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...

‘Dreams as boundless as their potential’: Remembering the first Korean immigrants to arrive in the US

The U.S. celebrates Korean American Day every year on Jan. 13. The first large group of Korean immigrants arrived in Honolulu on Jan. 13, ...

During the Chinese Exclusion Act, an ingenious backwoods chef from China helped make Yosemite National Park a reality

Chinese immigrants’ contributions run deep and far in U.S. history, and both Yosemite and the National Park Service (NPS) may not have exist...

Meet Larry Ramos, the first Asian American Grammy winner

Today, the Recording Academy announced the nominations for the 64th Grammy Awards, which will take place on Jan. 31, 2022. With recent big w...

Academy Museum offers viewers rare chance to see acting legend Anna May Wong’s movies on the big screen

What is Asian representation in Hollywood? That’s the question the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles was faced with when it d...

Los Angeles issues apology, makes memorial pledge on the 150th anniversary of Chinese massacre

On Sunday, Los Angeles became the largest city in the U.S. to apologize for its past atrocities, particularly a mass lynching that killed 19...

New multimedia web project tells lost history of Chicago’s Japanese American redress movement

A new interactive multimedia web project is shedding light on Chicago’s Japanese American redress movement, which developed in response to t...

Yosemite restoration of 1917 Laundry Building showcases ‘almost erased’ history of Chinese workers

A Chinese laundry facility built in 1917 has been restored and opened to the public to honor the “almost erased” history of the Chinese migr...

Why do Koreans eat seaweed soup on their birthdays? The answer ‘whale’ surprise you

It’s a feeling many Koreans might understand — walking into the kitchen on the morning of your birthday only to be hit by the smell of  brin...

Meet Sohn Kee-chung, the Korean Olympian forced to represent the Japanese empire

Sohn Kee-chung, an ethnic Korean marathon runner, is a poignant reminder of his country’s dark past. His record-breaking performance in the ...

Meet the war hero who invented banana ketchup

When indulging in hot dogs, french fries or Spam, you might reach for an ever-so-trustworthy bottle of tomato ketchup. But if you want to ad...

111-Year-Old Mochi Ice Cream Shop in LA’s Little Tokyo Shuts Down

Little Tokyo’s revered mochi ice cream shop Mikawaya, located in Los Angeles, has closed permanently after more than a century.  About...

Activist, Civil Rights Icon Grace Lee Boggs’ Historic Detroit Home to Become a Museum

The home of late activist couple James and Grace Lee Boggs on Detroit’s East Side is slated to become a community museum, the James and Grac...

Meet Mitsuye Endo, The Woman Whose Supreme Court Case Ended Japanese Concentration Camps

Mitsuye Endo is an unsung hero who was the only plaintiff to win a court case that led to the process of ending Japanese American incarcerat...