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People Are Upset BTS Won a Billboard Music Award Because They Are Asian
South Korean boy band BTS became the first K-pop group to be nominated and win a Billboard award for the Top Social Artist, surpassing Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, and Shawn Mendes. Also known as Bangtan Boys, BTS made history during Sunday night’s 2017 Billboard…
· Ryan General
Perez Hilton Pisses Off BTS Fans With the Most Ignorant Question Ever
K-pop boy band BTS made history at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night after becoming the first K-pop group to win a prestigious U.S. Billboard music award. The group, known as Bangtan Sonyeondan in Korean, or “Bulletproof Boy Scouts”, took home the fan-voted “Top Social…
· Ryan General
Donnie Yen Spotted at Concert for K-Pop Boyband BTS in Hong Kong
An eagle-eyed K-Pop fan spotted an unlikely audience member at a recent concert of Korean boyband BTS in Hong Kong. Seated among the sea of fans who attended BTS‘ Wings concert on May 13 was the legendary Ip Man himself, Hong Kong action superstar Donnie Yen. According to…
· Carl Samson
Japanese National Housing Website Now Helps LGBTs Look for Homes
Japan’s LGBT community may no longer have a hard time looking for homes to buy or rent thanks to a new move by the country’s top housing information website. Suumo, which compiles real estate properties into one convenient database, will offer a search function tailored for LGBT…
· Ryan General
China Has an App That Helps LGBTs Hide Their Sexuality From Their Families
In China, similar to other conservative societies, the gay and lesbian community is usually left with very little choice when it comes to acceptable relationships. Aside from the fact that heterosexual marriage is still widely considered as a natural way of life, there is an…
· King Malleta
Why Korean Women Tend to Look Younger Than Western Women
When it comes to aging, most people have probably heard of the term “Asians don’t raisin.” But apart from good genes, it was revealed that there’s another factor that determines why most Asian women seem to look younger than those in the West. Many people get surprised when…
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Indonesian Woman Bashed Online For Being ‘Too Ugly’ Gets the Last Laugh
An Indonesian woman made her K-pop dreams a reality when she found her very own Korean prince charming. Vera Nanda Putri became fascinated with Koreans and their culture after watching a show called “Running Man.” In 2015, she decided to go to South Korea to enroll for a…
· King Malleta
More White People are Going to Southeast Asia to Beg For Money on the Streets
To go on a backpack adventure around the world is a dream, but if you need to be a “beg-packer” to do it, then you might want to rethink your strategy. Many Western backpackers frequent the streets of Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and other Asia countries to beg for money. Some…
· Carl Samson
Child Actress Finally Achieves Dreams of Meeting Her Favorite K-Pop Group
K-Pop has taken over child actress Kylie Rogers, who finally met her idol group BTS during their LA concert on Sunday. Rogers, 13, took her excitement to Twitter from her preparation to the end of the show, when she shared a photo with the seven-member boy group.
· Ryan General
Ryan Higa and Friends Create K-Pop Group as a Joke, Gets #1 Hit on K-Pop Charts
An Asian-American-made parody K-pop group has landed the top spot on iTunes’s K-Pop chart. Created by popular YouTuber Ryan Higa, the five-man boy band named “Boys Generally Asian” (BGA), released their second song, “Who’s It Gonna Be”, and immediately climbed the K-pop ranking.
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China is Blaming Global Warming for Higher Than Average Sea Levels
China’s coastal regions have recorded an annual sea level increase of 3.2 millimeters per year since 1980, a greater increase than the global average. In its annual report published on Wednesday, the country’s State Oceanic Administration said that sea temperatures rose by an…
· Carl Samson
The World’s Youngest MMA Champion is an Asian Woman You Don’t Want to Mess With
For those who may not know her, Angela Lee looks like any other 20-year-old Asian woman. She takes selfies, cuddles with her dog, goes to the beach, and even slays in heels. But Lee is also the world’s youngest MMA champion — and undefeated at that. At 19, she won the inaugural…
· Ryan General
Chinese Bride Drags Groom to Wedding in Chains After He Gets Cold Feet
Hell really hath no fury like a Chinese bride stood up on her wedding day. Or so it is said of the bride-to-be and her seemingly unwilling groom who were caught on video making a confusing scene on an unspecified busy street in China. In a short clip that recently emerged…
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Gordon Ramsay Roasts K-pop Star’s ‘Overcooked Eggs With Worms’ on Twitter
Gordon Ramsay couldn’t give a stuffed chicken’s ass about BTS Jin’s culinary concoction. A fan of the South Korean boy band, also known as Bangtan Boys, asked the British celebrity chef to give his thoughts on Jin’s dish, according to Allkpop.
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China is Spending $158 Billion to Get 3.4 Million People Out of Poverty By 2020
China in 2017 is set to relocate 3.4 million people living in poverty to less disadvantaged places in an effort to eliminate extreme poverty in the country by 2020, President Xi Jinping said. The plan was announced in 2016, when 2.49 million people from high-poverty communities…
· Carl Samson
Chinese School Lets Students ‘Borrow Scores’ For Better Grades to Reduce Stress
A school in eastern China has set up what other academic institutions may never have or even imagine: a fully-operational “grades bank.” Nanjing Number One High School established the system back in November as a way of helping students reduce stress. Parents who were banking…
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Street Sweeper in Mongolia Who Busts His Ass For $220 Will Make You Appreciate Life
A widower withstands extreme cold temperature to be able to pay off his late wife’s debts. Cui Yubo works as a street sweeper in the northernmost Inner Mongolia. While many people complain about their 9-5 desk jobs, you won’t hear this widower make a fuss despite working in…
· Ryan General
Meet the Gay Buddhist Monk Who Does Makeup For Beauty Queens
Kodo Nishimura is by no means your typical Buddhist monk. Aside from committing himself to a lifetime of studying the Buddhist doctrine, the practice of meditation and a strict observance of good moral character, the 26-year-old Japanese monk has also devoted some of his time…
· Ryan General
Japanese Hotel Chain CEO Under Fire For Saying the Nanking Massacre was ‘Imaginary’
Did the Nanking Massacre happen? For one Japanese hotel chain CEO, the killing of thousands of Chinese civilians by the Japanese troops in 1937 is just “imaginary.” APA Group president Toshio Motoya wrote a book about it, which he placed in his hotel’s guestrooms. The land…
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15 Weird Superstitions Your Asian Parents Warned You About
Anyone who grew up with an Asian parent has probably been warned and been made to avoid certain superstitions. Do things like clipping your nails at night will invite ghosts or giving shoes as gifts to your significant other is bad luck ring a bell?
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BTS connects to HYBE, Weverse, memberships, merch, and tickets.
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Weverse
Weverse connects to HYBE, the platform where memberships, merch, content, and fandom access keep moving after the song.
Company · Korea · KRX:352820
HYBE
One of the layers behind BTS, SEVENTEEN, TXT.
Company · Korea · KRX:251270
Netmarble
Netmarble is Korea's mobile-game powerhouse that turns pop-culture IP into games — from BTS titles to Marvel — and is one of HYBE's largest shareholders, linking K-pop and gamin...
HYBE · K-pop · KRX:352820
A BTS comeback is not just songs. It’s albums, merch, tickets, and Weverse.
A BTS comeback can start with one stream on your phone, then turn into a fan-club sign-up, merch order, livestream ticket, and more time spent inside Weverse.
Alibaba · Platforms · NYSE:BABA
The Grammys created an award for Asian pop. BTS said no.
Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.