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Music
Jimin’s father revealed to have silently donated groceries to low-income families in S. Korea
He personally loaded the boxes of instant noodles onto a truck and delivered them to the local government office ...
Ryan General
China
Video: Chinese dad hilariously imitates cat after daughter says she wants pet
A father in China has gone viral for imitating a cat to show his daughter what it’s like to be responsible for one. Key details: A 16-second...
Bryan Ke
Crime
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 ...
Carl Samson
Social Media
Thai father warms netizens’ hearts by dressing as woman for child’s Mother’s Day school event
A single father in Thailand has tugged on several netizens’ heartstrings after dressing up as a woman for a Mother’s Day event at his daught...
Isa Peralta
Man detained for sending video of himself slapping his infant son 30 times to estranged girlfriend
Chinese police have detained a man for filming himself physically abusing his infant son and sending the video to his estranged girlfriend —...
Entertainment
Shannon Lee thanks father Bruce Lee in essay on his 50th death anniversary
Shannon Lee thanked her late father, Bruce Lee, and her late brother, Brandon Lee, for showing her “what it is to feel safe and loved&...
Video: Girl reads story on father’s grave after having dream about him the night before
A video of a 7-year-old girl from central China’s Henan province reading a story on her father’s grave has tugged on the heartstrings of soc...
Singapore
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, Ti...
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 ...
Watch: K-pop fan brings 60-year-old father to BLACKPINK concert
A K-pop fan brought her 60-year-old father to a BLACKPINK concert in Singapore and documented the wholesome experience. On Sunday, TikTok us...
Editorial Staff
Education
How her father’s cancer diagnosis led a Maryland teen to donate over 15,000 books to sick kids
Emily Bhatnagar has donated over 15,000 books to local hospitals since her father’s stage 4 thyroid cancer diagnosis in 2019. After hearing ...
Ines Shin
Father punishes son by forcing him to play video games for 17 hours straight
A Chinese father punished his son, 11, by purportedly forcing him to play video games for 17 hours without any sleep. Located in Shenzhen, C...
Video: Father puts coins in piggy bank for daughter for over 28 years, racks up over $5K
Singaporean actor and online personality Xenia Tan recently went viral for breaking an almost three-decades-old piggy bank from her father a...
Miss Universe Thailand wears gown made of soda can pull tabs in tribute to her garbage collector parents
Before you read: Woman dubbed ‘Miss Garbage’ wins Miss Universe Thailand 2022 ...
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...
Culture
Father welcomes son at the airport with Māori Haka in viral video
A father went viral for performing a Māori Haka to welcome his son at the airport. The video was shared on the subreddit r/MadeMeSmile in ...
Viral ‘bayanihan’ video shows Filipinos carrying old man’s house in heartwarming gesture
A TikTok video has gone viral for showing “bayanihan” in San Roque in the Philippines’ Zamboanga del Norte province. The video, shared by ...
Viral video captures moment 5-year-old is slapped out of his chair by classmate’s father in China
A 5-year-old kindergartener in Nanjing, China, suffered a bruised and swollen face after being slapped by the father of his classmate on Sa...
Feature
Crying father drops off daughter at dream college in wholesome viral video
A now-viral Instagram video posted by Preksha (@pre.xsha) on Wednesday shows her overjoyed parents dropping her off at Miranda House Colleg...
News
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...
Man charged for beating daughter says it’s ‘acceptable’ in China
A Chinese man has been arrested and charged in Serbia for assaulting his 14-year-old daughter at a tennis court in Belgrade. A now-viral v...
Man gets parasitic infections after swallowing live crab as ‘revenge’ for pinching his daughter
A man named Lu from Zhejiang province in China suffered a parasitic infection after consuming a live crab that pinched his daughter. Lu,...
Chinese sexologist creates ‘male virtue’ program that teaches men how to become better fathers
Fang Gang, a Beijing-based sexologist and sociologist, started a nonprofit “male virtue” program that aims to teach men how to become bette...
Singaporean Twitch streamer abandons ‘Valorant’ livestream to save father’s life
A video of Singaporean Twitch streamer Ng Sher Ren stopping her “Valorant” livestream to save her father’s life has gone viral. In the Tik...
An Air India flight attendant is winning hearts for how he handled a crying baby mid-flight
Air India flight attendant Neil Malkam earned online praise for consoling a crying toddler mid-flight. The child’s father, Jeevan Venkates...
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...
Chinese man, 80, sues his adult son for $15,000 for mocking him after he failed a math quiz
An 80-year-old Chinese father sued his adult son, Luo Jun, for 100,000 yuan (approximately $14,840) after the latter mocked him for failing...
Chinese girl flips the script in the best way possible on her dad who thought she should lose weight
A little girl in China captured the hearts of many after she was filmed telling her father that he does not need to lose weight and that sh...
Rebecca Moon
Chinese father-of-2 works 19-hour shifts to help 7 additional children from struggling families
A father of two works tirelessly as a decorative worker and chauffeur to support seven additional children living in difficult circumstance...
Lessons from my North Korean Appa
Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this piece are those of the author’s and do not necessarily represent the views of NextShark. In ho...
Simmone Park
California Father and Twin Daughters Dead in Alleged Murder-Suicide
A man in Placentia, California is accused of killing his twin daughters before he allegedly took his own life. ...
Lifestyle
Best Dad Ever Takes Daughter on Epic 71-Day Bike Ride Across China
A single father in China is being praised online for taking his daughter on a 71-day bicycle trip across the country for her fourth birthday...
Daughter Pens Touching Father’s Day Post to Honor Dad’s Triumph Over Depression and Alcoholism
A proud daughter recently made a touching tribute to her father by looking back at the struggles and sacrifices he made while raising her as...
Man With Terminal Cancer Writes 19 Letters For His 1-Year-Old Daughter Before He Dies
A Taiwanese man who succumbed to liver cancer in 2006 is posthumously touching people’s hearts as advanced birthday letters for his young da...