SEOUL — South Korea is hoping for answers Monday about its biggest scandal in years. At the center is Choi Soon-sil, a cult leader’s daughter with a decades-long connection […]
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AAPI Orgs Set Up Hotline For Asian American Voters
Two Asian Pacific American organizations are setting up in-language hotlines for Asian American voters in the week leading up to the presidential election. The Asian American Press reports that […]
South Korean Protestors Call For President To Step Down
SEOUL — South Korean President Park Geun-hye has ordered 10 of her senior secretaries to resign amid an investigation that she let an old friend, the daughter of a […]
Illinois Senator Apologizes To Duckworth For Asian Heritage, Military Career Comments
Sen. Mark Kirk, a Republican incumbent from Illinois, has drawn ire from his Democratic challenger Tammy Duckworth in the coming Senate race for remarks made during a debate Thursday […]
Japanese American doctor honored for AAPI mental health advocacy
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I tried to read every #ThisIs2016 tweet about the Asian American experience, but couldn’t finish because I kept tearing up
Over the last week, a hashtag was trending on Twitter for a community that I am an active part of, and that hit a little close to home: #ThisIs2016. […]
LAFD fire inspector Gayle Sonoda breaks the mold
“Firefighting in a nutshell is, we carry heavy stuff and then put it down, again and again,” Gayle Sonoda, a fire inspector with the Los Angeles Fire Department, said. […]
Ohio teacher put on leave for racist comment: ‘You Chinese are supposed to make computers’
A Fairfield, Ohio, high school teacher has been put on paid administrative leave and is being investigated after making racially charged comments toward a student of Asian heritage. The comment, […]
Jia Jia, world’s oldest-ever panda in captivity, dies at 38
HONG KONG — The world’s oldest-ever panda in captivity was euthanized Sunday at the Hong Kong theme park where she lived because her health had deteriorated. Ocean Park said […]
Trump has 7 percent of the Indian American vote
Despite recently announcing to the Indian American community that “they will be best friends,” a new survey found that only 7 percent of Indian American voters will support Donald […]
Teen convicted for murder of Chinese USC grad student
An 18-year-old woman was convicted Thursday in the death of a Chinese graduate student who was beaten to death by a group of people as he walked home after […]
