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Japan’s Kotatsu is the Coziest Way to Stay Warm in Winter
Ahh, winter — when humanity wages war against the plummeting temperatures. In the battle against the bitter cold, some batten down the hatches by turning up the heat, while others arm themselves with an extra blanket.
· Bryan Ke
Chinese Supermom Finishes 1.2 Mile Race Despite Being 5 Months Pregnant
A 35-year-old mother is being praised by netizens for finishing a 2-kilometer (1.2-mile) race in Hangzhou, the capital of China’s Zhejiang Province, despite being five months pregnant with her second child. Shen Huijuan, a middle school physical education teacher, participated…
· Ryan General
Chinese Livestreamer Jailed For Wearing Police Uniform to Attract More Viewers
A Chinese online video streamer was arrested and jailed for wearing a police uniform during some of her streams. Identified only by her surname, Hu, the livestream hostess known as “Little Devil” reportedly tried to spice up her videos with a bit of cosplay in an attempt to…
· Ryan General
Malaysian Politicians Think Flight Attendant Uniforms Are ‘Too Sexy’ and Will ‘Arouse Passengers’
Some politicians in Malaysia have expressed concern over the “sexiness” of the flight attendant uniforms of two local carriers, warning that the tight-fitting attire may “arouse passengers”. A senator expressed his criticisms during a session in Parliament on Monday, condemning…
· Ryan General
Chinese Man Has Been Living in Beijing’s Airport Terminal For Almost 10 Years
Wei Jianguo is the real life, Chinese version of Viktor Navorski, Tom Hanks’ character who took residence in an airport in the 2004 comedy-drama film “The Terminal”. Well, almost. You see, unlike the fictional movie character, Jianguo was not actually stranded in the airport due…
· Editorial Staff
NBC Thinks All Asians Look the Same, Reports on Jonghyun’s Death with BTS’ RM
Early Tuesday evening, NBC Chicago reported Kim Jonghyun of SHINee’s death on live television. His tragic death has caused the K-pop community to grieve, as well as start a dialogue about mental health in the industry. However, when NBC aired the broadcast, the report showed…
· Ryan General
Starving Filipino Supermarket Employee Thrown in Jail After Stealing 62-Cent Can of Corn Beef
A supermarket clerk is currently behind bars for stealing a can of corned beef worth 31 Philippine pesos ($0.62) in the Philippines. Paul Mathew Tanglao, 21, reportedly took the can from the store’s warehouse and hid it in his apron because he was hungry, reports Inquirer.net.…
· Ryan General
Former Employees Accused of Stealing Computer Chip Designs for a Chinese Startup
Four chip engineers are being accused of attempting to steal chip designs from their former employer, semiconductor equipment company Applied Materials Inc. The suspects, identified as Liang Chen, Donald Olgado, Wei-Yung Hsu, and Robert Ewald reportedly downloaded data from the…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese Woman Makes Over $3,000 Per Shipment of Baby Formula From Australia to China
Song Chen, a 40-year-old Chinese woman living in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, makes about 21,000 yuan ($3,173) per shipment of expensive baby formula to China. Chen first moved to Newcastle around three years ago, and soon jumped on the craze in which professional…
· Bryan Ke
Razer CEO Gives Fan Free Phone After Getting Permanent Tattoo of His Face
One fan of Singapore-based tech manufacturer Razer stood by his promise last month when he messaged the company’s founder Min-Liang Tan about getting a permanent tattoo of his face on his leg in exchange for a free Razer Phone. On Nov. 25, Tan received a comment on his Facebook…
· Editorial Staff
NY Times Calling Netflix Korean Drama ‘Affirmative Action’ is Racist AF
The NY Times has recently come under fire for an article suggesting that Netflix’s acquisition of a Korean drama had something to do with affirmative action. The article, which has since been quietly amended amidst the backlash, listed a handful of new shows for readers to view…
· Carl Samson
Epic War Between K-Pop and J-Pop Fans Erupts Over Mnet Asian Music Awards Performance
Viewers could not help but compare K-pop and J-pop as the genres came head-to-head on one massive stage last week. Performing for the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) in South Korea, J-pop girl group AKB48 collaborated with five female K-pop acts in what several netizens thought…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Texas Cheerleader Performs Insane ‘Invisible’ Box Sorcery, Astounds Twitter
Meet Ariel Olivar. She’s a cheerleader from Manvel High School in Manvel, Texas.
· Bryan Ke
Chinese Farmer Finds Pig Gallstone Worth $605,000
A 51-year-old villager named Bo Chunlou from Ju County in Rizhao, eastern Shandong, China, accidentally found a way to become a millionaire after slaughtering one of his pigs. The extremely rare object, which is known as a bezoar, is a small, stony solid mass that is formed in…
· Ryan General
Former U.S. Marine Gets Life in Prison For Raping and Murdering Japanese Woman in 2016
A former United States military base worker has reportedly been sentenced to life in prison for raping and killing a Japanese woman on the island of Okinawa in Japan. According to local media outlet NHK, 33-year-old Kenneth Franklin Shinzato was found guilty by Naha District…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Family of Burmese Woman Found Hanged, Bound and Gagged Files Lawsuit After Cops Claim ‘Suicide’
The family of Rebecca Zahau, also known as Rebecca Nalepa, is moving forward with a civil suit regarding her death in 2011. Zahau, who was born in Myanmar (then Burma), had been dating Medicis Pharmaceutical CEO Jonah Shacknai; the pair lived together with his son, Max Shacknai.…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese Army Dog Goes Viral After ‘Standing’ to Salute Retiring Handler
A military dog from Suqiang, Jiangsu Province in eastern China is recently melting the hearts of many netizens around the globe with its undying devotion to its handler who is about to retire. Many tears were shed when the dog, a German Shepherd named Duo Duo, sat up on its hind…
· Ryan General
Japanese Cosmetics Firm Under Fire For Racist Poster Against Chinese Customers
A cosmetics company in Japan has issued an apology regarding a sign one of its stores recently posted that indicated Chinese people were prohibited from entering. Written in Japanese, the offending sign placed in an unspecified Pola store window read: “Entry by Chinese people…
· Ryan General
Chinese Patients Suffering From Serious Mental Illness Rising at Alarming Rate
More and more people in China are being diagnosed with serious mental health issues, recent government data has revealed. According to the National Health and Family Planning Commission, serious mental illnesses affected 5.4 million Chinese people by the end of 2016, with 75% of…
· Bryan Ke
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Begs Net Neutrality ‘Activists’ to Stop Harassing his Wife and Kids
The Federal Communications Commission has come under fire for its attempt to rollback net neutrality, and caught in the crossfire between the U.S. government and activists is FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and his family. Pai spoke with Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” on Monday and addressed…
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GoTo Group
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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.
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Kakao
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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
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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.