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· Ryan General
Good Samaritan Donates 500 Face Masks to Police in Wuhan, Then Speeds Away
A video of a good Samaritan leaving multiple boxes of face masks at a police station has become widely shared on Chinese social media. The unidentified do-gooder can be seen going to a police station in Anhui province, where he reportedly left 500 face masks in a bid to help…
· Ryan General
Hong Kong Bans All Masks and Violators Face 1 Year in Jail
Local authorities in Hong Kong on Monday charged a 38-year-old woman and an 18-year-old male student with violating a recent ban on wearing masks at rallies. The first to be prosecuted under the ban, the two protesters were arrested early Saturday shortly after the ban took…
· Ryan General
You Can Now Buy Scary Realistic Anime Girl Masks from Japan
Becoming an anime character without any expertise in cosplay has just gotten easier with these new anime masks from Japan. According to Soranews24, Japanese firm Muni Muni Works created the unisex masks to allow anyone to “look good” with “girlish outfits” regardless of one’s…
· Carl Samson
Kim Jong-un ‘Nuke’ Beauty Masks are Selling Like Hotcakes in South Korea
South Korean cosmetics firm 5149 sparked controversy after launching beauty masks packaged with Kim Jong-un’s face and propaganda-style slogans. According to the company, it has sold more than 25,000 “Unification Moisture Nuclear Masks” since June, with each priced 4,000 won…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese Cosplay Store Sells Freaky Realistic Silicone Bodysuits and Masks
Cosplayers who want to dress up as the opposite sex sometimes have to get very creative, but one online store is reaching out to the public to offer realistic-looking custom-made silicone bodysuits and masks. Eyung Crossdressing Store, an online Chinese store on AliExpress,…
· King Malleta
Why Japanese People Love Wearing Surgical Masks in Public
If you’ve ever been to Japan, you might notice the Japanese affinity for surgical masks. Aside from hygienic purposes and to avoid pollen allergies during the to spring season, there are other reasons why a lot of Japanese people can’t leave the house without wearing their masks.
· Ryan General
White People in the U.K. Get Scared When Japanese Tourists Wear Flu Masks
For more than a decade now, many Japanese have become accustomed to wearing flu masks whenever they step outside. While some wear them as protection from airborne diseases, dust, or the cold breeze, others wear them mostly as a fashion accessory.
· admin
Inside a Chinese Factory that Makes the Insanely Popular Donald Trump Masks
America’s Election Day ended last week but the series of protests from anti-Trump supporters is just starting. Whether you are a Donald Trump supporter or not, the whole world is truly affected by his surprising win. One Shenzhen factory received an overload of requests for…
· Ryan General
Donald Trump Masks Are Selling Like Hot Cakes in Japan and No One Knows Why
Creepy Donald Trump masks are now a huge hit in Japan with the most popular line of rubber masks having been sold out in just one day after Trump’s victory in the U.S. election. The masks were created by Ogawa Studios, one of the country’s most popular mask manufacturers.…
· Editorial Staff
Chewbacca Masks Are Fetching Up to $1,000 Online Because of This Woman
Last week, the following video became by Candace Payne became the most popular Facebook Live video of all-time — beating Buzzfeed’s famous watermelon video by a landslide. It’s the simple joys in life….
· Laura Dang
Artist Reveals Who is Really Under the Masks of Famous Characters
Alex Solis, an artist living in Chicago, created a series of witty illustrations called “Icons Unmasked” that unveil the surprising and some not-so-surprising characters that disguise themselves as other pop culture icons. The artist took on famous characters such as Grumpy Cat,…
· Ryan General
Sheffield University Student Attacked For Wearing a Face Mask in the U.K., Center Reports
A female student from Sheffield University has shared a disturbing incident in yet another unprovoked attack against Asians amid the growing panic over the novel coronavirus. The unnamed postgraduate student was reportedly walking up West Street by herself around 1 p.m. on…
· Bryan Ke
Microbiologist Raises $24K on GoFundMe to Get Medical Supplies for Wuhan
An assistant professor and microbiologist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, started a GoFundMe for healthcare workers, medical microbiologists and virologists battling the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in Wuhan, China. The money raised from the crowdfunding…
· Bryan Ke
Canadian Journalist Loses Job After Coronavirus Joke on Twitter
The CTV Television Network has reportedly fired a Canadian journalist who made a racist joke about his Asian barber and the ongoing novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Peter Akman, who was blasted online for his tweet earlier this month, is no longer with the network, according to…
· Ernestine Siu
Rumors of OC’s Coronavirus Infection Shock Irvine — Here are the Facts
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with an additional comment from the University of California, Irvine. The Orange County Health Care Agency has confirmed one case of the coronavirus, which has so far killed over 80 people and infected thousands of others, in Orange…
· Carl Samson
Woman Claiming to Be a Wuhan Nurse Alleges Over 90,000 Are Infected With Coronavirus in Viral Video
A woman who claimed to be a nurse in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019 nCoV), revealed that the pathogen has infected 90,000 individuals right before the Lunar New Year. That number is far more from the official count of about 2,800 cases from…
· Bryan Ke
Canadian Journalist Blasted for Racist Wuhan Virus Tweet
A Canadian journalist has apologized after tweeting a racist joke regarding the novel coronavirus (or also known as 2019-nCoV). Peter Akman, an investigative journalist for CTV W5, took heat after making the joke on Twitter about the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in China.
· Ryan General
Woman Suspected of Having Coronavirus Brags About Hiding Symptoms to Enter France
A Chinese woman reportedly infected with the deadly coronavirus bragged online about how she was able to hide her infection, successfully traveling by plane from Wuhan to France. Social media users are livid over the woman’s images that showed her meeting her friends upon…
· Jin Hyun
12 Gifts For Your Matcha-Obsessed Friend This Christmas
Matcha lattes have been all the rage lately, with the beverage taking over cafe chains all over the world. Matcha, which can literally be translated to “powdered tea,” is harvested from high-quality tea leaves and offers more health benefits as it involves ingesting the actual…
· Khier Casino
17 Things You’ll Learn About Japanese Culture From ‘Queer Eye: We’re in Japan!’
“Queer Eye” is back on Netflix and this time the Fab Five take us to the other side of the world in Tokyo, Japan, hennies! In a special four-episode season called “Queer Eye: We’re in Japan!”, hosts Tan France, Jonathan Van Ness (aka JVN), Karamo Brown, Bobby Berk and Antoni…