A prominent Denver-based Japanese American doctor has been chosen to be honored with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award for Health Equity for her outstanding advocacy of mental health […]
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Asian American Orgs Hand Fox News Execs Letter, Petition On Chinatown Segment
Members of 134 Asian Pacific American organizations met with Fox News executives on Tuesday to hand over a community letter and petition with over 24,000 signatures in response to […]
Couples Cooking Kimchi Pasta
Come along with John and Ami as we follow them on a trip to Zion Market, and back to the kitchen, where they cook up a plate of delicious, spicy […]
San Francisco State announces $1.5 million AAPI grant
San Francisco State University recently announced a five-year, $1.5 million program designed to assist low-income AAPI students funded by federal government. The goals of the Asian American and Pacific […]
Minjee Lee wins Blue Bay LPGA
On Sunday, Minjee Lee won the Blue Bay LPGA tournament, securing her second victory this year. The 20-year-old Korean Australian bested the American Jessica Korda by a single stroke […]
Benefit for Asian breast cancer brings together fashion, music, art
Lexus Night at the Gallery, a benefit for the National Asian Breast Cancer Initiative, took place on Oct. 15 at Beverly Hills’ Ace Gallery with a goal of raising […]
Justin Lin to helm digital series ‘Knight Rider’ reboot
Digital network Machinima will be giving the iconic “Knight Rider” series a makeover with the help of filmmaker Justin Lin. Machinima said it will work with Lin, YOMYOMF (You Offend Me, […]
Live from the Kore Studio: “What Am I Becoming?” by POP ETC
The indie-rock/synthpop trio POP ETC – comprising brothers Christopher and Jonathan Chu and drummer Julian Harmon – stopped by our studio recently to perform a few acoustic versions from […]
‘The Handmaiden’ director: ‘We are now in an era where we don’t have to be afraid to tell stories like this’
Park Chan-wook has always loved old stories. He means myths and legends and folk tales, stories that pit humans against the forces of fate. That battle is at the […]
7 times Ming-Na Wen played a total badass
If you weren’t already aware. 1. That time she was an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Melinda May? More like Melinda Bae. For Ming-Na’s current flock of fans, her role in “Agents of […]
Jeremy Lin talks race in the NBA on radio show
NBA drama? Brooklyn Nets point guard Jeremy Lin alluded to former New York Knicks teammate J.R. Smith after being asked about possible instigators of racial issues on the Boomer & […]
Who should play Mulan in the live-action movie?
Join host and comedian Kristina Wong as she takes to the streets of Little Tokyo in Los Angeles in search of the answer everyone’s been dying to know: Who […]
Disney announces AAPI scholarship for college students
The Walt Disney Company announced Friday it will commit $500,000 to the Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund to support high-achieving AAPI college students. The funds will provide […]
Sony under heat for hiring non-Asian director for ‘Mulan’
Sony Pictures’ live-action remake of “Mulan” – a separate project from Disney’s version – has named Alex Graves as its director, despite previous reports that the studio was looking to […]
Drink Bruce Tea and become Bruce Lee
Shannon Lee is the daughter of Bruce Lee. She is also an actress, martial artist, mother and the owner of Bruce Tea, a unique line of teas based on […]
