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· Editorial Staff
Tech Entrepreneur Who Sold His Company For $970 Million Becomes Victim of a Hate Crime
Justin Kan, one of the founders of live-video platform Twitch.tv — sold to Amazon for a whopping $970 million in August 2014 — recently became the victim of a hate crime. At approximately 3:38 a.m. Saturday morning, an unidentified male went to the front of Kan’s house and…
· Ryan General
Singaporean Man Fined $2,500 For Hateful Facebook Post Against the LGBT Community
A Singaporean man was fined SGD $3,500 ($2,530) on Friday for an online post asking for “permission to open fire” on the LGBT community back in June. Pleading guilty to “making a threatening, abusive or insulting communication under the Protection from Harassment Act” in court,…
· Editorial Staff
Asian Americans Are Now Being Targeted For Harassment After Donald Trump’s Victory
It’s been less than 48 hours since Donald Trump has been elected as POTUS and already things do not seem to be looking good for people of color. Asian Americans have been sharing stories of harassment committed on them via social media shortly after Trump was elected:
· Carl Samson
13-Year-Old Tourist Beaten in Japan for Speaking Korean
A 13-year-old boy got beaten in Japan just because he conversed in Korean. The boy, identified by the name Shin, was talking with his mother and sister when a Japanese man, reportedly in his 20’s, approached him and kicked him in the stomach.
· Ryan General
Transgender Filipino Lawmaker is Making Strides to Protect the LGBT Community
The Philippines, a nation dubbed as one of the most gay-friendly nations in the world, has yet to enact a law protecting the LGBTQ community. For 17 years, the bill that criminalizes discrimination against sexual orientation or gender identity has been constantly re-filed and…
· David Bond
How I Pick Up Asian Girls For a Living By Manipulating the Media
Editor’s Note: The opinions and viewpoints expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or viewpoints of NextShark. My name is David Bond, and I make a living approaching Asian women on youtube and selling travel guides online. In…
· Editorial Staff
Here’s the Idiotic Reason Otto Warmbier May Have Stolen That North Korean Poster
Otto Warmbier, the 21-year-old University of Virginia college student sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for stealing a North Korean propaganda poster from his hotel may have done it to try and impress a secret society at UVA. Before his harsh sentencing for the crime of petty…
· Benny Luo
My 15 Minutes With Manny Pacquiao
While NextShark has done a lot of interviews in the past, it was our recent interview with world champion boxer Manny Pacquiao that really tested our ability to be efficient. As expected from a celebrity of Pacquiao’s caliber, his schedule was constantly filling up and changing.…
· Benny Luo
‘$50 Billion Man’ Explains Why You Are WEAK and UNACCOMPLISHED
Dan Peña probably isn’t a man you’ve heard of before, but there are literally a gazillion reasons why anyone seeking success should pay attention to him. For one, he grew up in a small “barrio” in Los Angeles and was thrown in jail five times for crimes that were…
· Waylae Gregoire
Shark Tank Entrepreneur: Why College is the Best Time to Launch a Startup
Pitching a company is a make or break situation. When you are pitching to the Sharks on ABC’s “Shark Tank,” you can bet that most entrepreneurs break, but there are a skilled few who have that special something to land a deal with the hungry and critical billionaire investors.…