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· Ryan General
GOP Senate candidate targeted with political ad full of racist Asian stereotypes by Peter Thiel-funded PAC
Republican senatorial candidate Jim Lamon was targeted with a political ad that contained elements considered racist against Asians. The clip made several allegations against Lamon, including his company’s ties to suppliers from China, his hand in building nuclear power plants…
· Carl Samson
Pacific Islander man charged with hate crime in robberies targeting Asian spas in Washington state
Tuli Aumaunofo Kalani Tevaga, 23, was charged with four counts of first-degree robbery and one count of a hate crime for allegedly targeting Asian-owned spas in Washington state from April to June. Tevaga, who is identified as Asian American and Pacific Islander himself,…
· William Yuk
He walked so Shang-Chi could run: How James Hong created a space for Asian American actors when there was none
It is fitting that the multiverse-spanning “Everything Everywhere All At Once” features one of the most ubiquitous actors in Hollywood history — James Hong. The sheer multiplicity of roles Hong has played throughout his seven-decade-long career can be attributed to his…
· Jane Nam
Trailblazing Rolling Stone journalist Ben Fong-Torres says he’s no ‘Asian American role model’
NextShark sat down with legendary journalist Ben Fong-Torres, who gained worldwide recognition for his work as an early writer for Rolling Stone magazine, to talk about his documentary, “Like a Rolling Stone: the Life and Times of Ben Fong-Torres,” which chronicles his career…
· Jane Nam
Pro-Trump group’s lawsuit claims Amazon gave $10,000 bonus to minority staff but not Asians or whites
On Wednesday, pro-Trump group America First Legal issued a class action suit against Amazon, accusing the company of privileging its Black, Native American and Latino employees over their white and Asian counterparts. The group filed a five-page complaint on behalf of a white…
· Michelle De Pacina
‘I hate Koreans!’: Harlem man spews anti-Asian remark and punches senior woman, 76, in the head
Tiffany Felder, 52, was arrested and charged with hate crime for attacking a 76-year-old Asian woman in Harlem, New York, on Wednesday. Felder allegedly yelled “I hate Koreans!” as he punched the woman in the back of her head with a closed fist at around 10:45 a.m. The victim…
· Michelle De Pacina
Report: Over 11,000 anti-Asian hate incidents reported since March 2020
Stop AAPI Hate, a national coalition that tracks anti-Asian attacks, has documented nearly 11,500 hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) across the United States between March 19, 2020 and March 31, 2022. Two-thirds (67%) of the recorded incidents…
· Ryan General
Asians more likely to be hospitalized with COVID than other Bay Area racial groups, study finds
A study published in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities on Tuesday found that Bay Area residents of Asian descent were more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than any other racial or ethnic group in 2020. While the study also included Black, Hispanic and…
· Michelle De Pacina
Serial offender who punched Asian senior over 125 times in New York indicted on hate crime charges
Tammel Esco, the 42-year-old man arrested for allegedly punching a 67-year-old Filipino American woman in March, was arraigned on Tuesday and held without bail. Esco has been indicted on multiple hate crime charges, including attempted second-degree murder as a hate crime and…
· Ryan General
Racist, homophobic flyers target Asian American San Francisco Supervisor Gordon Mar
San Francisco District 4’s Supervisor Gordon Mar was recently targeted with a series of racist and homophobic flyers pasted over his re-election campaign posters. “Over the weekend and under the cover of darkness, someone decided to paste these flyers over our window signs in…
· Michelle De Pacina
Orange County woman who experienced anti-Asian hate at a Halsey concert speaks up
Catt Phan, 26, and her friend were at a Halsey concert in Irvine, California, when another group of concert-goers allegedly dumped a drink on them and spewed anti-Asian comments on July 9. “F*ck those Asian b*tches. Don’t let them ruin our night. They don’t belong here anyways,”…
· Carl Samson
Man wanted for skipping bill on Asian restaurant in New York
Police in Suffolk County, New York, are looking for a man accused of ditching an Asian fusion restaurant before completely paying his group’s bill. The group of 16 diners reportedly racked up $1,022.53 at Taste of Asia, located in Huntington Village, on June 20. They paid around…
· Carl Samson
Residents warned about Asian woman asking children to get in her car in Wisconsin neighborhood
Local authorities warned the residents of Kenosha, Wisconsin, about a suspicious Asian driver allegedly engaging with children. The first incident in the Camp Lake neighborhood reportedly occurred just before 2:45 p.m. on Monday when resident Alicia Milostan’s daughters were…
· Ryan General
Asian American Studies Center to create free digital resource on AAPI experiences for teachers
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center will use the $10 million in state funding it received from California to develop the AAPI Multimedia Textbook, an online platform containing lessons about the cultures, histories and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in…
· Carl Samson
Man accused of fatally shooting Asian senior, 76, in the back of the head held without bail in Philadelphia
Wagner Ernesto Pena Tejeda was arrested in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Thursday for the fatal shooting of an elderly Asian man in Philadelphia. Tejeda, 24, allegedly shot 76-year-old Loi Nguyen dead while the latter was returning home from a morning walk on June 21. He was also…
· Bryan Ke
Hundreds gather to honor late advocate for Asian American seniors Im Ja Choi
Hundreds of people gathered at the memorial service for Im Ja Choi, a celebrated advocate for Asian American seniors, at the Evergreen Center in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Choi, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2019, died at a hospital in South Korea on June 22. She moved to…
· Carl Samson
Seattle man charged with assault, hate crime for attacks on 3 Asian women
Michael John Allen, 40, is facing hate crime and assault charges after allegedly attacking three Asian women in two separate incidents in downtown Seattle on July 11. During the first alleged attack, which occurred in the 500 block of Olive Way, Allen reportedly hit a woman in…
· Carl Samson
NYC man wanted for headbutting Asian man after yelling ‘You Chinese are scum’
New York police are searching for a man accused of headbutting another man and yelling anti-Asian remarks at him in Queens, New York City, on Tuesday. The victim, 22, was on Steinway Street near 34th Ave. when the suspect reportedly approached him at around 8:55 p.m. According…
· Grace Kim
Interview: John Cho ditches the conservative Asian dad archetype in new tearjerker ‘Don’t Make Me Go’
John Cho knows a thing or two about breaking free from conventional Asian American roles. Since his days of playing Harold in the “Harold and Kumar” film series of the early 2000s, the actor has had several “first Asian” titles attached to his name – the first Asian male lead in…
· Michelle De Pacina
Florida woman who pepper-sprayed Asian women in NYC indicted on hate crime charges
Madeline Barker, the 47-year-old woman accused of hurling xenophobic comments and pepper-spraying a group of four Asian women in Chelsea last month, was indicted on 12 hate crime charges on Thursday in Manhattan Criminal Court. Barker was indicted on eight counts of assault in…
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Kikkoman
Kikkoman is how Japanese flavor went global — the soy sauce that became a default condiment on Western tables and made 'umami' a kitchen word.
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Grab
Grab is the everyday super-app of Southeast Asia — rides, food, and payments in one wallet across eight countries, the way hundreds of millions actually move and eat.
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Sea Ltd
Sea is Southeast Asia's culture-and-commerce giant — Garena's Free Fire defined mobile gaming for the region while Shopee reshaped how it shops.
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Shiseido
Shiseido is the standard-bearer of J-beauty — a 150-year-old house whose skincare rituals and prestige brands shape beauty across Asia and beyond.
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Tencent
Tencent ties gaming, messaging, streaming, and social habits to one of Asia's biggest internet companies.
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Trip.com Group
Trip.com Group is Asia's largest online travel agency — the booking layer behind the region's outbound tourism boom, from Ctrip in China to Skyscanner worldwide.
Alibaba · Platforms · NYSE:BABA
The Grammys created an award for Asian pop. BTS said no.
Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.
Jollibee Foods Corporation · Food · PSE:JFC
Jollibee is turning nostalgia into stores.
This shows up when a meal that feels like home is no longer just your hometown stop but the same Jollibee run you can repeat in more places across Southeast Asia.
Explainer · Jollibee Foods Corporation
If Jollibee feels like home, that feeling is spreading across Southeast Asia.
This shows up when a meal that feels like home is no longer just your hometown stop but the same Jollibee run you can repeat in more places across Southeast Asia.