China’s STEM push draws Asian, African students as US tightens access

China enrolled 380,000 international students during the 2024-25 academic year, with Asian and African students leading enrollment gains dri...

Lawmakers join Sikh community in marking 5 years since deadly Indianapolis FedEx shooting

Members of Congress have introduced a resolution commemorating the five-year anniversary of the mass shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facil...

Americans’ views on China soften after years of record negativity: survey

Americans’ views of China have become modestly more positive after several years of sharply negative sentiment, according to a March survey ...

ICE detention of Hmong American man probed as possible kidnapping

Federal immigration agents forced entry into a St. Paul home on Jan. 18 and detained ChongLy “Scott” Thao, a 56-year-old Hmong American late...

Asian enrollment surge at Johns Hopkins sparks debate over admissions equity

The share of Asian American students in Johns Hopkins University’s incoming class has surged by nearly 20 percentage points in two years, ac...

Asian surnames now fastest-growing in US as immigration reshapes population

Asian last names dominated the list of fastest-growing surnames in the U.S. between 2010 and 2020, a trend linked to a broader demographic t...

YouTuber sentenced to 6 months in South Korea prison over repeated livestream harassment

A South Korean court sentenced American YouTuber Johnny Somali, whose real name is Ramsey Khalid Ismael, to six months in prison after docum...

Second Southeast Asian detainee dies at Indiana ICE facility in 2 months

A Vietnamese immigrant died at the Miami Correctional Facility in Indiana on April 1, the same facility where a Cambodian detainee died in F...

Anti-Sikh hate crimes hit record high in 2025 as overall incidents decline

Anti-Sikh hate crimes in the U.S. reached a record 228 incidents in 2025, a sharp increase that came even as overall hate crimes declined 11...

WongFu’s Philip Wang says Asian American filmmakers lose by leaving Asian stories behind

Philip Wang, co-founder of Wong Fu Productions, said Asian American filmmakers are not turning high-profile breakthroughs into sustained ind...

Wisconsin memorial seeks donations as it adds new names honoring Lao, Hmong and US Secret War veterans

The Lao, Hmong and American Veterans Memorial is seeking public donations as it prepares to dedicate 10 new picture panels and engrave eight...

Over 11,000 US kids had a parent detained by ICE under Trump, analysis finds

Immigration agents under President Donald Trump separated at least 11,000 U.S. citizen children from a parent in the first seven months of h...

Study ties lifestyle to higher breast cancer survival in Asian American women

Asian American women with breast cancer had higher survival rates than white women, though outcomes differed across ethnic groups within the...

Seattle man found not guilty of killing pregnant woman and her unborn child

A man who fatally shot a pregnant woman in Seattle nearly three years ago was found not guilty due to insanity on Friday. Catch up: Eina Kwo...

Larry Itliong’s son says Cesar Chavez took credit for union organizing led by Filipino farmworkers

Jonny Itliong said Cesar Chavez took credit for organizing work led by his father, United Farm Workers co-founder Larry Itliong, during the ...

Kelly Marie Tran reflects on ‘Star Wars’ backlash nearly a decade later: ‘it wasn’t my fault’

Kelly Marie Tran said she no longer blames herself for the harassment that followed her role as Rose Tico in 2017’s “Star Wars: The Last Jed...

AAPIs hold deeply unfavorable views of ICE, say Trump hurts economy: poll

Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders are far more skeptical of federal immigration enforcement than the broader U.S. public...

BTS returns to dominate global charts with ‘Arirang’

After more than three years of hiatus to fulfill their mandatory military service, BTS reunited in Seoul on Saturday, releasing their fifth ...

Senior art student detained by ICE in NYC, held in Louisiana

A University at Buffalo (UB) fine arts student has been detained by immigration agents after appearing at a scheduled court hearing in New Y...

Trump tells white Fox News host that immigrants who should be barred from US don’t have ‘your genetics’

President Donald Trump told “Fox & Friends” host Brian Kilmeade, who is white, that immigrants do not have “your genetics” during a Frid...

Oscar producer addresses backlash over ‘Golden’ team victory speech cutoff

Oscars executive Rob Mills said producers will review speech handling after backlash over the “Golden” songwriting team being cut off at the...

NYC’s AAPI small businesses get a $5.5 million lifeline

A new $5.5 million loan program is putting affordable capital within reach of New York City small business owners who have long struggled to...

ICE arrests of Asian and Pacific Islanders have nearly quadrupled under Trump, new report finds

President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant policies are exacting a quantifiable toll on Asian and Pacific Islander (A/PI) communities regardles...

Victims of Atlanta spa shootings remembered 5 years later

Eight people killed at Atlanta-area spas five years ago, six of them Asian women, are being remembered this week as communities across the c...

Interview: ‘Boyfriend on Demand’ stars Jisoo, Seo In-guk talk their ideal virtual partners

As Netflix series “Boyfriend on Demand” explores AI-powered dating, stars Jisoo and Seo In-guk have shared surprisingly different answers ab...

DOGE’s ChatGPT-driven grant cuts put Asian American history at risk

Court depositions have exposed how ChatGPT became the tool for gutting more than $100 million in National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)...

New York threatened with suit over college program that excludes white, Asian students

New York could face federal legal action over a state-funded college enrichment program that two civil rights groups say discriminates again...

Alysa Liu receives key to the city at Oakland Olympic celebration

Thousands gathered Thursday at Frank Ogawa Plaza outside Oakland City Hall to celebrate Olympic figure skating champion Alysa Liu, where May...

Andrew Yang reflects on rising Asian American political visibility

Andrew Yang said his 2020 presidential campaign revealed how issues of technology, economic policy and representation intersect in American ...

Former Taiwan coach ejected from Women’s Asian Cup match for chanting ‘Taiwan’

Chants of “Go Taiwan!” during a Women’s Asian Cup match in Sydney on Tuesday led to the removal of a former Taiwan men’s national team coach...

Confidence in US Supreme Court falls to historic low in new poll

Confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court has reached a historic low, according to an NBC News poll released this week. Just 22% of registered vo...

Nashville journalist who covers ICE gets detained herself

A Colombian-born journalist who covers immigration enforcement in Nashville now finds herself in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) c...

Trump criticized for wearing hat while honoring soldiers killed in Kuwait drone strike

President Donald Trump is facing criticism after attending the March 7 dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware honoring six U...

Viral lawnmower snow video in Canada sparks backlash targeting South Asians

A short video filmed in Brampton, Ontario, showing a man trying to clear snow with a lawnmower has drawn millions of views and unexpectedly ...

Majority of Americans say fellow citizens lack morals, highest among 25 nations

More Americans say their fellow citizens have poor morals and ethics than people in any other country surveyed by the Pew Research Center. I...

LA Chinatown seniors settle lawsuit after years of unsafe apartment conditions

Nearly 200 elderly residents of Cathay Manor, a subsidized 16-story apartment complex in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, have reached a formal settl...