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· Bryan Ke
Man secretly learns Korean for a year, surprises bride with Korean at wedding
A man has gone viral for surprising his wife by secretly learning Korean for his speech on their wedding day. How he did it: Ben Carpenter, a TikTok fitness influencer from the United Kingdom with over 690,000 followers, said he kept his Korean lessons a secret to his wife,…
· Carl Samson
Watch: Seniors block groom to demand cash in ‘no money, no bride’ Chinese custom
A swarm of mostly elderly villagers in eastern China blocked a groom and his entourage from picking up his bride in accordance with a controversial wedding custom involving money. What happened: Over a hundred senior residents blocked the groom’s car and others as they headed to…
· Michelle De Pacina
Video: Filipino American bride shares how she incorporated Filipino culture into her wedding
Kristina Rodulfo, a Filipino American writer and beauty expert, has gone viral on TikTok for sharing the nine ways in which she incorporated her Filipino culture into her wedding. The Filipino-inspired wedding: In the video, Rodulfo begins with explaining how her and her…
· Michelle De Pacina
Watch: Filipino bride walks down flooded aisle after Typhoon Doksuri hits Philippines
A Filipino bride went viral for walking down a flooded aisle in her wedding dress after Typhoon Doksuri wreaked havoc in the Philippines. The viral wedding: In a viral video uploaded on Facebook over the weekend, bride Dianne Victoriano can be seen gracefully wading through…
· Isa Peralta
Watch: Father of bride goes viral for heartwarming speech on her wedding day
A Singaporean father has gone viral on TikTok for delivering a tear-jerking speech at his daughter’s wedding. About the clip: On June 18, TikTok user Kylie Yeo (@spongliee) posted a two-minute video about her father’s speech.
· Editorial Staff
Watch: Indonesian bride receives Coldplay tickets as dowry
An Indonesian bride recently made headlines for receiving Coldplay tickets as her dowry. On Sunday, Twitter user @orangdalamkamu, the brother of the groom, posted a video of the bride’s father at the wedding.
· Michelle De Pacina
Filipino bride walks down the aisle with onion bouquet
As the prices of onions have soared in recent months in the Philippines, a Filipino bride chose practicality over traditional aesthetics by walking down the aisle with a bouquet of onions. April Lyka Biorrey-Nobis, a 28-year-old bride from Bingawan, Iloilo City, walked down the…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese bride goes viral for seating her ex-boyfriends at the same table at her wedding
Inviting exes to a wedding could potentially spell disaster for the bride and groom, but a woman from China’s Hubei province apparently did just that. A clip of the woman’s wedding reception, which was uploaded on Weibo on Jan. 9, has already garnered over 2.9 million views for…
· Iris Jung
Japanese fans name ‘Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween’ as top anime film of 2022
“Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween” has been selected by Japanese fans as the top anime film of 2022. Japanese website AnimeAnime.jp polled their readers between Dec. 2 and Dec. 13, garnering responses from 313 participants, of whom 26.8% identified as male and 71.9% as…
· Chandler Treon
Los Angeles bride surprises family with breathtaking Indian wedding dress in viral video
An American woman who wore a traditional Indian dress for her wedding has gone viral. Hannah Rogers, a 31-year-old immigration attorney from Los Angeles, and her husband, Vidhur Goyal, were married at Jai Mahal Palace in Jaipur, India, in a traditional Hindu ceremony on Nov. 18.
· Ryan General
Bride-and-father duo wins hearts on TikTok for their epic wedding dance performance
A father-and-bride dancing tandem wowed TikTok users with an impressive performance to “Teach Me How to Dougie” by Cali Swag District. Brittany Revell and her father, Kelly, lit up the dance floor wearing sneakers and formal wear as part of their “dance through the decades”…
· Jane Nam
Sponsored ‘Asian mail-order bride’ ads removed from Austin Chronicle after sparking outrage
Asian mail-order bride advertisements were removed from the Austin Chronicle after sparking outrage in the Asian American community. On Friday, the Austin Chronicle — a local, independent newspaper — issued a public apology stating that the “offensive sponsored post” had been…
· Ryan General
Singaporean bride surprised by wedding visit of Filipina nanny has viewers reminiscing about their yayas
Singaporean bride Kelly Chua got a surprise reunion with her Filipina nanny on her wedding day. Kelly began crying upon seeing Lita, whom her brother had flown to Singapore so she could attend the wedding. Lita worked as a “domestic helper” for Chua’s family for 27 years and…
· Rebecca Moon
California bride goes viral for wearing $47 Shein dress at her ‘minimal’ wedding
A couple in California held a low-cost wedding at which the bride wore a $47 wedding dress from Chinese online fast fashion retailer Shein to keep it “as minimal as possible.” Kiara and Joel Brokenbrough picked a free location near a motorway in California and did not provide…
· Rebecca Moon
Video of Chinese bride racing to meet her groom stuck in lockdown garners over 280 million views on Weibo
After her groom in China was stranded at home on his wedding day due to COVID-19 lockdown regulations, a bride in China rushed to meet him so the two could get married. A now viral video was posted to Weibo showing the hasty journey that the bride, Amanda Liu, made to meet her…
· Ryan General
Indonesian groom gives liter of cooking oil to bride as dowry for their wedding
An Indonesian man gifted cooking oil to his new wife as her wedding dowry. Muslim dowries traditionally include a prayer rug, gold jewelry and a Quran. In Indonesia, where there is a severe shortage of palm-based cooking oil, the gift is considered to be of high value. In…
· Ryan General
‘Married at First Sight’ bride left in tears after new husband admits he’s not attracted to Asian women
An Asian participant on “Married At First Sight Australia” was devastated after learning that her new husband matched with her by the reality show was not attracted to her. Contestants on the show couple up blindly and engage in an unofficial commitment ceremony upon meeting in…
· Michelle De Pacina
‘Audacious’ bride Noi shares a Laotian tradition with her husband in latest ‘Married at First Sight’
“Married at First Sight” cast members Noi and Steve got married at first sight at the altar. Noi shared her Loatian culture with Steve and welcomed him to her family. In the latest episode of Lifetime’s reality show “Married at First Sight,” Noi, who was born in Laos, married…
· Ryan General
Sponsored posts on SFWeekly promote ‘Oriental brides’ with natural ‘attraction to foreign men’
New sponsored posts appearing in SFWeekly, the online version of the recently closed periodical of the same name in San Francisco, are perpetuating Asian stereotypes in order to promote mail-order bride websites. Depiction of Filipino women: Recent paid articles published in…
· Thy Nguyen
Indian Bride Shuts Down Wedding After Groom Fails Her Math Test
An Indian bride canceled her wedding after her groom recited the multiplication table of two incorrectly. A bride and groom who wish to remain unidentified were supposed to have the wedding for their arranged marriage on May 1 in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India.