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Food
Hundreds of locals in war-torn Ukraine city eat free daily thanks to elderly Japanese man’s cafe
A 75-year-old Japanese man has opened a free cafe in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv to help those affected by Russia’s invasion. Fum...
Ryan General
Military
Five Russian asylum seekers who fled Putin’s war stranded at S. Korean airport for months
Five Russian men seeking asylum are currently stranded at Incheon International Airport after South Korean authorities denied their entry in...
News
American volunteer soldier Paul Lee Kim dies in Ukraine
Cpt. Paul Kim, an American military volunteer in Ukraine, died while liberating Mykolaiv from the Russian invasion. Born in Houston, Kim w...
Iris Jung
First Taiwanese combatant dies in Russia-Ukraine war
Tseng Sheng-Kung, a 25-year-old volunteer, is the first Taiwanese soldier to die in combat in Ukraine. A volunteer soldier from Ji’an Town...
‘We prayed for death’: 2 American veterans freed from Russian captivity in Ukraine describe torture
American soldiers Andy Huynh, 27, and Alexander Drueke, 39, who were captured by Russian-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine have d...
Michelle De Pacina
2 American veterans who volunteered in Ukraine return home after three months of captivity
American veterans Alex Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, who were captured by Russian-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas re...
Bryan Ke
China
Xi tells Putin China is ready to partner with Russia to ‘lead world’
Chinese President Xi Jinping held a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Forumlar Majmuasi Complex in Samarkand, ...
North Korea offering 100,000 ‘volunteers’ for war against Ukraine, says Russian state media
North Korea recently offered to send 100,000 “volunteers” to Russia to help the Kremlin in its war against Ukraine, Russian journalist Igor...
US Marine veteran Grady Kurpasi is third American to go missing in Ukraine this week
Former U.S. Marine Corps officer Grady Kurpasi, 49, who has not been heard from since April 23, is the third American to be reported missin...
Jane Nam
Korean former Navy SEAL Ken Rhee shares video of tense Ukraine mission evacuating wounded soldier
Korean ex-Navy SEAL Lieutenant Ken Rhee shared footage on YouTube showing him and other members of the Ukrainian Foreign Legion trying to e...
Korean YouTuber-turned-Ukraine fighter Rhee Ken under prosecution for violating passport law
Korean special forces officer-turned-YouTuber Ken Rhee is now under prosecution for passport law violation after traveling to Ukraine in Ma...
Vietnamese American volunteer in Ukraine army believed captured by Russian forces
Vietnamese American Andy Huynh, who is serving as a volunteer in the Ukrainian army, was reportedly captured along with fellow volunteer so...
Japan
Japanese airline drops its ‘Z’ logo so travelers won’t mistake it for Russia support
Zipair, a budget Japanese airline, has announced it will replace its “Z” logo. The decision to renovate the original “Z” logo came after t...
Government
96-year-old Japanese WWII POW warns Russia-Ukraine is history repeating itself
Akiyoshi Chikada, a 96-year-old Japanese man who was formerly interned in Ukraine during World War II, says that history is repeating itself...
Korean ex-Navy SEAL and YouTuber Rhee Ken is promoted to leader in Ukraine army
Former Korean Navy SEAL lieutenant-turned-YouTuber Ken Rhee, 37, has reportedly been promoted to a leadership position in the Ukrainian mil...
Sen. Rubio introduces bill to speed up weapons sales to Taiwan, boost joint military training
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced a bill Tuesday designed to strengthen Taiwan’s defenses through fast-tracked weapons sales and a...
Carl Samson
Ukraine’s men’s basketball team hopes possible Taiwan visit will provide mental refresh
Ukrainian men's basketball team manager Andrii Lebediev said at a press conference on Saturday he hopes the team’s time in Taiwan will...
Culture
‘Drivers took white people and animals over us’: Indian student recounts racism while fleeing Ukraine
A student from India who left his family for Ukraine to attend university and find a better job says he experienced discrimination and robb...
Khier Casino
Asia
No Asian countries make Ukraine’s thank-you list
Ukraine did not include Asian countries or territories in its thank-you list of “partners,” which was shared by the nation’s Ministry of Fo...
Drone maker DJI becomes first Chinese company to openly halt business with Russia and Ukraine
DJI, the world’s leading drone manufacturer, became the first Chinese company to openly cease operations in Russia and Ukraine in light of ...
China denounces UN’s decision to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council
The United Nations General Assembly voted in favor of suspending Russia’s membership on Thursday in a vote of 93 nations in favor and 24 ag...
China peddles pro-Putin documentary as world condemns Russia for atrocities in Ukraine
China is reportedly organizing viewing sessions for a pro-Putin documentary for selected audiences across the country. The documentary, wh...
Editorial Staff
Russia wants to split Ukraine like North and South Korea, intelligence chief says
After failing to seize Kiev and overthrow Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government, Russia is now aiming to split Ukraine like North and South Kore...
Conspiracy theory claiming COVID-19 came from US-linked labs in Ukraine trends on Weibo
Chinese social media users are calling for the U.S. government to be investigated after a conspiracy theory linking the emergence of the co...
Zelenskyy asks Japan for tougher sanctions against Russia amid fears of chemical attack, nuclear threat
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on Japan to keep up sanctions against Russia and to take a step further by enforcing a t...
China accuses Taiwan for ‘taking advantage’ of Ukraine crisis by giving financial aid to its refugees
China criticized Taiwan on Wednesday for sending aid to Ukraine and imposing sanctions on Russia, saying the island was “taking advantage o...
US warns allies China will provide financial, military aid for Russia in Ukraine
U.S. officials are accusing China of preparing to offering its military and economic support to Russia during its ongoing invasion of Ukrai...
GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn calls Zelensky a ‘thug,’ Ukrainian government ‘incredibly evil’
Republican members Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) pushed back on Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) for calling Ukra...
Duterte pledges to open Philippines to U.S. forces if Russia’s Ukraine invasion escalates
Ambassador Jose Manuel del Gallego Romualdez, Manila’s envoy to Washington, said on Thursday that the Philippine government is willing to o...
Uniqlo backpedals on Russia, suspends business in the country amid international boycott threats
In a U-turn on Thursday, Uniqlo said it will suspend operations in Russia due to “operational challenges and the worsening of the conflict ...
Report: China’s state-run outlets promote ‘pro-Russian’ narrative of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Chinese state-run media outlets are reportedly promoting pro-Russian talking points in their domestic coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukra...
Report: South Asians, other non-white foreigners fleeing Ukraine face discrimination at the border
Human Rights Watch recently reported that some South Asians and other non-white residents of Ukraine were prevented from riding buses and t...
‘We sit back and watch’: Trump suggests disguising US fighter planes with Chinese flags to bomb Russia
Former President Donald Trump suggested painting American F-22s with the Chinese flag and “bomb[ing] the sh*t out of Russia" during a ...
China says report alleging it asked Russia to delay Ukraine invasion until after Olympics is ‘fake news’
A Western intelligence report revealed that senior Chinese officials had some knowledge of Russia’s plan to invade Ukraine ahead of the Bei...
Chinese nationals stranded in Ukraine fear local anger over their government’s support for Putin
Chinese nationals still stranded in Ukraine have reportedly become the target of harassment from Ukrainians angered by the Chinese governme...
Prime Minister Kishida announces Japan will take in refugees from Ukraine to ‘demonstrate solidarity’
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed that his country would take in Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion during a phone c...
Rebecca Moon