He’s Owed $100,000
One of the producers of a canceled Art Hearts Fashion Week LA event came under fire for allegedly discriminating against several models by proclaiming that “no Filipinos” were allowed to participate. Filipina models who were invited to walk a show for designers Elie Madi, Rocky…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Filipina Models Walk Out at LA Fashion Week After Being Told ‘No Filipinos’ Allowed
[Update] LA Fashion Event Organizer Denies Discriminating Against Filipina Models, Says He’s Owed $100,000 Los Angeles Fashion Week has come under fire for discriminating against several Filipina models, as one of the producers allegedly told them that “no Filipinos” were…
· Ryan General
Trump Supporters Caused 1 in 5 Hate Crimes Against South Asians, Muslims in 2017, Study Finds
Non-profit group South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) released a report on Wednesday titled “Communities on Fire” highlighting the significant surge of hate violence and xenophobic political rhetoric in the year following the 2016 presidential election. The researchers…
· Colin Lieu
Why ‘Black Panther’ is My First Asian-American Superhero Movie
Editor’s Note: Colin Lieu is a New York-based freelance consultant and avid yogi. The opinions expressed in this piece are solely his own. Lupita Nyong’o told Good Morning America that we can better see ourselves when we can see ourselves in others — but that she grew up only…
· Ryan General
Asian American Nightclub Mogul Accused of Brutally Assaulting Australian Model
Australian model Lucy McIntosh, of “Project Runway Australia” fame, recently accused nightclub entrepreneur Mark Houston of domestic violence through a post on her Instagram account. On Wednesday, McIntosh posted a photograph of her bloodied and battered face using the hashtag…
· Ryan General
Racist Woman Caught at Walmart Harassing Hmong Family For Speaking Native Dialect
When other people are engaged in private conversations, even in a public space, it is basic etiquette that one must mind his/her own business, and more importantly, to keep bigoted, racist views to oneself. However, people are apparently becoming less and less keen on hiding…
· Bryan Ke
BTS Totally Shut Down LAX When They Arrived Ahead of Their 2017 AMA Performance
South Korean K-pop group BTS finally arrived in Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) for its upcoming appearances on several American shows and its performance at the 2017 American Music Awards on Sunday. A huge ARMY of fans greeted the international artists at the airport on…
· Carl Samson
Photographer Captures Half-Japanese Faces From 192 Countries in Stunning Identity Project
A Belgian-Japanese photographer has set foot in Tokyo to capture the faces of fellow half-Japanese people for a novel project that aims to paint a picture of their hafu identity. At first, Tetsuro Miyazaki’s “Hafu2Hafu” project only wanted to interview other hāfu — people whose…
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