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· Bryan Ke
South Korean Business Man Arrested in $550,000 Scam to Meet BTS
A business man in South Korea responsible for a fake fan meeting scam involving the famous K-pop boy band group BTS has been busted. The 37-year-old man, who is identified only by his surname as Choi, was accused of swindling a firm in January to which he offered the company a…
· Heather Johnson Yu
YouTuber Outrages Malaysia By Insulting Iconic Grass Jelly Drink
A YouTuber known for his gaming channel has caused quite a stir over an inflammatory tweet about a precious Malaysian drink. Never drink this. It is the worst drink on the planet pic.twitter.com/qwPhsMKzGi
· Carl Samson
Chinese Businesses are Now Exploiting Poor African Children to Promote Their Ads
A series of clips showing impoverished African children shouting Chinese messages have been circulating in Chinese social media recently, and they have become the latest obsession of local businesses. The videos, in which the kids can be seen reading a variety of content — from…
· Khier Casino
Woman Goes on Epic Racist Rant at Target, Gets Taken Down By Asian Security Guard
A video showing a fuming woman throwing items while shouting racist slurs at customers and employees at a Target in North Hollywood, Los Angeles is going viral. The footage, which was first posted by Twitter user @dechavien and was retweeted more than 18,000 times before it was…
· Max Chang
‘Asian Bachelorette’ is the BEST Thing on the Internet Right Now
Throughout “The Bachelorette’s” 13 seasons, there have been only four Asian men featured on the reality show. Of the four, NONE of them have ever made it past the first round. This is problematic because it adds into the stereotype that Asian men are undesirable. While it’s…
· Ryan General
Years After Dominating YouTube, Singer Jennifer Chung is Finally BACK
Talented singer-songwriter Jennifer Chung is reaching out to her fans and supporters for help in launching her latest album titled “After All”. The musical talent born in South Korea and raised in Millbrae, California began a YouTube channel for fun in 2007. She has built a…
· Ryan General
Badass Elderly Chinatown Store Owner Fights Off Armed Attacker With Bamboo Stick
A knife-wielding criminal did not stand a chance against an 86-year-old Chinese business owner in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Armed with just a bamboo stick, the elderly man, identified as Charles Liu, effectively defended his store on Sunday from an intruder identified as…
· Carl Samson
Adorable Solar Farm in China is Literally Shaped Like a Giant Panda
China built what easily wins the world’s cutest solar farm yet — a Panda Power Plant, the first phase of which was successfully connected to the grid. The plant, located in Datong City, Shanxi Province, has been installed by Hong Kong’s Panda Green Energy in agreement with the…
· Ben Yu
Man Who’s Made Over $400,000 Investing in Bitcoin Reveals His Strategy
Ever since Nas Daily’s video came out about how I earned over $400,000 with less than $10,000 investing in Bitcoin and Ethereum, I’ve been getting hundreds of questions from people around the world about how to get started with cryptocurrency investment. First: I’m super glad…
· Guy Aoki
The Supreme Court May Support ‘The Slants,’ But Their Decision Doesn’t Help Asian Americans
The Slants, the Portland, Oregon-based band that for six years fought in the courts for the right to trademark their controversial name, finally won Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in their favor. In doing so, they overturned a 71-year-old policy preventing…
· Ryan General
Hello Kitty is Teaming Up with Wonder Woman For the Film’s Japan Release
We’ve seen Hello Kitty take on a variety of other roles over the years as the character has partnered with other companies, but never has it been this badass. This time, Hello Kitty takes up the mantle of DC’s Wonder Woman and suddenly Gal Gadot has got some fierce competition…
· Khier Casino
Jack Ma Thinks Alibaba Will Make Almost As Much Money as The U.K. By 2036
Alibaba founder Jack Ma is confident his company will make its way to the top as the fifth largest economy of the world by 2036, sitting behind only the U.S., China, Japan, Germany and the U.K., respectively. Ma recently saw his personal wealth, which is mostly based off the…
· Khier Casino
Good Samaritans Raise $3,161 for 94-Year-Old Banana Seller After He Was Robbed
An Indonesian banana seller was robbed of all his savings of 1 million rupiah ($75) last week, but thanks to the kindness of social media users, his funds were returned nearly 40 times over. Known only as Mr. Suratman, the 94-year-old banana merchant, from Jambi on the island of…
· Ryan General
Jack Ma Made $2.8 Billion Over the Weekend Because He’s Gangster AF
Jack Ma just became $2.8 billion richer overnight after Alibaba Group’s value jumped by 13.3% on the New York Stock Exchange by Friday morning. The Alibaba CEO, who now has a net worth of $41.8 billion, jumped several notches on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, landing on #14.…
· 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.
· Eliza Romero
Asian Brands Need To Do Better: Stop Using White Models
Editor’s Note: Eliza Romero is a Baltimore-based, Filipino-American fashion photographer and style blogger behind the website Aesthetic Distance, a blog critical of pop culture. The views expressed in this piece are solely her own. The very first time I remember feeling disgust…
· Max Chang
‘Jackie Chan Adventures’ is Coming Back, But 90’s Kids Will Be Disappointed
If you’re a 90s kid like me, you might’ve gotten up early every Saturday to watch cartoons. One of these cartoons, specifically on the Kids’ WB, was “Jackie Chan Adventures”, where we followed a fictionalized version of Jackie Chan, his niece Jade, his Uncle, simply known as…
· Ryan General
Man Allegedly Threatens to Kill Shop Owner if She Was Not American
A man was charged with ethnic intimidation after allegedly threatening to kill a female shop owner Cleveland, Ohio and “other Chinese people” at her store last March 30. The 45-year-old suspect, identified as Dimitrius Oliver, reportedly wreaked havoc at the Sisters Gift Shop…
· Khier Casino
Donald Trump’s Grandson is Now Learning Mandarin
Ivanka Trump posted a photo to her Instagram on Tuesday showing herself with her 1-year-old son, Theodore, learning Chinese characters on a set of educational building blocks. Little Theodore seems to be following his 5-year-old sister Arabella who has become a viral sensation…
· Carl Samson
Reporter Goes Viral in China For Doing the One Thing Chinese People Love About White People
A longtime international correspondent became the buzz of Chinese social media after asking one question in a press conference earlier this month. Apparently, Weibo netizens were amused when Anthony Kuhn raised his query to authorities of China’s National Development and Reform…
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Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll connects to Sony, the company behind the anime streaming app, plus the music, merch, and licensing around it.
Culture · franchise / licensing
One Piece
One Piece connects to Toei Animation and Bandai Namco through episodes, games, licensing, events, and collector products.
Culture · platform
Weverse
Weverse connects to HYBE, the platform where memberships, merch, content, and fandom access keep moving after the song.
Culture · destination / travel behavior
Tokyo Disney
Tokyo Disney connects to Oriental Land, the company that runs the resort and the spending around it.
Company · Korea · KOSDAQ:035900
JYP Entertainment
JYP is tied to groups that drive albums, tours, subscriptions, merch, and international fan activity.
Company · China · NYSE:MNSO
Miniso
Miniso turned character-IP collabs and blind-box impulse buys into a global store network — Sanrio, Disney, and Chiikawa merch you didn't plan to buy, plus its own TOP TOY chain.
Company · Japan · TYO:7974
Nintendo
Nintendo turns beloved game worlds into hardware, software, parks, merch, and repeat family spending.
Company · Korea · KRX:352820
HYBE
One of the layers behind BTS, SEVENTEEN, TXT.
Sanrio · Consumer · TYO:8136
Sanrio wants Hello Kitty to be more than merch.
If Hello Kitty already shows up in what you wear, gift, or collect, Sanrio now wants the same characters showing up in your next Switch play session too.
HYBE · K-pop · KRX:352820
A BTS comeback is not just songs. It’s albums, merch, tickets, and Weverse.
A BTS comeback can start with one stream on your phone, then turn into a fan-club sign-up, merch order, livestream ticket, and more time spent inside Weverse.
CJ ENM · Entertainment · KOSDAQ:035760
Before the first song drops, H//PE Princess already has a global Warner deal.
A debut deal matters less than whether the group turns into repeat listening, touring, merch, and fandom across markets.