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Michelle Yeoh almost turned down ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
Michelle Yeoh’s performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once” is getting heavy Oscar buzz, but the Malaysian actor revealed she almost...
Image of racist gesture at 2017 World Cup resurfaces; Korean fans celebrate ‘karmic’ victory
With the fate of Korea’s World Cup run hanging in the balance during today’s group H matches, an image of Uruguayan soccer player Frederico...
Viral TikTok of young woman dancing the night away is hurting our backs
A 43-second clip, originally posted TikTok user @Dfggujkjjj, shows the woman getting down on the dance floor by thrusting her arms and hips...
Disney orders new princess musical inspired by Indian history
The husband-and-wife team, who both previously worked on the 2002 film “Bend It Like Beckham,” were tapped by Disney to produce the origina...
Japanese fans continue to clean stadium at World Cup 2022 after win over Spain
Japan continues to show the whole world its reputation for cleanliness by tidying up before celebrating Samurai Blue’s victory against Spai...
Abraham Lim and other ‘KPOP’ cast members call out New York Times review of Broadway musical
The cast of "KPOP," the first Broadway musical of its kind celebrating Korean culture, are hitting back against a review by New Y...
Disney Store Japan sells merch featuring Winnie the Pooh holding up blank white paper
The Disney Store in Japan is selling items that depict Winnie the Pooh raising a blank sheet of white paper on them, including T-shirts, ho...
Chinese tea, Vietnamese pottery, Cambodian martial arts: Asian cultural practices granted UNESCO world heritage status
Traditional Chinese tea-processing techniques, Japanese ritual dances and Vietnamese pottery-making are some of the cultural practices that...
Livestreamer who filmed Mumbai harassment calls out negative generalizations about India
A South Korean streamer is recounting her experience after the two men who harassed her on the streets of Khar in Mumbai, India, were arres...
S. Korean Twitch streamer calls for action after being harassed while livestreaming in India
South Korean Twitch streamer Mhyochi is calling for Mumbai Police to take action after she was harassed by two men while livestreaming in a...
Little girl’s heartwarming gesture for her hardworking dad goes viral
One little girl in China is going viral for putting her jacket over her dad after noticing how hard he works to plan the menu for their bus...
‘All I was hoping for was a job’: Ke Huy Quan gives heartfelt acceptance speech at Gotham Awards
Ke Huy Quan won the award for Outstanding Supporting Performance at the Gotham Independent Film Awards for his role as Waymond Wang in A24’...
Take a look inside Aston Martin’s 4-story private home in Tokyo, its first luxury property in Asia
English car manufacturer Aston Martin is taking its state-of-the-art automotive design process and building its first real estate design co...
George Takei fires back at ‘cantankerous old man’ William Shatner in latest salvo of decades-long feud
George Takei did not hold back in an interview on Monday as he appeared to call out his former “Star Trek” cast member William Shatner for ...
Physics equations, white papers, alpacas: a guide to the symbols of China’s COVID protests
Physics equations, blank white sheets of paper, alpacas — these are just some of the symbols protesters in China are using to show dissent ...
Tokyo latte artist creates foam art of Pikachu, Kirby and more
A latte artist in Tokyo’s Harajuku district is giving customers one more reason to smile by making anime art on the foam or cream of their ...
2 giant pandas go viral for predicting World Cup 2022 matches in Qatar
Two giant pandas in Qatar have gone viral for predicting the winners of matches at the FIFA World Cup 2022. Thuraya and Suhail arrived in...
Rats blamed for eating through 1.3 million joints’ worth of marijuana in India
Police in India have blamed rats for stealing nearly 200 kilograms (approximately 441 pounds) of marijuana — enough to roll approximately 1...
Japanese fans continue to clean up following World Cup loss to Costa Rica, inspires others to do the same
Japanese football fans continue to win hearts around the world after cleaning up again following their team’s loss to Costa Rica at the Wor...
South Korea’s supreme court delivers major victory to single transgender parents
South Korea’s supreme court ruled on Thursday that transgender individuals’ have the right to change their legal sex status, even if they h...
Lewis Hamilton shares video of himself speeding, doing donuts in R34 Skyline GT-R on Tokyo streets
British race car driver Lewis Hamilton took to social media on Wednesday to share a video of himself driving a rented Nissan Skyline R34 GT...
Otter predicts Japan’s win against Germany one day before World Cup match
An adorable otter in Japan accurately predicted Japan’s 2-1 victory against Germany in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. An 8-year-old river otter ...
Japanese World Cup team praised for tidying up locker room after victory over Germany
The Japanese national football team upheld their country’s reputation for cleanliness by tidying up their locker room after their massive 2...
OnlyFans star Titus Low explains his ‘honest prison experience’ after 3 weeks behind bars
Titus Low, a Singaporean OnlyFans creator who was sentenced to three weeks in jail in October for posting pornographic images on the platfo...
Cake with essay-length heartfelt messages goes viral in the Philippines
Pasteleria Manila, a bakery founded by Cecilia “Ces” Lopez in 2009, shared a photo of a 10×14 inches caramel cake on Facebook and Instagram...
Simu Liu faces backlash for calling out Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Marvel-ization of Hollywood’ remarks
Simu Liu is getting slammed on Twitter for calling out directors Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino after the latter criticized the “Mar...
‘Untitled F*ck M*ss S**gon Play’ to run at same time as ‘Miss Saigon’ revival in England
The Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, England, is set to present Kimber Lee’s drama “Untitled F*ck M*ss S**gon Play,” which aims to add...
Maryland proclaims November 22 Kimchi Day to ‘celebrate Korean culture’
Maryland is celebrating its first Kimchi Day in honor of the spicy Korean dish made from fermented vegetables. The traditional dish consis...
Bruce Lee may have died from drinking too much water, new study says
Bruce Lee was known for saying, “Be water, my friend,” but the martial arts legend may have died from drinking a copious amount of it, acco...
South Korean YouTuber goes viral after being called ‘coronavirus’ in TikTok video
A South Korean social media personality was traveling in India when he was racially harassed by a local while walking down an alleyway. In...
Ke Huy Quan still gets Christmas presents from Steven Spielberg 38 years later
Ke Huy Quan took on his first role at 13 years old alongside Harrison Ford in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” in 1984. In an interv...
Sweet or sour? Panda Express teams with Uprisers for Chinese takeout-inspired fashion
Panda Express and Asian American and Pacific Islander-owned streetwear brand Uprisers are collaborating on a new limited-edition collection...
High-flying drag queen performance has netizens wondering ‘how there are straight Filipinos’
Thai drag queen Pangina Heals praised the drag performers of the Philippines after a two-day fundraising concert in the city of Makati last...
Journalist Andy Ngô loses criminal trial against Oregon journalist John Hacker
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to include additional tweets from Andy Ngô following the trial. Journalist Andy Ngô has l...
Asian nations dominate ranking of countries with most international students at US universities
Students from Asia ranked in the top 10 among the number of international students studying at universities in the U.S. According to the I...
Lea Salonga covers Jose Mari Chan Christmas classic in new Pentatonix collab
Lea Salonga has teamed up with a cappella group Pentatonix to cover the Jose Mari Chan Christmas classic “Christmas In Our Hearts.” The co...
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