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· Carl Samson
Fake Shopping ‘Village’ Popular With Chinese Tourists is Coming to New York
A U.K.-based company that creates luxury shopping destinations dressed as fake villages is expected to work on its first U.S. location starting next year. Bicester Village, which currently operates 11 such villages in Europe and China, claims to be nearly as popular as the…
· Carl Samson
Employers in NYC Who Say ‘Go Back to Your Country’ Could Now Face a $250,000 Fine
New York City employers, landlords and store owners who tell someone to “go back to your country” could soon face fines of up to $250,000, a rule included in a new set of guidelines from the city’s Commission on Human Rights. Released on Sept. 25, the new guidelines uphold the…
· Bryan Ke
Robber Dressed as FedEx Worker Ties Up Family, Takes $130,000 Worth of Cash and Jewelry
A group of thieves, with one of them posing as a fake FedEx deliveryman, was captured on home surveillance breaking inside a house in Brooklyn, New York, and stole around $130,000 in cash and jewelries. The incident happened on Monday when the thieves entered a Bay Ridge home at…
· Carl Samson
Man Accused of Assaulting Woman Outside Bar Said He Was ‘Waiting For This All Night’
A woman in Texas has taken to Twitter to expose a man who allegedly touched her without consent in public after pulling down her outfit as she walked out of a bar with a group of friends last week. User @aimeiji, who lives in Dallas-Fort Worth, says she has never felt so…
· Ryan General
China Eastern Airlines Plane Turns Back to New York After Part of the Wing Tears Off
Some passengers on a recent China Eastern Airlines flight witnessed a shocking scene midflight when they noticed that the metal covering of the plane’s wing had fallen off. Originally headed to Shanghai from New York City, the unfortunate travelers were forced to return to JFK…
· Bryan Ke
Master Choreographer Behind ‘The Matrix’ Yuen Woo-ping Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award at NYAFF
Yuen Woo-ping is the man behind the fight choreography seen in many classic action movies such as “The Matrix” trilogy, “Kill Bill” and “Ip Man 3.” Yuen, 74, who was an honored guest at the New York Asian Film Festival and recipient of the Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award,…
· Khier Casino
7 LGBTQ Asian Americans to Celebrate During Pride Month
New York City will be hosting World Pride this year and Taiwan became the first in Asia to recognize same-sex marriage last month, but there is still a lot of work left to be done. Lawmakers in May passed part of a bill that would allow same-sex couples to apply for “marriage…
· Ryan General
How Roy Choi Went From Being Jobless at 38 to Getting a New Show on Netflix
Korean American chef Roy Choi had a promising career as a hotel chef over a decade ago, but the road to his success only began when he was fired from his job. Choi, who has a degree from The Culinary Institute of America and years of experience working at Le Bernardin and the…
· Carl Samson
Kang Ho Dong Baekjeong in NYC Gets Flooded With 1-Star Reviews After Owner ‘Insults’ BTS
A wave of ARMYs have flooded a New York K-Town restaurant’s Yelp page with one-star reviews after its owner commented that BTS is not as good as BIGBANG. On Tuesday night, BTS dined at the Midtown outpost of Korean barbecue chain Kang Ho Dong Baekjeong, which happens to be a…
· Ryan General
Home Invaders in Queens Steal Nearly $10,000 from Asian Family After Raping One of the Women
A 34-year-old woman from an Asian household in Queens, New York was raped by two men during a home invasion robbery on Saturday night. The unnamed victim, who lives near 251st Ave. and 57th Ave. in Little Neck, was reportedly leaving her home shortly after 9 p.m. when two men…
· Carl Samson
Pei Pa Koa is Now An Ice Cream Flavor and It’s The Perfect Cold Remedy
Pei pa koa, the traditional Chinese cough syrup that many Asian kids have grown up with, has apparently become a gelato flavor in Singapore and Malaysia.
· Carl Samson
‘Basketball Wives’ Star Accused of Racism After Mocking Asian Nail Salon Workers on Instagram
Former “Basketball Wives” star Tami Roman has been accused of racism after mimicking Asian nail salon workers in an Instagram video on Monday. The 48-year-old entrepreneur posted the video on the page of her online business Official Bonnet Chronicles, which currently sells a…
· Ryan General
‘He Called My Mom ‘Chopsticks’’: Oscar Nominee Opens Up About Domestic Abuse From White Stepdad
Bing Liu’s brilliantly-crafted film, “Minding the Gap” yielded the Oscar for “Best Documentary Feature” to “Free Solo,” a documentary by husband-and-wife filmmaking team Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. Filmed by the Asian American director between 2012 and 2017,…
· Carl Samson
Masked Gunman Fatally Shoots Man Outside Karaoke Bar in Queens
A hooded and masked gunman fired multiple shots at a man after stepping outside of a karaoke bar in New York City on February 12. The victim, 31-year-old Xin Gu, left the Shangri-La Karaoke bar on Fowler Street in Flushing, Queens to ride an Uber that had pulled over.
· Carl Samson
Aziz Ansari Says He’s Still Terrified to Talk About His Sexual Misconduct Accusation
It’s been more than a year since a woman stepped forward to accuse Aziz Ansari of sexual misconduct, but he allegedly remains “terrified” to talk about it. Speaking to an audience of 200 at New York City’s Village Underground on Monday, the 35-year-old comedian opened up about…
· Bryan Ke
Mom of Malaysian Man Killed in Vicious Hammer Attack in New York Still Doesn’t Know He’s Dead
The mother of Ng Thang Kheong, the 60-year-old Malaysian man who was viciously killed by a deranged man with a hammer inside the restaurant he owns in New York City, is reportedly unaware that her second youngest child is dead. Ng’s nephew, 32-year-old Benny, informed the…
· Jin Hyun
Why Are Asian Women So Absent In The Women’s March? We’re Sick Of The Hypocrisy
The 2017 Women’s March drew in 500,000 to one million protestors in Washington alone, and in New York, over 400,000 women reportedly took part that year. This year, just 100,000 women marched in Washington and 25,000 in New York. In fact, participation rates for the Women’s…
· Ryan General
Police Hunt Armed Robbers Who Robbed Brooklyn Mahjong Parlor Twice
Local authorities are on the lookout for a trio of armed robbers who stole from a mahjong parlor in Brooklyn twice in the span of three days last month. The robbers, described by the New York Police Department as Hispanic men in their 20s, reportedly took…
· Ryan General
Woman Involved in Racist Subway Rampage in NYC Claims She Was Defending Herself
Anna Lushchinskaya, the woman who was caught on camera violently attacking another passenger inside a New York City subway train, is now saying she’s not at fault and was merely defending herself. Lushchinskaya, a 40-year-old lawyer, was filmed cursing, slapping and…
· Ziye Wang
Meet the First Asian American Basketball Player to Compete in the NBA
In the context of sports, 1947 is perhaps best known for being the year in which the legendary Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball. Lesser known is the fact that over in the NBA — then known as the Basketball Association of America (BAA) — a Japanese American by…
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