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Japanese man runs marathon in honor of wife, 3 children who died in earthquake
A Japanese man is making headlines for running a marathon to honor his family who died in an earthquake earlier this year. Keisuke Oma, a 42...
Bryan Ke
Crime
2 men on trial for death of Indian family smuggled across US-Canada border
A federal trial began on Monday in Minnesota for Steve Shand, 50, and Harshkumar Patel, 29, who are accused of running a human smuggling ope...
Carl Samson
Business
Asian American woman touts balancing family and business as sole breadwinner
Ellen Yin, an Asian American business owner based in Oregon, recently opened up about the pressures and joys of being the sole breadwinner f...
Editorial Staff
China
Chinese man separated from birth parents at age 3 reunites with them after 12-year search
Gouming Martens, a Chinese-born Dutch man, reunited with his biological mother after 28 years that included a 12-year search. The Ph.D. grad...
Chicago
Illinois opens its first Asian American Family Advocacy Center
Illinois has inaugurated its first advocacy center dedicated to supporting Asian American families, a landmark development for the community...
Social Media
‘BBC Dad’ marks 7th anniversary of viral moment with new fam photos
The professor who saw his children crash his BBC interview in 2017 has celebrated the seventh anniversary of the viral moment by sharing new...
Ryan General
Chinese couple aims to have 12 children with 12 different zodiac signs
A Chinese couple with nine children is planning to have three more so that each of their children has a different sign of the zodiac. About ...
Watch: Singaporean man abducted as child reunites with biological parents in China after 28 years
A 32-year-old Singaporean man has been reunited with his biological parents in China 28 years after he was abducted as a child. Heartfelt re...
6-year-old fighting for life after Texas man bashed his head with baseball bat
Editor’s Note (9/22/23 1:55 p.m. PST): This article has been updated to indicate that Daniel Logan is accused of striking his mother w...
News
Vivek Ramaswamy says he’ll deport US-born children of illegal immigrants
GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will deport children of illegal immigrants even if they are born in the U.S., according to a rece...
Why daughters in Chinese families that favor sons often lose friendships, feel suicidal: study
A recent study from Lancaster University Management School highlighted the widespread exploitation of daughters within Chinese families tha...
Michelle De Pacina
Portland police ask for help identifying man who attacked Asian family
Portland police are looking for a man who was accused of assaulting an Asian family in late August. What happened: The incident, which the p...
Siblings make progress after NYC hammer attack that killed their mother, left them fighting for life
The pair of siblings who survived the brutal hammer attack that killed their mother in their Brooklyn home last week are now on the road to ...
71-year-old Chinese grandmother takes daughter, grandson on challenging 2,270-mile road trip
A 71-year-old grandmother in China is making jaws drop online with her impressive driving skills. About their road trip: The grandmother, on...
Entertainment
Collin Gosselin says estranged mother Kate took out her ‘anger and frustration’ on him
Former child reality star Collin Gosselin, who appeared in the 2000s TLC reality show “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” recently spoke up about how h...
Paralyzed boy only wants one thing as reward for acing exam in heartwarming video
A 12-year-old boy who is paralyzed from the waist down has gone viral for requesting a gift for his stepmother as a reward for his stellar p...
Chinese woman accuses father-in-law of assaulting her with hot soup over length of her shorts
In a video shared on Chinese social media, a woman alleges her father-in-law assaulted her over the shorts she was wearing in the middle of ...
Iris Jung
Young Chinese woman delivers fridges on her back to customers to help disabled father
A woman from Hubei province, China, has taken her filial piety to the extreme by carrying customers’ refrigerators on her back to help her ...
Teen spends $63,000 on mobile games using family’s savings
A teenager in China used her family’s savings to feed her gaming habit. What happened: The 13-year-old girl from Henan, China, reportedly sp...
Olivia Munn garners both praise and backlash after taking son to his first Asian market
Olivia Munn and her partner, John Mulaney, recently took their 13-month-old son, Malcolm, to his first Asian market during a wholesome famil...
Singapore
Video: Family gives grandmother red-carpet treatment at Singapore airport reunion
A now-viral Facebook video shows a family who literally rolled out a red carpet for a senior relative at an airport. On Sunday, 8world News ...
Isa Peralta
Indian American gay couple who went viral for traditional Hindu wedding announces first baby
Before you read: Two Grooms Held The Most Incredible Hindu Wedding and the Photos Will Give You Feelings ...
Chinese man sobs after stepdaughter finally calls him ‘dad’ in viral video
A Chinese man was left in tears after his stepdaughter finally called him “dad.” The heartwarming moment was filmed in the family’s ho...
Collin Gosselin of ‘Jon & Kate Plus 8’ says the show tore his family apart in new interview
In a recent interview with "Entertainment Tonight," former child reality star Collin Gosselin shared that he thinks the show “Jon...
Man gets Jollibee tomb in memory of his love for Chicken Joy
The Relleve family commissioned two local artists in the Philippines to paint their late father’s tomb with the logo and mascot of Jollibee...
2-year-old Chinese girl washes her father’s laptop with soap after hearing him say it’s full of ‘trash’
A mother in China’s Shandong province filmed her 2-year-old daughter washing a 9,000 yuan (approximately $1,245) MacBook with soap after th...
Kidnapped, murdered family of 4 traveled to the US looking for the ‘American Dream,’ family says
The surviving family members of the kidnapped and murdered family of four have spoken out following the grim incident that occurred on Oct....
India
India’s Supreme Court widens definition of ‘family’ to include unmarried and queer couples
India's Supreme Court has ruled that familial relationships may take the form of domestic, unmarried partnerships or queer relationshi...
Chinese parents win netizens’ hearts after transforming truck cabin into ‘princess bedroom’ for their daughter
A mother and father from Qujing, a city in China’s Yunnan province, have captured the attention of Chinese social media users for transform...
Culture
Masochist: A Father’s Day essay for a dad who didn’t want me
The clearance rack feels a little lonely tonight. I would mark myself down by 10% every day for you, never hitting zero — hoping that you w...
Brian Zhang
‘I get to be a big brother’: Veteran, 70, adopted as a child from Japan discovers his 7 siblings in Ohio
Seventy-year-old Michael Bennett, who was adopted as a child, met seven of his siblings for the first time after undergoing a DNA test in 2...
Elderly Malaysian man who orders dinner for 8 but dines alone has netizens offering to eat with him
In a Facebook post uploaded on March 18, Zupi Bakhtiar describes having seen an elderly man ordering dinner for eight, even though he was a...
Rebecca Moon
Singaporean woman and her 91-year-old grandfather get matching tattoos to signify their ‘special bond’
A woman in Singapore got matching tattoos with her 91-year-old grandfather as a symbol of their “special bond.” Kimberly Andrea Lim, 27, s...
Australia
Singaporean woman, 82, fears for her future after moving overseas to be with daughter who stopped caring for her
An elderly woman claims that her daughter refused to take care of her after she and her husband sold their Singapore home and moved to Austr...
Myanmar
Myanmar families publicly disown their dissident children in newspaper notices due to Junta fear
Burmese families are posting notices in local papers to announce they are cutting ties with their relatives who are against the ruling mili...
Simu Liu announces memoir sharing his immigrant family’s ‘extraordinary origin story’
Actor Simu Liu took to social media on Tuesday to announce his forthcoming memoir, “We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story.”...
Sarah Yukiko
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