‘Han’ explained: An emotion unique to Korea

“Han,” in perhaps one of its simplest definitions, is a word that embodies shared emotions of sorrow and resentment. But upon a closer look ...

AAPI organizations gather for 60th Anniversary of March on Washington

Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) organizations and supporters were among the tens of thousands of people who gathered at the Natio...

Chinese American physicist, WWII pilot Maggie Gee to be inducted into California’s Hall of Fame

Gee’s name stands tall alongside other celebrated figures such as actor and screenwriter Carrie Fisher, singer Etta James and LGBTQ ri...

‘Uguisu no fun’ explained: Why Japanese people use bird poop facials

Did you know that many Japanese people have been using bird poop as part of their facial regimen for centuries? What it is: Known as the ...

Meet Flossie Wong-Staal, an Asian American trailblazer in AIDS research

Wong-Staal became the first scientist to clone HIV and understand its genetic functions, ultimately proving that HIV is the cause of AIDS ...

Dim sum explained: Why they always come in sets of three

The tradition of serving dim sum in threes aligns perfectly with the essence of this communal meal ...

How chopsticks went from ancient kitchen tools to eating utensils

The shift from using chopsticks for cooking to eating came around 400 A.D. ...

Meet Wallace Fong, the man who helped light San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge

An upcoming PBS docuseries episode will be featuring unsung heroes who helped bring San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge to life, including Ch...

How the CIA used ‘vampires’ to help win a war in the Philippines

As a melting pot of diverse cultures since pre-colonial times, the Philippines has conceived some of the world’s most fascinating mythologic...

SF Chinatown welcomes Chinese Railroad Workers History Center

A museum dedicated to remembering Chinese laborers who helped build the United States’ first transcontinental railroad opened in San Francis...

New study uncovers why mysterious South Asian civilization vanished around 3,600 years ago

A new study has shed light on the mystery behind an ancient thriving civilization that vanished around 3,600 years ago. The Indus Valley civ...

S. Korea ordered to compensate survivor of Vietnam War massacre in historic ruling

On Tuesday, a local court in Seoul recognized the atrocities committed by South Korean troops during the Vietnam War and ordered the governm...

Study: Rising sea level 26,000 years ago caused migration between South, Southeast Asia

A new study discovered that early settlers in the Southeast Asian region were forced to migrate to South Asia after sea levels began to ris...

George Takei recalls ‘horrifying, terrifying’ morning his family was taken to an American concentration camp

George Takei gave a detailed account of the morning he and his family were sent to an American concentration camp in a new interview. On Mon...

Monterey Park: California’s resilient ‘Chinese Beverly Hills’

Monterey Park, California, the site of Saturday’s mass shooting that left 11 dead, has historically served as a beacon for California’s Chin...

Merle Oberon: the first Asian Best Actress Oscar nominee who hid her heritage from Hollywood

When Michelle Yeoh’s nomination for Best Actress at the Oscars was announced on Tuesday, some outlets highlighted that she was the fir...

Why Vietnam celebrates the Year of the Cat instead of the Rabbit

While most Asian countries and diasporas welcomed the Lunar New Year celebrating the rabbit, Vietnam, which observes the equivalent Tết Nguy...

Look: 6 designs compete to become Los Angeles’ memorial to Chinese massacre of 1871

Before you read: Los Angeles calls on public for ideas for memorial to 1871 Chinese Massacre victims The city of Los Angeles has selected th...

ENHYPEN’s Jay apologizes for comparing Korean history to ‘short novel’

ENHYPEN member Jay posted an apology after receiving online backlash for his comments about Korea’s history being comparable to a “short nov...

History professor makes surprisingly cute discovery on lost roll of film labeled ‘The Philippines 1942’

An assistant ecclesiastical history professor discovered footage of puppies playing around on a silent 8mm roll of film labeled “The Philipp...

Delano Manongs: California park named after Filipino American labor leaders

A park in San Jose, California, was named “Delano Manongs” to honor Filipino labor leaders of the 1965 Delano Grape Strike and Boycott, whi...

Japanese researchers unveil digital reconstruction of 1,600-year-old woman

Japanese scientists from seven research institutes have digitally reconstructed the image of a woman born 1,600 years ago using DNA technol...

A history of the Hmong kings

Vương Duy Bảo, a descendent of the Hmong king of Ha Giang and the legal representative of the Vương family, sued the provincial government f...

Minnesota pawn shop owner claims to have discovered lost photos from the Nanjing Massacre

A pawn shop owner in Minnesota claims to have discovered long-lost photos taken during the Nanjing Massacre. In a video posted to TikTok wit...

‘Why is the story still unknown?’: ‘Free Chol Soo Lee’ co-directors refuse to let America forget Korean American wrongfully convicted of murder in 1973

Julie Ha and Eugene Yi’s six-year journey to illuminate the life and legacy of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean American man falsely convicted of murd...

Thai actor Praya Lundberg to star in film about Rock Springs massacre that killed 28 Chinese miners in Wyoming

A film about the Rock Springs massacre, the real-life incident that resulted in the deaths of 28 Asian immigrant railroad workers in 1885, ...

Denver removes anti-Chinese plaque 142 years after anti-Chinese riot that destroyed its Chinatown

Due to historical inaccuracies, Denver removed a plaque titled “Chinese Riot of 1880” from a building in Lower Downtown on Monday. The pla...

UK government admits to forcibly deporting Chinese sailors who served the nation in WWII

An investigation conducted by the United Kingdom's Home Office revealed that Chinese sailors who served in the British Merchant Navy d...

Kê-tsiap: The surprising Asian origins of ketchup

The term “ketchup” stems from the Hokkien Chinese word for a preserved fish sauce: kê-tsiap. European merchants brought the sauce to Brita...

4 trailblazers whose work shaped the APA community today

This Asian American Pacific Heritage Month (APAHM), through colorful illustrations by artist Michelle Lam (MewTripled), we honor four icons ...

Immortal launches new comic based the Boxer Rebellion and ‘bulletproof’ monk legends

In the bloody war known as the Boxer Rebellion, 100,000 fought and died over the colonization of 1900s China. Among the tales of the war are...

Community members show up to restore defaced ‘8 Immortals’ mural in Vancouver’s Chinatown

Members of Vancouver’s Chinatown community reportedly lined up on East Georgia Street on April 16 to help restore the “Eight Immortals Cros...

Japan dismisses South Korea complaint over new textbooks that ‘distort’ historical, territorial facts

Japan has rejected South Korea’s protest against Japan’s approval of textbooks that allegedly “distort historical facts.” South Korea’s fo...

South Korea says new history textbooks in Japan ‘distorts facts’ about World War II sex slavery

After Japan approved new history textbooks, South Korea made a formal complaint that the books distorted “historical facts” about forced la...

President Biden signs bill designating former Japanese incarceration camp in Colorado as historic site

President Biden signed a bill on Friday designating a former World War II Japanese incarceration camp as a national historic site in Colora...

Did Chinese people sit in the FRONT or BACK of the bus during Southern segregation?

“What did it mean to be Chinese in Black neighborhoods during segregation in the 1930s?” One filmmaker’s documentary journeys through her gr...