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China May Ban K-Pop and K-Dramas Over South Korea’s Missile Defense System
Following South Korea and the United States’ decision to deploy the former’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), China, worried about the system’s proximity, is reportedly planning to restrict/ban Korean entertainment for an indefinite period. In response to North…
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Vaping Alters Your Immune System Genes Six Times More Than Regular Smoking, Study Finds
In a new study on vaping, scientists discovered that the habit alters the immune system even more than regular cigarette smoking. E-cigarettes affect significantly more genes necessary for upper airway defense than conventional cigarettes — and we are talking about hundreds. The…
· Editorial Staff
China is Now Using the World’s Most Hated Verification System to Buy Train Tickets
If you thought websites making you type in indecipherable phrases through their CAPTCHA tests was frustrating, you’re lucky you’re not a China Railway ticket buyer. The national railway operator of the People’s Republic of China is employing a new verification system for booking…
· Max Chang
New Study Reveals Systemic Racism Towards Asians in Silicon Valley
Google, Yahoo and other tech giants are more likely to hire Asians as computer programmers than to promote them to management and executive positions, according to new research. The study was conducted by Ascend, a group focused on Asian business issues. They analyzed data filed…
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Professor Advocates a Simple Yet Radical Change to the College System That Everyone Will Love
To college or not to college — it’s an important question for all millennials and entrepreneurs of a certain age. On the one hand, while there are the usual arguments for going for that four-year degree, such as the ones Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton gave to…
· Benny Luo
Jason Calacanis: On Investing in Startups and Fixing The YouTube Ecosystem [INTERVIEW]
Anyone who follows the tech industry most likely have come across the name Jason Calacanis. In terms of being an entrepreneur, it’s safe to say that this man has gone through literally all the ups and downs of starting a business. After building a business valued at $70 million…
· Max Chang
Trump Supporter Harasses Two Asian Women, Traps Them Inside NYC Diner
As unfortunate as it is, harassment and violence fueled by racism and misogyny has only become more pronounced since Donald Trump was elected president. A recent incident in a Manhattan diner saw an upset Trump supporter harassing two Asian-American women which escalated into…
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20,000 Walmart Workers in China Organize One of the Country’s Biggest Strikes Using WeChat
Over 20,000 Walmart employees across China are striking in protest over better pay and working conditions. Eli Friedman, a labor scholar at Cornell University, told the New York Times in an interview that the Walmart movement was “probably the most substantive example of…
· Editorial Staff
Facebook Keeps Deleting This Poem About Racism and Won’t Say Why
On July 6th, acclaimed American slam poet Beau Sia posted a racially and politically charged poem he’d written on Facebook. The post got over 700 shares, he forgot about it and moved on. Last week, Sia noticed someone liked the post he wrote in July, discovered that it still…
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Vietnam Orphanage Is Desperately Waiting for Angelina Jolie to Come Back and Visit Them
Actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie never revisited the orphanage in Vietnam where she adopted Pax like she had promised. Jolie, 41, picked up Pax, who was three years old at the time, from Tam Binh Orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City in March 2007. But the Oscar-winning actress…
· Ryan General
Deported U.S. Adoptee’s Korean Birth Mom Studied English For Her Son’s Arrival
Adam Crapser was just 3-years-old when he was adopted by American parents and flown from South Korea to the United States only to be deported back to his birthplace thirty-eight years later. Weeks before he made his trip to South Korea on Thursday, the 41-year-old immigrant was…
· Ryan General
Japanese Restaurant Finds the Most Relaxing Way to Serve Food to Customers
An eatery in Japan is gaining popularity for its unique way of distributing dishes to its customers by sending them floating on mini wooden boats. In place of the revolving Kaitenzushi conveyor belt commonly found in sushi restaurants, meals in the restaurant called “Donguri”,…
· Khier Casino
Not Everyone is Happy About Taiwan Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
Thousands of people gathered on the streets of Taipei to protest for and against a bill that could make Taiwan the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage. More than 20,000 protesters marched through the city capital dressed in white, holding signs that pushed…
· Khier Casino
Donald Trump May Hire an Asian-American Woman to Be the Next Secretary of Education
Former Washington D.C. public schools chancellor, Michelle Rhee, is reportedly on President-Elect Donald Trump’s short list to be the next education secretary. Rhee, who is the daughter of South Korean immigrants, is considered a hero of the education-reform movement and has…
· Ryan General
Cheap Smartphones in the U.S. are Secretly Stealing Your Personal Info and Sending it to China
A tech security firm has discovered that some cheap Android smartphones sold in the U.S. have been extracting users’ personal data and then transmitting them to a China-based company. Commercial firmware pre-installed on some Android smartphone models sold in the U.S. has been…
· Ryan General
Chinese Scientists Become the First to Alter Human Genes to Fight Cancer
A group of Chinese scientists from Chengdu have just become the first to use CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology on an actual full-grown human being. Simply put, CRISPR-Cas9 is a technology which allows geneticists and medical researchers to edit parts of the genome (genes…
· David Yi
As An Asian American, I Am Invisible In This Country
We came to this country seeking the American Dream. Our parents saw this Golden Mountain as a symbol of the future and what it could provide. So they vowed to leave everything behind, their native tongues, their childhood memories, the friends that knew their every secrets,…
· Ryan General
Anti-Muslim Monks in Myanmar Really Like Donald Trump For Some Reason
Prominent Muslim-haters in Myanmar have expressed their love and support for Donald Trump following his recent victory in the United States presidential election. Monk Ashin Wirathu, who is known for his hate-laden speeches against Muslims, has recently posted a four-line poem…
· Ryan General
Teacher Caught on Tape Telling Latino Students Their Parents Will Be Deported
A Los Angeles middle school substitute teacher has reportedly been fired after a student recorded him telling Latino students that their parents would be deported. The incident took place just a day after Donald Trump won the United States presidency over Hillary Clinton. The…
· Carl Samson
Over 50% of Young Women in Korea Are Having Unprotected Sex
A recently-published survey has revealed that 53% of South Korean women in their 20s did not use contraceptives while they had sex in the past year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that among the 1,000 women polled, 96% were educated on birth control. Of…
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