Culture

Dinesh D’Souza criticized over ‘whiteys’ remark backing Ramaswamy

Conservative author Dinesh D’Souza is facing backlash after referring to white conservatives as “whiteys” in a Nov. 13 post on X. He made the remark while defen...

Ming-Na Wen reveals her 90-year-old mother still ‘insults’ her accomplishments

Culture

21 days ago

Ming-Na Wen reveals her 90-year-old mother still ‘insults’ her accomplishments

Accomplished actor Ming-Na Wen, who has starred in several high-profile projects including “The Mandalorian,” “The Book of Boba Fett” and Disney’s 1998 animated...

Blackpink’s ‘Most Influential Women’ Asia ranking reflects rising K-pop power

Culture

October 24, 2025

Blackpink’s ‘Most Influential Women’ Asia ranking reflects rising K-pop power

K-pop’s global ascent reached a new benchmark with Blackpink securing the No. 1 position on Fortune’s inaugural “Most Influential Women” Asia ranking, underscor...

Vietnam moves to enshrine pho as UNESCO cultural heritage

Culture

October 22, 2025

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, Sports and Tourism...

RFK Jr. links video games, antidepressants to US mass shootings

Crime

September 15, 2025

RFK Jr. links video games, antidepressants to US mass shootings

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reaffirmed his claims that violent video games and psychiatric medications may be contributing to...

Former model Kaila Yu exposes the violent roots of Asian fetishization in debut memoir

Beauty

September 2, 2025

Former model Kaila Yu exposes the violent roots of Asian fetishization in debut memoir

Kaila Yu’s debut memoir “Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty” hit shelves Aug. 19, confronting what the former pinup model calls the...

Terminal Island’s last Japanese American buildings are under threat

Asian American History

May 16, 2025

Terminal Island’s last Japanese American buildings are under threat

The last two surviving buildings from a once-thriving Japanese American fishing village in Terminal Island, Los Angeles, have been included in the National Trus...

Just B’s Bain is 1st K-pop idol in a boy group to come out as gay

Culture

April 28, 2025

Just B’s Bain is 1st K-pop idol in a boy group to come out as gay

Just B member Bain made history this week by becoming the first K-pop idol in a boy group to publicly come out as gay during the group’s “Just Odd” concert in L...

Las Vegas area welcomes its first Filipino Town

Community

April 23, 2025

Las Vegas area welcomes its first Filipino Town

After years of community efforts, commissioners in Nevada’s Clark County unanimously voted to establish the Las Vegas area’s first Filipino cultural district al...

Historic ‘The Voice’ win highlights Filipino excellence in singing

Culture

December 24, 2024

Historic ‘The Voice’ win highlights Filipino excellence in singing

Sofronio Vasquez has achieved what many musicians and singers in the Philippines — including myself, a frustrated band vocalist — have always dreamed of. Vasque...