Suicides of Chinese students abroad expose mental health crisis

A pair of Chinese students in Australia recently died in an apparent murder-suicide, underscoring severe mental health challenges facing int...

‘Succulent Chinese meal’ man dead at 82

Jack Karlson, the Australian man behind the viral “democracy manifest” clip, died at 82 on Wednesday after a battle with prostate cancer and...

Naomi Osaka, Emma Raducanu qualify for Billie Jean King Cup Finals

Japan’s Naomi Osaka and English tennis star Emma Raducanu have secured their respective countries’ qualifying spots for the Billie Jea...

‘Breaking Point’ tackles mental health, suicide in men through Asian Australian lens

Australian director Lochlan Graham is helping amplify the discussion on mental health and suicide in Australian men through an Asian Austral...

4 Vietnamese exchange students disappear in Australia within a month

Four Vietnamese students participating in an exchange program in South Australia have gone missing within a month, with 17-year-old student ...

Man filmed demanding Asian father and son to stop fishing in ‘Australian waters’

A man was filmed berating an Asian man and his son while they were fishing, claiming that they were not allowed to fish as the area belonged...

Thai father foils international drug smugglers’ attempt to use his daughter as courier

A Thai father foiled an attempt by an international drug smuggling syndicate to use his daughter, Pornratchakwan Pheeraruengrit, as a courie...

Australian woman who blamed Asian grocer for killer mushrooms charged

The woman who pointed at an Asian grocer as a source of toxic mushrooms that allegedly killed three and put one in critical condition in Vic...

Australian journalist Cheng Lei released after 3 years in China detention

Cheng Lei, a Chinese Australian journalist, has returned to Australia after being detained in China for three years on espionage charges.  C...

‘White Fever’: Australia’s state broadcaster to produce comedy about an Asian woman’s fetish for white men

Australian public broadcaster ABC and funding agencies Screen Australia and Vicscreen are producing a comedy series about an Asian woman who...

Beef wellington poisoning deaths: Woman claims she bought mushrooms at Melbourne Asian grocer

A woman caught in the middle of a recent beef wellington poisoning in Australia that killed three people and put one in critical condition r...

McDonald’s Singapore promotes ‘Hash Brown Oreo McFlurry sandwich hack’

McDonald’s Singapore is jumping on the latest viral food trend by giving away free food for customers to make “Hash Brown Oreo McFlurry sand...

Sydney man accused of drugging, filming his sexual assaults of Korean women

A man described as a “prominent member” of Sydney’s Indian community is currently on trial for 13 counts of rape, among multiple other sex c...

Strict punishment sought for cult leader at center of Netflix doc ‘In the Name of God’

South Korea’s top prosecutor ordered prosecutors in the trial of Jeong Myeong-seok, the leader of a religious movement called the Jesu...

‘This is my country’: Woman filmed yelling racist insults at Sydney cafe worker

A video of a woman hurling anti-Asian rhetoric at a cafe worker in Sydney, Australia, has gone viral on social media. The incident occurred ...

‘Married at First Sight’ groom compared Asian tourists to ‘animals’ in social media post

“Married at First Sight” star Harrison Boon reportedly posted anti-vaccine tirades and a racist rant against Asian tourists on social media....

‘I would rather die than look like you’: Australian woman’s anti-Asian rant caught in TikTok video

A TikTok user found herself on the receiving end of a racist rant at a tram station in Australia. On Wednesday, Hazel Chan (@siewngap) poste...

‘Asia’s El Chapo’: Alleged leader of multibillion-dollar drug cartel extradited to Australia

Tse Chi Lop, 59, dubbed as “Asia’s El Chapo,” has been extradited from the Netherlands to Australia after a nearly two-year legal battle ag...

‘Suspicious death’ of Chinese man leads Sydney police to seek identities of 2 men captured on CCTV

Tao Cheng, 25, was found dead in a fire escape in Sydney’s Central Business District on Dec. 7. The Chinese national was last seen enterin...

Woman videoed going on racist rant on train in Australia

A woman was filmed going on a racist tirade against Asian commuters on a Sydney light rail, demanding that they get off. The incident repo...

Melbourne Chinese-language driving school apologizes for ad calling female teachers ‘timid and weak’

Number 1 Driver School, a driving school for Chinese speakers in the inner-city suburb of Carlton in Melbourne, Australia, sparked outrage ...

Asian Australian YouTuber stands up against casual racism during a boat show in Sydney

Asian Australian YouTuber John Lee, who shares fishing videos on his channel JYL Fishing TV, was recently subjected to racist insults while...

Actor Dev Patel breaks up knife fight in Australia

Hollywood actor Dev Patel and his friends witnessed a knife fight in Adelaide, Australia, on Monday before he reportedly stepped in to stop...

Passenger traveling from Bali to Australia fined $1,800 over hidden McMuffins

A passenger flying from Bali to Australia was fined AU$2,664 (approximately US$1,870) after a security dog detected McMuffins and other food...

Right-hand man of ‘Asia’s El Chapo,’ 6th on Australia’s most wanted list, extradited from Thailand

Chung Chak Lee, 66, known as the right-hand man of “Asia’s El Chapo,” was extradited to Melbourne, Australia, from Thailand on Saturday. “...

Physical gestures could improve math understanding, researchers say

Researchers from China, Iran and Australia are suggesting a gesture-based technique to boost understanding of basic math concepts among pri...

Opera Australia sparks criticism over traditional use of ‘yellowface,’ Chinese stereotypes in ‘Turandot’

Vietnamese writer Cat-Thao Nguyen and her Chinese husband walked out of Opera Australia’s performance of “Turandot” during the first act af...

Expert advances ‘active’ pilot theory after MH370 crash investigation, ATSB orders search data review

British aerospace engineer Richard Godfrey has pinpointed what he claims to be the location of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370)...

‘Married at First Sight’ star says her experiences dating white men with ‘yellow fever’ were ‘so cringe’

“Married at First Sight Australia” star Selina Chhaur, 33, revealed she has dated white men with “yellow fever” before, which she referred ...

Hong Kong denies Australia access to dual citizen facing life imprisonment under national security law

Australian consular officials have reportedly been barred from accessing a Hong Kong-born Australian man detained under the city’s national ...

Survivors of Korean internment camp being described as real-life ‘Squid Game’ press for justice

Survivors of an internment camp in Busan that has been likened to Netflix’s “Squid Game” are still fighting for justice 30 years later as th...

Ex-Chinese diplomat warns of ‘Armageddon’ if Australia joins US in protecting Taiwan

A former Chinese diplomat has warned Australia against joining the U.S. in blocking China’s mission to reunify with Taiwan, saying it would ...

Youngest-ever mayor-elect of Melbourne suburb delivers victory speech in Vietnamese and English

Maribyrnong, Australia, has elected its newest and youngest-ever mayor on Tuesday. History in the making: Anthony Tran, 22, formally accepte...

PwC diversity executives mocked Chinese accents, dressed as ‘bat from Wuhan’ during company trivia event

Two human resource executives at PwC, Australia’s largest consulting firm, are accused of racist behavior at the firm’s trivia event last Th...

Pedophile who ‘wrote the Bible on child abuse’ deemed to be at low risk of reoffending by Australian judge

On Friday, an Australian court sentenced Geoffrey William Moyle, who sexually assaulted multiple children while filming the acts, to eight y...

‘I will kill it if I meet it again!’: Australian man demolishes sign blaming China for COVID-19

A video of an Asian man wrecking a sign that blamed China for the spread of COVID-19 in Melbourne, Australia, has gone viral on social media...