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· Heather Johnson Yu
PSY’s Secret Message UNCOVERED in His Music After All These Years
Psy, Psy, Psy…thought you could fool us, didn’t you? Thought you were sneaky, didn’t you?
· Ryan General
PSY Finally Reveals How He Felt After ‘Gangnam Style’s’ Crazy Success
“Gangnam Style” was the phenomenon that took the world by surprise back in 2012, making South Korean singer PSY a household name and a multi-millionaire. However, he recently revealed in an interview that the global fame the massive viral hit brought him was also the most…
· Carl Samson
Psychologist Argues Chinese People Think Like 6-Month-Old Infants
A psychologist has argued that most Chinese people have the mental age of a six-month-old and never got out of what Sigmund Freud called the oral stage in his psychosexual theory of development. The oral stage is the first of Freud’s five stages, where the mouth serves as the…
· King Malleta
Japanese Psychic Ordered to Pay $850,000 to Client She Forced into Sex Work
A fortune teller has been ordered to pay a massive amount of money to a female client after she forced her to become a sex worker. Fortune telling is something you shouldn’t really take seriously as there is no strong basis for such predictions, but while other people do it for…
· Ryan General
Beloved Chinese Psychology Professor Stabbed to Death By USC Student
A beloved Chinese psychology professor at the University of Southern California was stabbed to death by a student following an alleged “personal dispute” within the university campus on Friday afternoon. The suspect, 28-year-old brain and cognitive science student David Jonathan…
· Ryan General
Woman Claims She Was Raped By a Pokémon, Husband Urges Her to Seek Psychiatric Help
A young married woman from Russia filed a formal complaint to the local police after she was allegedly raped by a Pokémon. The assault, according to the unnamed victim, happened inside her room in her apartment in Moscow. Police said the complainant fell asleep while playing…
· Editorial Staff
An Alarming Number of Hong Kong Teens are Seeking Psychiatric Help, According to Report
An increasing number of young people in Hong Kong are seeking treatment for psychiatric problems, according to local public hospital records. There were a total of 4,200 mental health patients aged between 15 and 17 in 2015, a 45% increase from 2010. Also in 2015, there were…
· Laura Hospes
Suicidal 20-Year-Old Photographer Captures Life Inside a Psychiatric Ward to Recover
I was 20, studying photography and, as they say, living life the fullest. But that was not the real me.
· Riley Schatzle
Psychology Professor Gives the Most Evil Extra Credit Problem to His Students
Dylan Selterman, a psychology professor at the University of Maryland, has been assigning the same extra credit problem on his final exam since 2008 — only one class has ever answered correctly. The prompt reads:
· Max Chang
Psychology Study Exposes a Scary Truth About People Who Are Nice All the Time
A new psychology study published this month in the Journal of Personality has revealed a dark truth about the nicest and friendliest people in our society- they are probably more capable of doing the most horrific things if ordered to. Stanley Milgram, a pioneer in social…
· Nylah Burton
What It’s Like Being an Asian Student at an Historically Black College or University
I attend Howard University, an historically Black college/university in Washington, D.C. As a Black student attending the unapologetically Black Mecca, I have never felt like my race was a barrier here – an obvious blessing of an HBCU. But for Asian students, of which Howard has…
· Ryan General
Father Arrested for Homicide After Leaving 11-Month-old Daughter in Hot Car
Local authorities in Louisiana have arrested a 40-year-old father whose infant daughter died after he inadvertently left her in his car for an entire day. According to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, the father, identified as Sheng Li, was supposed to drop 11-month-old…
· Carl Samson
Meet the First Trans Swimmer to Ever Join Harvard’s Men’s Team
A Korean-American trans swimmer has been inspiring people with his story of change — a journey that does not happen overnight but takes takes time, effort, perseverance, and, most importantly, self-love. Schuyler Bailar, a decorated swimmer, first made headlines when he earned a…
· Heather Johnson Yu
BTS Playing On American Radio is Peak Hallyu and We’re Honestly Here For This
BTS fans in Chicago and San Francisco were shocked to hear their beloved boy group grace their ears as they listened to the radio this week. According to Koreaboo, one of Chicago’s most popular radio stations, Hits 92 Chicago, played BTS’ “Cypher Pt.3” and “Fire” several times…
· Ryan General
Meet the Asian American Lawyer Competing to Win Mrs. America 2018
An Asian American lawyer has stepped up to the plate in an effort to bring more diversity to the 2018 Mrs. America Pageant. Alice Lee Giannetta is a Manhattan-based litigation attorney who, at the suggestion of her husband, joined the pageant for married women after noticing the…
· Carl Samson
Japanese Companies Must Now Hire More Workers With Mental Health Issues
Japanese companies are starting to hire more people with mental health issues in preparation for a new law addressing the employment of those with disabilities. The law, slated to take effect next April, requires a business with at least 50 employees to have disabled workers…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Chinese-American Man Dies One Month After Brutal Assault Over iPhone in Brooklyn
New details have recently emerged surrounding the death of Huiping Wu, a 50-year-old home health attendant from Brooklyn who was the victim of a fatal mugging. On June 24th, 2017, Wu was accosted by an unknown person who tried to steal his iPhone 7. Wu refused to give it to the…
· Bryan Ke
10-Year-Old Raped in India Who Was Denied Abortion Gives Birth via C-Section
A 10-year-old Indian girl who was raped and subsequently denied an abortion has recently given birth to a baby girl. The underage victim delivered the baby on Thursday via c-section, according to The New York Times. The unnamed girl, while under anesthesia, was not informed…
· Carl Samson
‘Missing’ Chinese Billionaire Reappears, Drops $1 Billion to Build New University
Before Jack Ma’s Alibaba and Pony Ma’s Tencent became the titans in China’s tech industry, there was Chen Tianqiao’s Shanda. Chen, who became a billionaire at 30, founded the gaming company in 1999 — a time when Chinese entrepreneurs rushed to build their own internet portals…
· Khier Casino
Hong Kong Fitness Trainer Falls to His Death Trying to Take Epic Photo
Hong Kong fitness trainer Will Kong Wai fell eight stories to his death from the Li Dong Building in Central district after taking photos of two other instructors while standing on a narrow ledge. The 25-year-old trainer and bodybuilder climbed on railings to get a better spot…