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· Carl Samson
China has been selling oil to North Korea, violating sanctions imposed by the United Nations, according to local media. On Dec. 26, The Chosun Ilbo reported that U.S. spy satellites captured images of Chinese ships exporting oil to North Korean vessels in the West Sea.
· Bryan Ke
Chinese pet owners are now turning to acupuncture to help their furry friends deal with injuries or help with therapy. Some owners believe that the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) will cure their pet’s ailments or even help them ease their suffering. But the question remains:…
· Bryan Ke
A wild otter previously thought to be extinct has been caught on camera on Tsushima Island, Japan. Japan Times reported that this has been the first sighting of this particular species of wild otter in the country for at least 38 years, according to University of the Ryukyus.…
· Carl Samson
A 44-year-old man in China has injured his own kidneys after wolfing down 54 ice lollies to quench his thirst. July 15 had been a hot day for the man surnamed Zheng, who felt dehydrated later that night at his home in Quzhou, Zhejiang Province, the Qianjiang Evening News…
· Ryan General
A Chinese farmer/inventor, who taught himself to build unique operational robots has created an impressive family of machines made entirely from scraps over the last three decades. For years, Wu Yulu, from Beijing has been developing different types of robots that are able to do…
· Carl Samson
A video of a man being punctured in the head has shocked netizens as soon as it hit the web. It is, in every sense, a modern bloodletting.
· Editorial Staff
Tourists flock to the Japanese island of Ōkunoshima for one reason alone: to be smothered by the overwhelming cuteness of the numerous wild but friendly rabbits roaming the area. Known as the “Rabbit Island” (Usagi Shima, うさぎ島), the popular tourist destination located in the…
· Editorial Staff
A new study reveals that women who wear makeup and spend more time and money on grooming tend to get paid more than their less prepped counterparts. The study, conducted by Jaclyn Wong of the University of Chicago and Andrew Penner of the University of California at Irvine,…
· Editorial Staff
A Japanese train station in the rural parts of Hokkaido, Japan, has been operating for years solely to pick up one passenger. The train stops at the Kami-Shirataki train station situated in the northernmost island of Japan only twice a day. Its first stop is to pick up a high…
· 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
A crocodile in Indonesia has been living in pain for several years after a scooter tire remained stuck around its neck, restricting its movement and breathing. First spotted in a river in Palu already in poor condition in 2016, the reptile was observed by locals to be gasping…
· 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…
· Carl Samson
A diet of fish at least once a week improves IQ and sleep among children, a new study revealed. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing had a cohort of 541 children in China, aged 9 to 11, complete a questionnaire about their fish consumption over the…
· 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…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Last year, President Trump made headlines for not totally understanding how that one handshake thing worked at the ASEAN Summit. But as awkward as that handshake was, it wasn’t the most embarrassing thing a U.S. president has ever done in Asia; while the jury is still out, a…
· Khier Casino
An intoxicated American man was arrested in Taipei on Thursday afternoon after allegedly harassing another man, and groping the buttocks and breasts of four women in an alley near a Zhongshan MRT Station exit. The 36-year-old man, only identified as Joseph, was reported to be…
· Bryan Ke
Talented graphic artists as well as companies are all invited to participate in the logo making competition for the new giant panda park located in three provinces in China: Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu. The top winner, according to China News, will receive 100,000 yuan ($15,415)…
· Bryan Ke
Lead rapper and singer of the South Korean female pop group f(x), Amber Liu, is going to University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) later this month to give the school’s first lecture of 2018. “Kick off Winter 2018 with our first lecture…FUNCTION OF AMBER! Amber Liu is…
· Carl Samson
Fox has come under fire after Desi-American rapper Heems exposed an offensive segment in “Whacked Out Sports” that made fun of Sikhs while pulling off a fake accent. Heems, or Himanshu Kumar Suri, shared the clip from the show on his Instagram.
· Bryan Ke
Researchers in Java, Indonesia, were thrilled to announce the first ever captured footage of the elusive and almost extinct species Javan warty pig, also known and referred to as the “World’s Ugliest Pig.” The species, which was previously thought to have become extinct, was…
SM is tied to idol groups, tours, fan clubs, and the long-running system behind some of K-pop's most recognizable acts.
SM is tied to idol groups, tours, fan clubs, and the long-running system behind some of K-pop's most recognizable acts.
