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· Ryan General
Thai Makeover Show Gives Man With Disfigured Jaw the Most Epic Transformation
A TV program in Thailand recently gave a male factory worker a total makeover, transforming him into a man even his own mother did not recognize. “Let Me In Thailand”, the Thai version of a Korean popular makeover TV series, performed a series of plastic surgeries on 22-year-old…
· Carl Samson
Former K-Pop Idol Reveals How She Was Sexually Harassed By Entertainment CEO
A former member of K-Pop girl group After School has opened up about her sexual harassment experience involving the CEO of an entertainment label. Yoo So-young shared the grim details of her past in SBS’ “Heard It Through the Grapevine,” where the topic of sexual harassment was…
· Kyle Encina
BTS’ AMA Performance Solidifies Their Guinness World Record For Most Retweeted Band
K-pop group BTS’ exhilarating AMA 2017 performance made history as the group earned a spot at the Guinness World Record 2018 book. The official Twitter account of Guinness World Records personally acknowledged BTS’ massive success by congratulating the South Korean band for…
· Ryan General
Doctors Find Parasitic Worms All Over North Korean Soldier’s Body After Daring Escape
Doctors reportedly found an “enormous number of parasites” inside the stomach of the North Korean defector who made global headlines for his daring escape to the South via the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) last week. While the soldier made it across the border on foot after ditching…
· Ryan General
China Bans Katy Perry From Performing at the Victoria’s Secret Show in Beijing
Katy Perry will not be able to perform at Victoria’s Secret fashion show in Shanghai, China after the Chinese government reportedly denied her a visa. The singer was originally scheduled to sing at the fashion show at the end of November. Perry earned the ire of many Chinese…
· Bryan Ke
BTS Totally Shut Down LAX When They Arrived Ahead of Their 2017 AMA Performance
South Korean K-pop group BTS finally arrived in Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) for its upcoming appearances on several American shows and its performance at the 2017 American Music Awards on Sunday. A huge ARMY of fans greeted the international artists at the airport on…
· Ryan General
George Takei Responds to Sexual Assault Allegations Made By Former Model
George Takei has responded to the sexual assault allegations that surfaced on Friday with an emphatic denial on social media Saturday morning. The esteemed actor and LGBT advocate took to Twitter to address the accusation that he sexually abused former model and actor Scott R.…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Taiwanese Woman Tracks Down Foster Parents After 20 Years in Heartwarming Story
A Taiwanese woman has ended her exhaustive search for her foster parents after being reunited with them 20 years after they cared for her, according to Taiwan News. The 29-year-old Taichung resident, Lin Ching-Mei, had searched for her foster parents for years, travelling to…
· Kyle Encina
North Korea’s Nuclear Tests Result in Deformed Babies, Defectors Claim
North Korean defectors revealed that Kim Jong-Un’s grisly nuclear tests were allegedly performed without informing civilians. Years of nuclear testing are starting to take its toll on the affected Kilju county in North Korea, according to a defectors who said the region’s…
· Ranier Maningding
Godfrey Gao: How the Asian Prince Charming Tackled Racism Growing Up
When I met first Godfrey Gao I wanted to hate him. He’s six-foot-infinity, his beard defies the laws of Asian facial hair, and his jawline could slice open a can of spam. Someone with such a handsome face must have a horrible personality, right? Like most of the world in love…
· Bryan Ke
Vancouver to Give Formal Apology to Chinese Victims of Historical Racial Discrimination
Vancouver’s civic government announced its plan to host an event in April 2018 where it will deliver a formal apology to victims of racial discrimination in the Chinese community, which was legislated by previous city leaders between 1886 and 1947. The 2017 city council made the…
· Kyle Encina
Crimes Against Asian Americans Rise At An Alarming Rate, Sacramento Police Warn
The Sacramento police have reported an alarming increase of crimes targeting Asian Americans, according to the Sacramento Bee. Officials revealed that the crimes ranged from home invasions to robberies and carjackings. Police spokesperson Eddie Macaulay stated that some…
· Bryan Ke
‘Geostorm’ Bombed in America But Succeeded in China After Focusing on Daniel Wu
Disaster movie “Geostorm”, which stars Hong Kong American actor Daniel Wu as Cheng Long, surpassed the Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling-led film, “Blade Runner 2049,” which did poorly in China’s box office. The film, distributed in China by state-owned enterprises China Film Group…
· Ryan General
Chinese Man Who Married Lost Love of 50 Years Dies in Her Arms
Yuan Dibao, the man who captured everyone’s hearts in China for his enduring love, has passed away peacefully in the arms of his wife Danny Li, the woman he lost for over half a century. He died at age 90 on Thursday in Xiamen, located in the southeastern province of Fujian,…
· Bryan Ke
Science Confirms Drinking Alcohol Makes it Easier to Speak a Foreign Language
Alcohol – in moderation – really does help you become more fluent when speaking a foreign language according to British and Dutch researchers who conducted the experiment. Alcohol can be quite beneficial to someone who aims to be fluent in a certain language, whether it’s…
· Kyle Encina
‘King of Mushrooms’ Discovered By Farmer in Chinese Village
A village near Tengchong, Yunnan Province in China is home to a cluster of mushrooms so big that they’re being regarded by residents as the “king of mushrooms.” While the mushroom cluster can reach up to 83.5 centimeters (32.8 inches) (2.7 feet) high, the widest, most…
· Ryan General
Asians Storm Supermarket in Australia for Cheap Baby Formula to Resell to China
Shoppers who have been buying baby formula cans in bulk at supermarkets in Australia with the intention of selling them online to China for a profit were recently captured on video, generating some backlash online. A shopper named Hannah Dixon filmed the moment in a Coles store…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese Immigrants Keep Getting Arrested During Marijuana Farm Raids in California
Police are baffled by the rising numbers of Chinese nationals, some of whom don’t speak or understand English, linked to marijuana grow houses that were raided by authorities in recent months throughout the U.S. Authorities recently conducted raids in multiple counties including…
· Bryan Ke
Japanese Hedgehog’s Adorable Camping Trip Will Warm Your Cold, Dead Soul
Azuki, the second-most-famous Japanese hedgehog in the world behind Sonic, reconnected with nature by going on a camping adventure with his Coleman gear. The tiny ball of cuteness, who has more than 204,000 followers on Instagram, spent his day inside a miniature Coleman tent,…
· Kyle Encina
Tofu Maker Becomes Successful ‘Arms Dealer’ in China When Food Business Fails
One Chinese businessman in Ningbo certainly had a drastic turn in his career from being a simple tofu maker to becoming an arms dealer. A food manufacturer, surnamed Zhou, was forced to close his tofu business after it failed to meet the country’s anti-pollution regulations,…
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Coupang
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GoTo Group
GoTo is the app Indonesia runs on — Gojek rides, Tokopedia shopping, and GoPay wallets woven into daily life for the world's fourth-most-populous country.
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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.
Company · Korea · KRX:035720
Kakao
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Company · China · HKEX:1024
Kuaishou
Kuaishou is China's number-two short-video platform, where livestream selling turned everyday creators into a shopping channel and rewired how goods get sold.
Company · Korea · KRX:035420
Naver
One of the layers behind Webtoon, LINE, Snow.
Company · Japan · TYO:4755
Rakuten Group
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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.