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· Laura Dang
Fans who are eager to get their hands on Pokémon Go may be disappointed to learn that the app will not be made available in regions outside the U.S., New Zealand, Australia, and Germany for the time being. Since its release nearly a week ago, Pokémon Go has been an overnight…
· Ryan General
Fresh off a knockout victory at the recently concluded Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight bout in Las Vegas, Nevada, South Korean fighter Choi Doo-ho said he is ready to become UFC’s first Asian champion. Dubbed as the “Korean Superboy,” Choi has earned his third…
· Editorial Staff
In celebration of this year’s Muslim holiday Eid-al-Fitr, Muslim Asians took the chance to show off their pride in the most beautiful way possible on social media. Following the hashtag #eidsthetakeover, netizens shared their elaborately designed outfits that simply prove beauty…
· Editorial Staff
Yesterday Christina Xu, a writer and ethnographer, took to Twitter asking for help to craft an open letter to help the older generation understand why they need to care about Black Lives Matter. Asian-Americans who support BLM, we need to get ahead of our community organizing…
· Ryan General
Asian tourists have recently been flocking to an ordinary English village to the amusement and confusion of many of its residents. Batches of ‘sight-seeing’ visitors have been arriving in Kidlington, Oxfordshire on tour buses for weeks now, leaving locals wondering what was…
· Ryan General
New York City police department are on the hunt for five women who are believed to be linked to con artists who victimize elderly Asian women in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn in recent months. The victims were reportedly tricked into handing over thousands of dollars after…
· Ryan General
A female student’s controversial column for UC Berkeley’s school paper “The Daily Californian” has received criticism for its racially charged, sexually-explicit content. The author, Maggie Lam, claims that she writes “about reclaiming the Asian-American narrative surrounding…
· Editorial Staff
A very sexy model recently shut down traffic in Manhattan, but not for the reason you would expect. During a bizarre spectacle that shocked bystanders and cops alike, runway model Krit McClean stripped off all his clothes and ran around New York City shouting, “Donald Trump,…
· Editorial Staff
Asian men make more money compared to white, black and Hispanic males in terms of median hourly earnings, a new study from Pew Research Center finds. The analysis is based on last year’s data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. As reported, Asian men had hourly earnings of $24…
· Editorial Staff
Asian-American netizens got together when #BeingAsian broke out in Twitter on Tuesday. The conversation, started by 17-year-old Michael Tarui, asked “what it’s like #BeingAsian and the racism that comes with it.” I'm in a group chat and we've decided we should start a…
· Editorial Staff
Asian millionaires now control more wealth than millionaires in North America, Europe and the rest of the world, according to a report by consulting group Capgemini. By the end of 2015, Asian millionaires were worth $17.39 trillion, which was slightly ahead of North America’s…
· Editorial Staff
The latest estimates of the U.S. Census Bureau point to Asians as the fastest-growing racial group in the country. As of July 1, 2015, there were 21 million Asians recorded, marking a 3.4% increase from previous year’s tally. The Bureau attributes this growth to net migration,…
· Editorial Staff
A study has found that some Asian-Americans crave unhealthy food more often than other Asian-Americans. This unhealthy preference is linked to a gene called DRD2 A1. The said gene is a variation of DRD2 (dopamine receptor D2), a type associated with various forms of addiction.…
· Editorial Staff
There’s been an interesting development in both the fields of paleontology and Asian immigration — the Tyrannosaurus Rex was reportedly an Asian immigrant. After analyzing 28 different species of tyrannosaurids, paleonologist Stephen Brusatte of the University of Edinburgh…
· Editorial Staff
An anonymous 27-year-old woman is smashing her face into bread on Instagram and people are sending her hundreds of dollars to do it. With thousands of accounts on Instagram, it’s hard to say which ones will achieve virality. Of course, when this woman started recording herself…
· Editorial Staff
Last month, one Chinese mother’s posted a complaint on Facebook after allegedly being humiliated by an employee and a customer for her Chinese accent at a New York Dunkin’ Donuts. The mother, Peiyin Shih, claimed she was at a Forest Hills, New York Dunkin’ Donuts when a staff…
· Editorial Staff
This guy is every wimpy Asian kid’s hero. David Wang was the victim of bullying as a child, becoming depressed and suicidal as he struggled with poor body image and low self-esteem. However, Wang isn’t afraid to acknowledge the one decision he made at the age of 16 that turned…
· Editorial Staff
The “F” word Asian entrepreneurs hate may actually set them free. It’s a word that stirs up feelings of shame and humiliation among Asian culture. However, Asian entrepreneurs’ attitudes towards it may be the underlying reason why the net values of their startups are limited.
· Editorial Staff
Last Friday night on a segment of MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews”, political commentator Ann Coulter referred to a crowd of Asian-Americans as “Mandarins,” insisting that the term was correct to describe both people and the Chinese written language. Coulter was commenting…
· Editorial Staff
In a social experiment, Asian men were paired with black women who’ve never kissed an Asian man before. The video features Myesha Daniels and Stephanie Silva, both whom are models in Los Angeles.
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