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· Bryan Ke
American food YouTuber goes to Singapore’s Chinatown Complex to try ‘exotic Asian meats’
American YouTuber Sonny Side, whose real name is Will Sonbuchner, recently went to Singapore’s Chinatown Complex to try local hawker dishes, including pig’s trotter and fallopian tubes. The 38-year-old food vlogger uploaded a video on June 11 titled “Exotic Asian Meats!!…
· 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…
· 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,…
· 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…
· Grace Kim
Hanbok or hanfu? Controversy swirls around Vogue feature as Korean professor and Chinese YouTuber weigh in
The controversy surrounding the hanbok featured at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the cultural dispute between Chinese and Korean netizens over their respective nations’ traditional clothing. Days prior to the…
· Ryan General
Thai YouTuber discovers the only known bamboo-dwelling tarantula species in the world
Popular Thai YouTuber JoCho Sippawat came across a peculiar tarantula that lives inside bamboo stalks. Khon Kaen University arachnologist Narin Chomphuphuang and a research team investigated the specimen and found that it belongs to a previously undocumented tarantula species.…
· Ryan General
YouTuber Zach Hsieh paints over 100 homes in 10 days for LA’s homeless
YouTuber Zach Hsieh, who also goes by ZHC, custom-painted over 100 houses in the country’s largest tiny home village located in L.A.’s Highland Park. Works of art: A recent video uploaded on the ZHC YouTube channel shows the 22-year-old artist and influencer working with a group…
· Maina Chen
Japanese YouTuber reveals he bought the $10,000 Gucci Xbox in unboxing video
One of Japan’s most subscribed-to YouTubers bought a limited-edition $10,000 Gucci Xbox, which he revealed in an unboxing video he posted on Sunday. Super rare: Japanese YouTuber Hikakin has over 10.3 million subscribers and is a musician known for beat-boxing a cover of the…
· Editorial Staff
YouTuber who turned down role in secret project regrets it after learning scene was for ‘Squid Game’
A YouTuber living in South Korea recently revealed that she declined an opportunity to appear in the hit Korean series “Squid Game” because of underwear and nipple covers. A secret project: Raye from the YouTube Channel Raye and Jin discussed the missed opportunity in a video…
· Carl Samson
Three Asian YouTubers spent a day in America’s ‘most racist town’
In July 2020, a Los Angeles-based film producer stood outside a Walmart in Harrison, Ark., with a Black Lives Matter sign. Just moments later, he was on the receiving end of hateful remarks ranging from jeers about his actions to explicit declarations of white supremacy. Rob…