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· Ryan General
An Asian fusion restaurant in New Zealand has sparked a massive backlash online for using offensive racial stereotypes on its menu. Netizens slammed the restaurant Bamboozle as “tone deaf” and “juvenile racist trash” when a copy of its menu emerged on Twitter on Tuesday, New…
· Khier Casino
President Donald Trump suggested that a “pretty Korean lady,” a career intelligence analyst who was discussing an impending hostage situation in Pakistan with him in the Oval Office, be reassigned to North Korea. The Korean American woman, who visited the White House last fall…
· Ryan General
Tina Lam and Michael Cheng, the Asian American couple who bought a private street in San Francisco and then lost it after city leaders voted to reverse the sale, are now suing the city to get it back. When the homeowners learned that the Bay Area couple purchased the dead-end…
· Ryan General
The body of an Asian American university student was found two weeks after she died at Gwinnett Place Mall in Duluth, Georgia in December. Found in an “advanced state of decomposition” at the mall’s food court area on Dec. 21, the body was identified on Wednesday as 19-year-old…
· Carl Samson
In most Asian households, rice on the table is synonymous to survival. It’s bamboo to a panda, fins to a shark and kotatsu to a shivering cat — you get the picture. When it’s part of your meal at least three times a day, odds are you have no choice but learn how to cook it. This…
· Editorial Staff
On Tuesday, H&M made headlines for the controversy surrounding a marketing image of a hoodie, worn by a Black boy, featuring the text “coolest monkey in the jungle”. The word “monkey” can sometimes be used as a racial slur used to dehumanize Black people, reducing them to…
· Carl Samson
A German YouTuber has opened up about receiving death threats just because she has an Asian boyfriend. In a video posted on January 9, Farina Behm shared the challenges of being with a Korean boyfriend for two years, particularly in the eyes of those caught up in “pure ignorance…
· Bob Wu
A VC told me recently that it’s hard for them focus on anything else except for blockchain and crypto companies. Given the excitement around blockchain, digital currencies, bitcoin, and ICOs, I thought it would be interesting to recognize the Asian Americans that are the most…
· Bryan Ke
Four Chinese-American members of the “Asian-American cultural fraternity,” Pi Delta Psi, of Baruch College in New York City were sentenced to jail in connection with the killing of 19-year-old freshman Chun Hsien “Michael” Deng in 2013 during a hazing ritual. The members, who…
· Bryan Ke
Taiwan is now waiting for the ministry’s approval to include a third gender option into the country’s official identification card in support to the LGBTQ community. According to Shanghaiist via Medium, Taiwan’s Gender Equality Committee announced last week that the committee…
· Editorial Staff
If you’ve seen “Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi“, chances are you’re all-too familiar with this: The now infamous scene became an instant meme, and “Ben Swolo” was born.
· Ryan General
Joining figure U.S. Figure Skating Champion Nathan Chen in the formidable American contingent seeking Olympic glory in South Korea next month is 17-year-old Vincent Zhou. Chen was earlier assured of the Olympics berth after placing first at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships…
· Ryan General
Aziz Ansari will go down in American television history as the first actor of Asian descent to win a best actor category award at the Golden Globes. On Sunday night, Aziz Ansari won the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy at the 75th…
· Ryan General
After an arguably tumultuous year for DC movies, Warner Bros. has decided to excite everyone with the announcement of a leadership change in the beginning of 2018. At the center of this massive change is the promotion of talented film producer Walter Hamada, who will oversee the…
· Ryan General
A clothing brand is threatening to file a lawsuit against YouTube’s 22-year-old YouTuber Logan Paul for allegedly hijacking and damaging their good name, calling his recent acts “repulsive, abhorrent and mutton-headed.” According to TheWrap, Maverick Apparel demanding that Paul…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Has this ever happened to you? You log onto YouTube, eager to watch your favorite internet personality do wacky things, but wouldn’t you know it — they disrespectfully decide to film a suicide victim’s dead body instead? Yikes. Just gotta throw the whole Logan out at that point.…
· Bryan Ke
A police officer from Fresno, California solved a deadly hit-and-run case by turning his own brother in after evidence surfaced proving that he was the culprit. The victim, identified as 33-year-old Kong Yang, was reportedly crossing Herndon Avenue near Millbrook on early Sunday…
· Ryan General
Editor’s Note: This article has been changed to clarify that a complaint was filed against Terranea Resort with the U.S. State Department. A fancy resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, California has been accused of trafficking and exploiting migrant workers who are mostly from Asian…
· Ryan General
Former Vine star and currently YouTube’s resident bumhole Logan Paul visited Japan’s Aokigahara forest famously known as the “suicide forest”. The site, which has earned its moniker for the hundreds of suicides committed there, is situated on the slopes of Mt. Fuji.
· Ryan General
An actress from the Philippines and a K-pop superstar topped this year’s list of the world’s most beautiful and handsome faces by Independent Critics. The top spot for “The 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2017” went to actress Liza Soberano, while Kim Tae Hyung, aka V of the popular…
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