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· Ryan General
Vietnamese-American Student Carrying a Pen Was Fatally Shot Twice in The Back, Autopsy Reveals
Tommy Le, the “bubbly” Vietnamese American kid who was killed by a King County sheriff’s deputy, was apparently shot twice in the back and a third time in the back of his hand, based on the autopsy results released by his family. According to the family’s lawyer, Jeffery…
· 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…
· Ryan General
Japanese Entrepreneur Uses Video Games to Fight Depression
A Japanese entrepreneur has imported a role-playing game from New Zealand to help patients suffering from depression. According to Hikari Lab founder Ayako Shimizu, she first noticed how mental illnesses like depression and anxiety are perceived and dealt with more openly in…
· Kyle Encina
Over 50% of Hong Kongers Are Hoarders and Obsessive Shoppers, Survey Finds
A recent poll reveals that a startling 57% of adults in Hong Kong are displaying excessive shopping behavior to the point of becoming compulsive hoarders. The statistics gathered by sustainable development organization Wofoo Social Enterprise have attributed the causes for…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Natalie Portman’s Character in New Film ‘Annihilation’ Was Originally of Asian Descent
“Annihilation“, the popular first book of Jeff Vandermeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy, is receiving the Hollywood treatment — complete with Whitewashing the main character, a person of Asian descent. Natalie Portman has been cast to play the lead role, the Biologist, instead of a…
· Carl Samson
Meet the Korean-Mexican K-Pop Star Who’s Going to Be the Next Biggest Idol
Samuel Arredondo Kim, 15, is a Korean-Mexican idol who’s ready to take on the world of K-pop. At his age, Samuel is already a solo artist, a relatively uncommon sight in the industry populated by idol groups with members in their late teens and early adulthood.
· Heather Johnson Yu
Otto Warmbier’s Parents Reveal Graphic New Details on His Condition After North Korea
Frank and Cindy Warmbier, parents of the late Otto Warmbier, have come forward in a series of interviews to share their feelings and experiences on their son’s mistreatment, urging the world to recognize Kim Jong Un and his regime as terrorists. This is the first time the…
· Carl Samson
Chinese Court Launches ‘Divorce Exam’ That Couples Must FAIL to End Their Marriage
A court in southwestern China introduced an examination that couples who wish to divorce must fail in order for their applications to be approved. The exam, administered at the Sichuan Yibin People’s Court, is the brainchild of Magistrate Wang Shiyu.
· Heather Johnson Yu
Man Doesn’t Want Sons With Asian Fiancée Because They Would Have ‘Small Packages’
On Tuesday, Slate Magazine released their weekly “Dear Prudence” segment, wherein readers call advice columnist Mallory Ortberg and leave a message with their most burning questions. Prudence answers questions pertaining to just about anything, from relationships, careers, and…
· Carl Samson
American Reporter Meeting the Only Chinese Football Player in Germany is Cringy AF
The first meeting of an American reporter and a Chinese football player in Germany is perhaps the most nutritious source of cringe for 2017, unless something worse emerges. It’s all in a six-minute video posted on Deutsche Welle’s Kick Off! YouTube channel, where reporter Kres…
· Ranier Maningding
Meet the Wannabe Asian Cowboy Who Wants To Murder BLM Activists and Muslims
Editor’s Note: Ranier Maningding is a copywriter and mastermind behind the social justice page “The Love Life of an Asian Guy”. The opinions expressed in this piece are solely his own. When you think of freak shows, you think of people with uncommon physical characteristics.