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Keke Palmer series sparks backlash for portrayal of Asian student at HBCU

Keke Palmer is facing criticism following the release of “Southern Fried Rice,” a new KeyTV series about a Korean American student raised by...

Rina Sawayama criticizes Sabrina Carpenter performance for mishandling Japanese culture

Japanese British artist Rina Sawayama has accused “Saturday Night Live” of mishandling Japanese cultural symbols in Sabrina Carpenter’s Oct....

Dodgers’ Yamamoto makes World Series history

Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto achieved a feat last seen more than two decades ago on Sunday, throwing his second consecutive postseaso...

Beijing creates new national observance linking Taiwan to China’s wartime victory

China has designated Oct. 25 as the Commemoration Day of Taiwan’s Restoration, a new national observance intended to reinforce Beijing’s sov...

Kamala Harris signals 2028 presidential run: ‘I am not done’

Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has indicated she may seek the presidency again, telling the BBC, “I am not done,” during an interv...

Historian races to record fading memories of Japanese Americans at Topaz camp

As the number of surviving Japanese American World War II internees declines, oral historian Diana Tsuchida is intensifying her efforts to r...

Lighter skin not linked to desirability in Asian American dating, study finds

A speed-dating study by psychologisfound no evidence that lighter skin increases romantic desirability among Asian American singles. The res...

Dylan Harper and the ‘Asian Jokić’ headline new NBA class of Asian talent

Two of the NBA’s most anticipated rookies, Filipino American guard Dylan Harper and Chinese center Yang Hansen, are set to make their regula...

Chinese American Nobel laureate who pioneered modern particle theory dies at 103

Nobel laureate Chen Ning Yang, who spent decades advancing physics in both the U.S. and China, died in Beijing on Saturday at 103 due to ill...

Why Asian American women are more likely to develop dementia than men

Asian American women may face a higher lifetime risk of developing dementia than their male counterparts partly because men are more likely ...

Japanese American descendants bring baseball back to Manzanar incarceration camp

When baseball returned to Manzanar last year after more than eight decades, descendants of incarcerated Japanese Americans took the field on...

Florida politician censured for urging deportation of all Indians in US

Following weeks of public pressure, the Palm Bay City Council voted 3-2 on Oct. 16 to censure Council member Chandler Langevin for posting a...

Simu Liu says ‘Sleeping Dogs’ film script is finished

Simu Liu revealed over the weekend that the first draft of the script for the live-action adaptation of cult classic video game “Sleeping Do...

Daniel Dae Kim’s ‘Butterfly’ cancelled after one season

Prime Video has dropped “Butterfly,” the espionage series fronted by Daniel Dae Kim, ending one of the streamer’s largest Asia-based origina...

Chinese scientists achieve world’s 1st successful living pig-to-human liver transplant

In a world-first, Chinese researchers have successfully transplanted a genetically engineered pig liver into a living human, proving that a ...

Vietnam moves to enshrine pho as UNESCO cultural heritage

Vietnam is moving to nominate its beloved noodle soup pho for recognition by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage. The Ministry of Culture...

Better than Babe?: Shohei Ohtani settles the baseball GOAT debate

If there was ever any question of Shohei Ohtani’s greatness, Game 4 of the National League Championship Series answered it beyond a doubt. D...

Japanese American ‘Lady and the Tramp’ animator given lifetime achievement award

Veteran animator Willie Ito, who was incarcerated as a child at Utah’s Topaz War Relocation Center during World War II, has been honored wit...

Chloe Zhao calls her neurodivergence a ‘superpower’

Oscar-winning filmmaker Chloe Zhao described her neurodivergence as her “superpower” during a Screen Talk at the BFI London Film Festival on...

Asian Americans drive viewership but remain invisible in Hollywood: report

Asian Americans are watching, streaming and spending more than ever, yet remain largely unseen on screen, a new report from The Asian Americ...

Ukraine captures Indian man who allegedly served with Russian troops

Ukrainian forces have captured a 22-year-old Indian man identified as Majoti Sahil Mohamed Hussein, who allegedly fought with Russian units ...

Japan warns OpenAI over AI-generated anime rip-offs

The Japanese government has instructed OpenAI to prevent copyright violations after its Sora 2 video-generation tool produced clips imitatin...

San Francisco family of 4 found dead after losing home to foreclosure

A Vietnamese American couple and their two daughters were found dead inside their San Francisco home last week in what police described as a...

Des Moines to memorialize former governor and Southeast Asian refugees he welcomed

The Iowa Asian Alliance announced on Sept. 26 a landmark project in Des Moines to honor former Gov. Robert D. Ray and the Southeast Asian fa...

Milwaukee honors its Chinese Laundry Era

Milwaukee is recognizing its Chinese Laundry Era with a new historical marker at the YWCA-Southeast Wisconsin building on North King Drive, ...

Israel-Hamas deal sparks cautious optimism from Asian American leaders

President Donald Trump hailed the release of the final hostages held by Hamas as a “historic dawn of a new Middle East” after brokering a ce...

New Pope Leo XIV urges compassion for immigrants and poor in 1st papal exhortation

In his first major document as pope, Dilexi Te (I Have Loved You), Pope Leo XIV called on the world to confront inequality and embrace those...

USA Basketball men’s team appoints its 1st Asian American head coach

Filipino American NBA coach Erik Spoelstra has been officially named head coach of the U.S. men’s national basketball team, USA Basketball a...

Asian American ‘Love Is Blind’ contestants reveal how race still shapes dating

Patrick Suzuki and Anna Yuan’s experiences on “Love Is Blind Season 9” show how internalized bias and representation continue to influence a...

Leah Lewis speaks out following sexual assault allegation against ‘Matlock’ co-star

“Matlock” star Leah Lewis has spoken publicly for the first time since a sexual assault allegation she reported against her co-star David De...

Steven Cheung: Nobel Committee chose ‘politics over peace’ with Trump snub

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung accused the Norwegian Nobel Committee of putting “politics over peace” early Friday after ...

The FBI has a wizard problem

“Only the wise Wizard Kash could uncover the truth and save King Donald from the tangle of lies.” — “The Plot Against the King” When Rep. Ja...

Beijing denounces Taiwan president for ‘prostituting himself’ to Trump

Beijing accused Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te of “prostituting himself” to foreign powers after he praised U.S. President Donald Trump dur...

Mamdani faces backlash for condemning both Hamas and Israel

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani marked the second anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack by condemning Hamas’ “war crime” while ...

‘No Other Choice,’ ‘A Useful Ghost’ lead Asia’s Oscar submissions

South Korea’s tense thriller “No Other Choice,” Thailand’s surreal “A Useful Ghost” and Taiwan’s “Left-Handed Girl” headline Asia’s submissi...

Harvard appoints South Asian drag queen to teach on race and performance

Harvard University has appointed Kareem Khubchandani, a South Asian drag artist and associate professor at Tufts University, as the 2025–26 ...