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· Carl Samson
North Korea Just Added 3.5 Million ‘Volunteers’ to Its Army
North Korea has drafted nearly 3.5 million volunteers into its military arsenal, boosting its position against the United Nations and the United States amid ongoing tensions. The news comes from Rodong Sinmun, DPRK’s official newspaper, which claimed that the volunteers either…
· Kyle Encina
Chinese Corporate Worker Builds a Startup That Makes Over $1 Million a Year
A Chinese entrepreneur went from working as a corporate employee to building her own business that earns over a million dollars a year. Luisa Zhou was already making a salary worth six-figures by leading a corporate team. However, the 28-year-old felt “unchallenged and…
· Ryan General
Chinese Woman Gets Plastic Surgery to Escape Her $3.7 Million Debt, Fails Miserably
A 59-year-old woman named Zhu Najuan, who was ordered by a court in China to pay a massive amount of debt, thought it was best to evade her responsibilities by literally changing her face. After a Wuhan court told Zhu to pay her creditors for her loans, which amounted to 25…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Daughter Of Malaysian Tycoon Ditches Over $400 Million Inheritance For Love
Angeline Francis Khoo will do anything for love — including giving up her entire inheritance. According to Daily Mail, the former heiress to the Laura Ashley fortune had been dating her now-husband, Jedidiah Francis, since their days at Oxford. Francis hails from the Caribbean…
· Ryan General
Woman Mistakenly Takes Home a Rare Flower Worth $3 Million in China
A woman in China, who switched a flower she had bought with another item on display at a Taiwanese flower shop thinking it was the same price, inadvertently took home a rare flower that could be worth 20 million yuan ($3 million). Workers at the flower market in Yucheng went…
· Khier Casino
China’s Ofo Sued for $1.3 Million After Little Boy Dies While Riding Bike
The parents of an 11-year-old boy, who was fatally hit by a bus while riding an Ofo bike, are suing the company for 8.78 million yuan ($1.3 million) in damages, claiming that less-secure combination locks were part of the problem. The fourth-grader, who died in a traffic…
· Kyle Encina
Samsung Chairman’s Daughter Ordered By Court to Give Ex-Husband $7.64 Million
Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s eldest daughter, Lee Boo-jin, has been ordered by a court in Seoul to provide her ex-husband with millions of dollars worth of assets. Boo-jin, who is also the CEO of luxury hotel Shilla, holds a large amount of shares in South Korea’s tech giant…
· Carl Samson
Meet The Chinese-American Who Made $500 Million For His Startup Last Year
Kenneth Lin, founder and CEO of Credit Karma, has announced that the personal finance company increased revenues by about 50% to $500 million last year. It was 2007 when Lin started Credit Karma as a means of helping people make financial progress. Five years later, the company…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Chinese Man Has Made $4.4 Million Harvesting Pearls, But For a Surprising Reason
The 25-year-old pearl harvester, Xinda Zhan, has raked in 30 million yuan ($4.4 million) this year — six times the average annual amount the family business typically earns. What a creative way to flex some entrepreneurial mussel!
· Editorial Staff
Meet the Cutest Toddler in Indonesia With 3.3 Million Followers on Instagram
Meet Jonathan R. Sugianto. He is an adorable boy from Indonesia who’s captivated audiences with his epic dance videos.
· Carl Samson
Malaysian Billionaire Reportedly Bought Miranda Kerr $10 Million in Diamonds
In an expanded crackdown of assets allegedly bought with stolen cash from a Malaysian development fund, the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to claim a set of diamonds gifted to model Miranda Kerr by her billionaire ex-boyfriend Jho Low. Low, a Penang-born tycoon,…
· Ryan General
Two Hong Kong Brothers Built a $400 Million Empire Off Strip Clubs
Millionaire property magnates Michael and John Chow have built an empire in New Zealand that is currently valued at an estimated $400 million. The road to such fortune has not been easy for the Chow brothers who were born and initially raised in Hong Kong. Together, they have…
· Editorial Staff
Family of Autistic Teen Who Died Trapped in Hot School Bus Wins $23.5 Million Settlement
A family in Whittier, California finally got some closure after they were awarded a $23.5 million settlement after their 19-year-old autistic son died after being left inside a hot school bus almost two years ago. On September 11, 2015, Hun Joon “Paul” Lee was left inside a hot…
· Ryan General
Chinese Company Hired By Apple Busted For Selling $7 Million of Personal Data from iPhones
A group of suppliers and companies that Apple outsources work to in China have reportedly been found running an underground operation selling Apple computer and iPhone users’ personal information online. Chinese authorities revealed in a statement on Wednesday that they have…
· Max Chang
The Most Offensive ‘White Savior’ Film of 2017 Lost $45 Million
Everyone, this is the movie “The Warriors Gate”. It’s a Chinese-French action-adventure-fantasy movie directed by Matthias Hone. It was released in China last year and then worldwide earlier this month.
· Khier Casino
$50 Million Film About Hawaii’s King Kamehameha Promises No Whitewashing
While the whitewashing of Pacific Islander roles continues in movies like the upcoming “Ni’ihau”, it’s nice to know that a new film about Hawaii’s beginnings is searching for Native Hawaiian actors. “The Islands” will be based on the true story of Captain Cook’s arrival to the…
· Carl Samson
Japanese Entrepreneur Sets Auction Record With $110.4 Million Bid for Basquiat Painting
A Japanese entrepreneur is taking home Jean-Michel Basquiat’s “Untitled” from Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction in New York on Thursday for a staggering price tag of $110,487,500. It’s a record bid for the 1982 masterpiece initially pegged to sell for as much as $60…
· Khier Casino
China to Reportedly Collect Millions of DNA Samples a Year From Muslim Region
China has began preparing for the mass collection of DNA samples from the native Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang region, according to humans rights observers. Xinjiang police told the Associated Press that they’ve started purchasing more than $8.7 million worth of equipment to…
· Khier Casino
Chinese Tycoon Offers $1.4 Million to Any Martial Artist Who Beats Cocky MMA Fighter
Multimillionaire entrepreneur Chen Sheng is offering a total of 10 million yuan (more than $1.4 million) to any challenger who can beat mixed martial arts fighter Xu Xiaodong. The 38-year-old MMA fighter, coach and promoter issued a challenge earlier this week to other…
· King Malleta
Chinese Seller Cheaps Out on Shipping Ancient $1 Million Cauldron, Pays for It Dearly
One Chinese seller is in deep trouble and debt after an ancient bronze cauldron worth $1 million was broken while in transit to the buyer. The bronze cauldron was claimed to have been from the Zhou Dynasty (1046 B.C.E. – 256 B.C.E.) and was passed down to generations by the…
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