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· Ryan General
Filipino trans man Van Vincent Go documents his gender transition on YouTube to inspire others
Since 2014, YouTuber Van Vincent Go, 28, has been sharing details about his gender transition journey to empower the trans community in the Philippines. Go realized he was transgender after watching hundreds of YouTube videos on the transgender experience and SOGIE (sexual…
· Bryan Ke
YouTuber Dee Kosh pleads guilty to offering 2 teenage boys money for sex
Former Singaporean DJ and YouTuber Dee Kosh pleaded guilty on Monday to several sexual offenses including trying to pay two teenage boys for sex. Kosh, 33, pleaded guilty to charges of attempting to procure an indecent act from a young person, communicating with a minor to…
· Bryan Ke
Thai YouTuber wows internet with huge origami city and working train system made entirely of paper
Darunbhop Puangsombat, 29, became an online star after making a miniature paper city with different structures, from police stations and apartment buildings to restaurants and a functional train system. The YouTuber took almost a year to finish his project, which was designed…
· Bryan Ke
YouTuber Joma Tech signs with ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ backer to make Bitcoin dramedy
Google software engineer-turned-YouTuber Jonathan Ma, known online as Joma, has signed a deal with Stars Collective, an entertainment company launched by “Crazy Rich Asians” backer Peter Luo. For his first project, Ma, 32, will create a dark comedy drama about the origins of…
· Jane Nam
Korean ex-Navy SEAL and YouTuber Rhee Ken is promoted to leader in Ukraine army
Former Korean Navy SEAL lieutenant-turned-YouTuber Ken Rhee, 37, has reportedly been promoted to a leadership position in the Ukrainian military. On Monday, Anton Gerashchenko, the official advisor for the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, posted on his Twitter that Rhee…
· Jane Nam
YouTuber Emma Chamberlain’s Met Gala necklace, allegedly stolen from Indian royalty, sparks debate
Twitter users expressed divided opinions on popular YouTuber Emma Chamberlain’s Met Gala, Cartier-designed diamond choker, which was allegedly stolen by the British from India. The necklace, lent to the vlogger for the event, reportedly disappeared from the Patiala royal…
· Ryan General
YouTuber PewDiePie fulfills longtime dream of relocating to Japan
YouTuber PewDiePie, Felix Kjellberg in real life, has realized his dream of relocating to Japan with his wife Marzia and their pet dogs. The popular Swedish YouTuber documented their journey from London to Japan in his latest video titled, “It finally happened!” The couple…
· Michelle De Pacina
Korean former YouTuber and pharmacist sentenced to jail for spreading STD
Park Seung-jong, a former Korean YouTuber and pharmacist, was found guilty of knowingly spreading the herpes virus to various women. He was sentenced to eight months in prison and two years of probation. Park was first accused in 2020 when a victim claimed that he disregarded…
· Ryan General
Video game streamer Sykkuno moves to YouTube after Twitch misspells his name in an email
Video game streamer Sykkuno left Twitch this month after receiving an official email from the streaming platform in which his name was misspelled. He accepted a purportedly better deal from YouTube. Sykkuno announced the move on social media and shared details in a YouTube…
· Bryan Ke
China says US has ‘evil intentions’ after YouTube channel of Hong Kong chief executive candidate shut down
Google terminated the YouTube campaign channel of Beijing-backed Hong Kong chief executive candidate John Lee Ka-chiu in compliance with U.S. sanctions on Wednesday. Lee was one of the Hong Kong and Chinese officials who were sanctioned by the U.S. in July 2020 after passing…
· Michelle De Pacina
Entertainment review YouTuber criticizes ‘Turning Red’ for not recognizing 9/11’s cultural impact
YouTuber TheMysteriousMrEnter, also known as Mr. Enter, became the subject of online jokes and memes for his April 14 video review of Pixar's “Turning Red,” in which he criticizes the animated film for not recognizing the cultural impact of the 9/11 attacks. Twitter user…
· Ryan General
USC sues YouTubers for ‘Russian mafia’ pranks that scared students, disrupted classes
The University of Southern California has sued YouTubers Ernest Kanevsky and Yuguo Bai, neither of them USC students, accusing them of barging into classrooms during live lectures and creating disturbances for YouTube videos. Their most recent “prank” was conducted last month,…
· Carl Samson
YouTube suspends channel of Chinese vlogger who posts about his life in war-torn Ukraine
Wang Jixian, a 36-year-old Chinese programmer living in the Ukrainian city of Odesa, is known for posting videos of himself openly criticizing Russia. He said that YouTube suspended his account for a week in March after one of his videos supposedly violated its policy against…
· Michelle De Pacina
YouTube channel belonging to Malaysian rapper behind viral song mocking Chinese nationalists is hacked
Malaysian rapper Namewee, known for his political stances against the Chinese Communist Party, took to his official Instagram account to report that his YouTube channel was hacked. He assumed the hacker to be Russian, as the hacker had changed the rapper’s name to a derogatory…
· Carl Samson
Yonkers police slam YouTube for ‘censorship’ of footage showing Asian woman being punched 125 times
New York’s Yonkers Police Department called out YouTube on Monday for removing its uploaded video of an anti-Asian attack. The video included surveillance footage of an attack against a 67-year-old Asian American woman in Yonkers, which spurred headlines and protests earlier…
· Michelle De Pacina
Sadako from ‘The Ring’ joins survival horror game ‘Dead By Daylight’ shortly after becoming a YouTuber
Sadako Yamamura, the Japanese horror icon from the 1998 film “Ringu,” has been added to the roster of brutal killers in the online survival game “Dead by Daylight.” “Dead by Daylight” dropped the official trailer for its “Sadako Rising” chapter on YouTube today. Sadako…
· Jane Nam
Korean ex-Navy SEAL and YouTuber Rhee Ken says he is in Ukraine ‘to fight in the frontlines’
YouTuber Rhee Ken, a former Korean Navy SEAL lieutenant, posted that he and his team would be fighting on Ukraine’s ‘frontlines.’ On March 6, Rhee announced on his Instagram account that he and his hand-selected team of special forces had “informally” left South Korea for…
· Rebecca Moon
Leader of South Korea’s ruling party is attacked with hammer by 70-year-old YouTuber
A 70-year-old YouTuber was recorded on video smashing the head of South Korea’s party leader Song Young-gil during a street campaign in Seoul on Monday. The man can be seen wearing a black hat while holding a selfie stick and hammer wrapped in a black plastic bag before hitting…
· Grace Kim
‘The YouTubers who raised us’: TikTok trend pays homage to the ‘Ryan Higa Era’ of online video content
A TikTok trend pays homage to YouTube’s pioneering Asian American content creators over an audio clip of “Nice Guys” by Ryan Higa, Chester See and Kevin Wu. A new generation of YouTubers, including Skunky and David Parody, took to TikTok to share how their original idols…
· Bryan Ke
Pokémon YouTube channel releases mouthwatering cooking videos featuring Pikachu and the gang
The official Pokémon YouTube channel recently released a three-episode cooking series titled “Sweet Winter with Pokémon.” The series’ host is joined by his four adorable Poké pals: Charmander, Psyduck, Jigglypuff and Pikachu. The videos feature relaxing cooking sounds, music and…