Asian restaurant slams influencer’s request for free meal in exchange for exposure

Lucky Ramen and Sushi, a pan-Asian restaurant in Manchester, England, publicly slammed an unnamed influencer’s request for a free meal...

Man secretly learns Korean for a year, surprises bride with Korean at wedding

A man has gone viral for surprising his wife by secretly learning Korean for his speech on their wedding day. How he did it: Ben Carpenter, ...

Korean mukbang star reveals her earnings and how much she pays her employees

Mukbang sensation and entrepreneur Heebab recently divulged her earnings and the generous compensation she gives her employees. Hefty payche...

Video: Influencer celebrates 28th birthday with Costco-themed birthday party

The party offered an impressive selection of Costco staples, from rotisserie chicken to hot dogs, chicken bakes, pepperoni pizza, twisted ch...

James Charles sparks mixed reaction for ‘Korean makeup’ video featuring Chinese, Japanese influencers

Beauty vlogger James Charles has drawn mixed reactions after featuring Japanese and Chinese influencers in a recent video about Korean makeu...

‘I think it was fake’: Lil Tay’s former manager does not believe ‘hack’ caused death hoax

“I don’t believe anything that they say about the hacking,” says Harry Tsang ...

‘I should’ve done more research’: Influencer slammed for defending Shein apologizes

An influencer with nearly 500,000 followers on Instagram has apologized after receiving backlash for defending Chinese fast-fashion label Sh...

Chinese influencer exposed for posing as Russian soldier fighting in Ukraine

A Chinese influencer who talked about his experience fighting in Ukraine as a Russian soldier has been banned from Douyin after online sleut...

Chinese couple accused of murdering S. Korean influencer in Cambodia

A Chinese couple was charged with the murder of South Korean influencer BJ Ahyeong after her body was found on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, ...

Chinese influencer dies after trying to lose over 200 pounds at weight loss camp

A 22-year-old Chinese influencer who went by the online pseudonym Cuihua died after attempting to lose 100 kilograms (220 pounds) at a weigh...

Chinese teacher quits job after earning 10 years’ worth of salary from 1 livestream

A kindergarten teacher from Wuhan, China, reportedly resigned from her school job after she earned 10 years’ worth of her annual salary from...

‘Rigged Game’: Participants accuse ‘Squid Game’ reality competition of being fixed

Former contestants of Netflix’s upcoming reality competition series “Squid Game: The Challenge” have accused the competition of having “rigg...

Chinese influencer arrested for stabbing alleged rival to death during livestream

A Chinese influencer has been arrested for stabbing his alleged rival to death while the latter was livestreaming in a market in Nepal earli...

Chinese influencer banned from Douyin for eating a live wasp

A Chinese influencer has been banned from Douyin after he filmed himself eating a live wasp, prompting heavy backlash from online users. T...

Singaporean OnlyFans creator Titus Low opens ‘Only Creamery’ cafe on ‘6/9’

Titus Low, a Singapore-based influencer who sparked controversy for producing NSFW content on OnlyFans, opened a cafe business on Tuesday. ...

Ulzzang Hong Young-ki, 31-year-old mother of 2, looks so young that middle school boys asked for her number

Hong Young-ki, 31, is currently a wife, a mother of two kids, and the CEO of two online shopping businesses. After starring in a reality s...

Chinese crypto influencer makes over $5 million in 10 days selling her photos as NFTs

Chinese influencer Yuqing Irene Zhao successfully launched an NFT collection with the slogan: “SIMP: Simplicity, Integrity, Meaning, and Pu...

Beauty influencer apologizes for using anti-Asian slur in makeup tutorial video

A video tutorial shared by makeup brand Juvia’s Place sparked online backlash over the use of an anti-Asian slur. In the video, influencer...

Lindsay Ellis quits YouTube months after igniting controversy with a tweet comparing ‘Raya’ to ‘Avatar’

After months of controversy, YouTuber and film critic Lindsay Ellis appeared to announce on Monday that she was quitting social media. Ell...

‘I can eat a lot — is that a fault?’: Livestreamer banned from buffet in China goes viral on Weibo

A Chinese food influencer has been banned from attending an all-you-can-eat restaurant in China after he allegedly downed too much food. Eat...

Blackpink stans call on YG Ent to protect Jennie from Filipino scammer’s billboard date invite

Fans have expressed concern after a self-confessed scammer from the Philippines bought two giant billboards to ask Blackpink member Jennie o...

Chinese beauty guru and self-titled ‘Wakanda Queen’ sparks outrage over ‘blackface’ tutorial

A Chinese influencer has come under fire after a video resurfaced of her teaching others how to darken their skin with makeup. Going viral: ...

One of China’s first influencers gets jail time for selling diet pills containing banned drug

A Chinese social media personality was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for allegedly “selling poisonous and harmful food.” Banne...

New trend sees Chinese influencers head to Shanghai Costco to pretend they’re in the US

Costco is beloved by millions of shoppers all over the world for having just about everything one could possibly need. For some, that includ...

‘Influencers’ to Get COVID-19 Vaccine FIRST in Indonesia

Social media influencers are among the first in line to get a COVID-19 vaccine in Indonesia. The decision, which clumps the group with 1.5 m...

‘Wealthy’ Hong Kong Instagrammer Tied Up and Robbed of $464,000 in Home Invasion

An Instagram beauty influencer and her 6-month-old son in Hong Kong fell victim to a home invasion last week, losing valuables from luxury h...

Influencer Sparks Outrage with ‘Corona Time’ Video at Nail Salon on TikTok

A popular YouTuber is taking some heat for her recent TikTok video in which she apparently ridiculed a nail salon worker. Nicola DeMartino, ...

Godfrey Gao’s Girlfriend Speaks For the First Time on Actor’s Death

Influencer Bella Su has finally broken her silence about her late boyfriend Godfrey Gao, whose sudden death in November shocked fans worldwi...

Vietnamese Influencer Puts Makeup On in the Hospital Before Her Boyfriend Visits

A social media influencer in Vietnam was ridiculed online for glamming herself up while she was at a hospital. Wangmei was recovering at a h...

Landlady Exposes ‘Luxury’ Influencer’s Apartment Covered in Trash and Dog Feces

A Chinese social media influencer, Lisa Li was recently exposed by her former landlady for leaving her former apartment in covered in filth....

Swedish Instagrammer Cancels Herself After ‘Shallow’ Caption About Rice Farmer in Bali

A Swedish Influencer generated so much backlash over a post in which she compared her life to that of a Bali rice farmer that she ended up d...

Influencer Tries to Pay For Filipino Artist’s $300 Portrait With a Shout-out

A budding artist in the Philippines has expressed his frustration on Facebook after a local social influencer allegedly sought his services ...

HK Instagrammer Deletes 95 Posts After Followers Discover She Got Them From Google

A fashion model and social media “influencer” in Hong Kong hoped to save face by deleting Instagram posts which her followers discovered to ...