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· Ryan General
British Sikh Couple Told By Adoption Service That They Cannot Adopt a White Child
A British-born Sikh couple who were denied to adopt a White child due to their Indian heritage has taken the local Royal Borough council and its adoption service to court. Sandeep and Reena Mander have alleged that their local Berkshire adoption service told them that their…
· Ryan General
American Adoptee Deported by the U.S. Sues South Korean Government, Adoption Agency
Adam Crapser, the 43-year-old adoptee who was deported to South Korea in 2016 after spending most of his life in the United States, is now suing the South Korean government and the agency which processed his adoption. Adopted by an abusive couple in 1979 when he was three…
· Bryan Ke
Heartbreaking Moment a Stray Dog Watches Her Puppy Taken Away for Adoption
A heartbreaking moment was recently caught on video in China where a mother stray dog says her farewell to her puppy as the little pooch gets taken away for adoption. The clip, which was shared through Chinese media sharing platform Pear Video, shows the mama pooch as she…
· Kimberly Nguyen
YouTubers Accused of Monetizing Adopted Autistic Chinese Son After ‘Rehoming’ Him
An influencer is getting sharp criticism for rehoming her adopted son from China after releasing a video to her YouTube channel explaining that medical reasons were one of the reasons why the parents made their decision.
· Carl Samson
#HateIsAVirus: People Are Using Masks to Fight Hate Against Asian Americans
Face masks no longer just prevent the transmission of COVID-19 as activists on the internet have begun using them to call for an end in hate crimes committed against Asian Americans. For the past several weeks, incidents of racism and xenophobia against Asian Americans have…
· Ryan General
Korean Woman Shares Touching Reunion With Birth Mom and Sister After 33 YEARS on TikTok
A woman adopted as an infant by American parents from South Korea recently met her biological mother and sister in a reunion that took 33 years to happen. Raised in Chickasha, Oklahoma by her adoptive parents, Nancy and Jimmy, 33-year-old Shelee Henderson shared that she grew up…
· Wen Huber
He Was Abandoned After Being Burned as A Baby, Then a Loving Seattle Couple Adopted Him
This article was originally published on Love What Matters and reposted with permission. It all started with a fire, or at least that’s what I’ve been told from the people around me. The scars on my body remind me of it every day. I don’t really remember much from the accident.…
· Chris Washburn
Two Korean Adoptees Bonded Over Discrimination And Became Each Other’s ‘Seoulmates’
Editor’s Note: This article was originally posted on Love What Matters and was reposted with permission from the author. LOVE – a word, a feeling, a song title… Regardless of the definition you choose, love touches us every single day. Even if we aren’t expressing or receiving…
· Carl Samson
World’s Only Brown Panda Who Was Bullied as a Cub Finally Gets Adopted
Qizai, the world’s only known brown panda in captivity, has been adopted by a U.S.-based charity last week. The male bear, aged 10 — equivalent to 30 human years — is said to possess his unique brown-and-white coat as a result of genetic anomaly.
· Ryan General
Woman Finds Her Biological Korean Family 33 Years After She Was Adopted
Although Mallory Guy grew up with a wonderful childhood in Parma, Ohio, she has maintained a deep longing to find out more about her origins and her biological family back in South Korea. Adopted from South Korea in 1986 when she was just 6 months old, Guy has only great…
· Alvin Chan
Singapore Bans E-Scooters From Sidewalks After Injuries, Deaths
Electric scooters will be banned from footpaths in Singapore starting from Nov. 5, with offenders facing fines of up to 2,000 Singapore dollars ($1,471) and jail time of up to three months. According to the Land Transportation Authority (LTA) in Singapore, an e-scooter is…
· Carl Samson
Woman Reunites With Vietnamese Mom Who Lost Her 44 Years Ago
A woman in Maine has reconnected with her biological mother after being separated for more than four decades. At the age of 3, Leigh Boughton Small was evacuated with 3,000 other children from a war-torn Vietnam to the U.S. and other countries, a mission documented in history as…
· Ryan General
Taiwan Becomes the First Country in Asia to Legalize Gay Marriage
Taiwan’s government has made history by becoming the first country to legalize same-sex marriage in East Asia. The vote on Friday met the two-year deadline to pass the rulings imposed by Taiwan’s constitutional court that same-sex couples had the right to legally marry back in…
· Aireonna Lance
China Girl Holly: From a Chinese Orphanage to Surviving Racism in America
Editor’s Note: The following piece was chosen as a finalist in NextShark’s personal Essay Contest 2019. The views expressed in story are the writer’s own. When I was an infant, I was left outside of an orphanage in a cardboard box, with no indicators of who left me there or who…
· Ryan General
Vancouver is Getting a Cat Cafe Inspired By ‘Totoro’
A cafe inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s classic anime film “My Neighbor Totoro” is set to enchant customers in Vancouver, Canada. Called the “Catoro Cafe,” the Totoro-themed cat cafe will reportedly be similar to the “Temari No Ouchi Cat Cafe” in Japan when it opens sometime this…
· Ryan General
Creepy AI Tech From China Can Identify You 50 Meters Away With Your Back Turned, Face Covered
China is testing a new monitoring technology that could identify a person even when they are not facing the camera, just by analyzing the way they walk. Developed by Chinese startup Watrix, the advanced artificial intelligence technology can reportedly recognize individuals even…
· Ziye Wang
Why Asians are ‘Schrödinger’s Minority’
There’s a classic thought experiment in quantum physics wherein a cat is placed in an enclosed box. In the box is a radioactive sample with a 50% chance of killing the cat after a certain amount of time. When the box is opened, the state of the cat – alive or dead – is revealed.…
· Kimberly Nguyen
5 Podcasts Hosted by Asian Americans That You Should Start Listening To
Podcasts have been the latest wave of information gathering and sharing in the digital 24/7 newscycle. A simple voice right to your ear while you’re driving or walking can make you laugh out loud or think deeply about societal issues in the world. From suggestions from some of…
· Carl Samson
Thailand to Legalize Same-Sex Civil Unions in Support of LGBTQ Rights
The Thai LGBTQ community has finally earned a long-sought victory as the country is working on a bill that would recognize same-sex civil unions by the end of the year. Earlier this year, the Justice Minister started drafting the Civil Partnership Bill after 60,000 people signed…
· Carl Samson
U.S. Army Veteran’s Daughter to Be Deported to Korea Because She Was Adopted a Year Too Late
A South Korean-born teenager will be deported back to her home country because her uncle adopted her too late. Hyebin Schreiber, a senior at Kansas University, must leave the United States right after graduation, a federal court ruled.