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· Laura Dang
This teenaged whiz kid might be too young to vote or drink, but he holds two college degrees and works on drone and aircraft surveillance technology for NASA. Moshe Kai Cavalin, 17, graduated from community college at the age of 11 and went on to pursue a bachelor’s degree in…
· Ryan General
When news emerged that Hailee Steinfeld could be playing Kate Bishop, protege to Jeremy Renner’s Clint Barton in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, social media went haywire. The 22-year-old actress is in early talks to star in the Disney+ series “Hawkeye” opposite Renner, according…
· Ryan General
An alleged assault by 12 high schoolers on a middle school girl has rocked headlines and social media platforms in Indonesia with the hashtag, #JusticeforAudrey. The victim, a 14-year-old middle school student in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, was allegedly assaulted, physically…
· Carl Samson
A Korean student who repeatedly skipped school and splurged thousands of bucks in her obsession with a K-Pop group has her father bawling on national TV. Yuna, a middle schooler, is a fan of SEVENTEEN, a 13-member boy group from Pledis Entertainment.
· Ryan General
Netflix’s “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before,” which stars Vietnamese American actress Lana Condor, has earned some criticisms for not including any Asian boys. Based on author Jenny Han’s 2014 novel of the same name, the teen rom-com features three sisters being raised alone by…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Transracial adoption is never easy. It’s so common for children to grow up hearing horribly insensitive things said about them, and there’s so much that these kids will miss out on when not being raised in their native culture.
· Ryan General
The late, great United States Senator Daniel Inouye was a soldier, a statesman, and an American unlike any other. Considered to be one of the most influential politicians of the late 20th Century, Inouye served as his home state of Hawaii’s senator for 50 years. In his final…
· Jocelyn Eikenburg
Yes, Asian men and White women can love on the big screen and make for enlightening cinema. If you frequent art house theaters and film festivals, or simply want a more sophisticated pick for a change, here are 11 critically acclaimed AMWF (Asian Male, White Female) movies you…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Asian-American adoptees are, unfortunately, used to ignorant questions. “Where are you from?” or “Who are your real parents?” are constant queries that these people hear, from adoption to adulthood, and it can be a depressing, “othering” experience. One mother and photographer,…
· Carl Samson
A video of a K-Pop idol talking about racial discrimination as a child resurfaced on the internet, causing a buzz in the Korean community. For the uninitiated, Vernon, born Han-sol Vernon Choi, is one of the 13 boys of the popular K-Pop group SEVENTEEN.
· Ryan General
An actress from the Philippines and a K-pop superstar topped this year’s list of the world’s most beautiful and handsome faces by Independent Critics. The top spot for “The 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2017” went to actress Liza Soberano, while Kim Tae Hyung, aka V of the popular…
· Carl Samson
I started doodling at the age of 3. I can vividly remember the euphoria that came with gripping a fresh set of crayons, each color filling the void of blank papers with strokes I thought were genius. The world was at my fingertips, and with school starting the following year, I…
· Carl Samson
Samuel Arredondo Kim, 15, is a Korean-Mexican idol who’s ready to take on the world of K-pop. At his age, Samuel is already a solo artist, a relatively uncommon sight in the industry populated by idol groups with members in their late teens and early adulthood.
· Heather Johnson Yu
Last week’s controversy surrounding Hellboy’s executive producer Christa Campbell wasn’t so much of an eye-opener as it was a reminder that, despite the onslaught of articles, op-eds, and tweets we read daily surrounding race, the willingness to ignore the conversation permeates…
· Ryan General
An Asian American lawyer has stepped up to the plate in an effort to bring more diversity to the 2018 Mrs. America Pageant. Alice Lee Giannetta is a Manhattan-based litigation attorney who, at the suggestion of her husband, joined the pageant for married women after noticing the…
· Heather Johnson Yu
A gun range owner is under fire for what one man is calling “discriminatory practices” against its male patrons. According to CBS Los Angeles, Riverside Magnum Range offers free admission to women every Thursday in an attempt to educate women on handling a firearm. “The world is…
· Ryan General
K-pop supergroup BTS recently took home its first “Teen Choice” award, but fans felt the ceremony prepared for their idols was an underwhelming, anticlimactic letdown. BTS won the Choice International Artist award on August 13 local time at the Galen Center in Los Angeles,…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Guess that’s one way to pay the bills. Praiya Suriya, better known as her moniker Madame Praiya, has an impressive resume – in her dating career, that is. Praiya claims to have dated over 5,000 foreign men and, for a fee, will teach other Thai women how to do the same.
· Carl Samson
A Korean-American man has won the lead role in a new romantic comedy movie that’s currently winning praise for its racial representation. William Jeon will star alongside black actress Stacey Malone to make up the lead couple in “I’m Having an Affair With My Wife”, which looks…
· Ryan General
The all-American “K-Pop” group EXP Edition is off to a rough start. Again. After immediately raising eyebrows when they first emerged two years ago, the group went on a hiatus from the limelight to work on developing their career. The group, which raised over $30,000 on…
BTS connects to HYBE, Weverse, albums, merch, memberships, tickets, and concerts.
A BTS comeback can start with one stream on your phone, then turn into a fan-club sign-up, merch order, livestream ticket, and more time spent inside Weverse.
Artist · K-pop
SEVENTEEN is HYBE's physical-album juggernaut: they don't just chart, they move copies at a scale that props up the entire Korean album-sales market, making them the closest thing K-pop has to a blue-chip revenue engine independent of streaming or English-language crossover.
Company · Korea · KRX:352820
One of the layers behind BTS, SEVENTEEN, TXT.
HYBE · K-pop · KRX:352820
A BTS comeback can start with one stream on your phone, then turn into a fan-club sign-up, merch order, livestream ticket, and more time spent inside Weverse.
