Cybersecurity firm Mandiant published a report on Wednesday with their findings. Some of the messages included videos inciting civil war and political violence as well as downplaying the effectiveness of voting.

John Hultquist, Mandiant’s vice president of intelligence analysis, said, “They’re very aggressive. They seem to be very well resourced, if not very effective. They’re trying to put protesters on the streets of the United States, which is pretty brash.”

• Seattle-based food blogger Frankie Gaw has published his first cookbook, “First Generation,” consisting of recipes from his Taiwanese American upbringing.  
   

• Ethnic Studies courses have expanded to include Filipino American U.S. History for students in Seattle Public Schools. 

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• Five Vietnamese Americans are on the ballot this November for Oregon State Legislature positions.

• The decomposed body of a North Korean defector has been found in Seoul. 

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• Japan’s government is floating an amendment to raise the age of consent from 13 to 16.

• Filmmaker Justin Chon’s upcoming project “Night Riders” has been bought by Amazon Studios Prime Video. 

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• Comedian Hasan Minhaj joins the cast of a forthcoming Pakistani American coming-of-age film “Mustache.”

• A mother and her four sons are operating a viral TikTok Thai noodle stand in Los Angeles. 
   
• An Iranian man who was given the moniker “dirtiest man in the world” for not washing himself for more than half a century has died at the age of 94. 
   
• The Tokyo National Museum will display 89 national treasures for the first time in 150 years.
   
• San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, California has received millions to fund programs aiding first-generation and low-income Asian Americans. 
   
• Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip, a Thai transgender business tycoon, has bought the Miss Universe Organization for $20 million, making history as the first time the organization will be owned by a trans woman.