Two Asian Americans Among NASA’s New Astronaut Candidates
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced their 12 candidate picks for their astronaut corps on Wednesday, and among their choices are two Asian American candidates. Dr....
View ArticleTo Post Or Not To Post: Internet Tips For College Hopefuls
Google yourself. Curate your online photos. The general rule of thumb, as one private high school advises its students: Don’t post anything you wouldn’t want your grandmother to see. Guidance...
View ArticleUN Says World Population Will Reach 9.8 Billion In 2050
A new U.N. report forecasts that the current world population of 7.6 billion will reach 9.8 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100. The report by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs’...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rules In Favor Of The Slants
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday struck down part of a law that bans offensive trademarks, ruling in favor of an Asian-American rock band called the Slants and giving a major boost to the...
View ArticleUS-South Korea Summit Exposes Spat On Trade, Resolve On North Korea
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump took South Korea to task over its trade surplus with the United States on Friday, demanding renegotiation of a bilateral pact, even as the close security allies...
View ArticleTrump Expresses Frustration With China Over North Korea Support
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump chastised China on Wednesday for doing too little to starve North Korea of funds and exert pressure over its nuclear pursuits, as his administration searched for new...
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Danielle Kang Wins KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — From a young age, Danielle Kang’s parents instilled in her the belief that anything was possible. Even major championships. Kang birdied the final hole to win the KPMG Women’s...
View ArticlePyeongchang Olympics Are Icy Path To Warmer Korean Relations
SEOUL — Tears and hugs after North and South Korean women won the 1991 team table tennis world championships. A standing ovation when athletes from the two Koreas marched together to open the 2000...
View ArticleSouth Korea’s President Seeks Talks With North’s Kim Jong Un
SEOUL — South Korea’s president reiterated he’s willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un even as he condemned the North’s first intercontinental ballistic missile test-launch this week as a...
View ArticleChinese Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo Dies At Age 61
SHENYANG, China — Imprisoned for all the seven years since he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Liu Xiaobo never renounced the pursuit of human rights in China, insisting on living a life of “honesty,...
View ArticleLiu Xiaobo’s Death Turns Focus To Widow’s Fate
BEIJING — Friends of the dissident who would become China’s first Nobel Peace Prize laureate had for decades urged him to leave the country that sent him to prison time and again. Liu Xiaobo always...
View ArticleSung Hyun Park Wins US Women’s Open
BEDMINSTER, N.J. — After weeks of uncertainty, the U.S. Women’s Open stopped being about President Donald Trump, his course and his views toward women and it turned out to be what the USGA wanted: a...
View ArticleUS To Ban Americans From Traveling To North Korea
WASHINGTON — American citizens will be barred from traveling to North Korea next month following a prohibition on using U.S. passports to enter the country, the State Department said Friday. Secretary...
View ArticleExplained: India and China Face Off In Border Standoff
NEW DELHI — It was the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan that sounded the alarm: Chinese soldiers had arrived with bulldozers and excavators, and were building a high-mountain road near India’s border —...
View ArticleA Talk With Trump On North Korea? After Vacation, Seoul Says
SEOUL — South Korea’s latest leader took office at an uneasy moment in his country’s history, inheriting the wreckage left by an ousted and excoriated predecessor. Among his lesser-noticed promises was...
View ArticleAsian Art Museum Sets Guinness Record For Largest Human Flower
Just in case you’re ever on a televised quiz show and are asked who holds the Guinness World Record for Largest Human Flower, let it be known that the record belongs to the Asian Art Museum in San...
View ArticlePhilippine President On Human Rights: Don’t Go There
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte met Monday with America’s top diplomat, where he voiced solidarity with the U.S. amid global concerns over North Korea’s nuclear program and...
View ArticleTrump, North Korea Trade Escalating Threats Of Fire
SEOUL, South Korea — In an exchange of threats, President Donald Trump warned Pyongyang of “fire and fury like the world has never seen” and the North’s military claimed Wednesday it was examining...
View ArticleCouple Buys One Of SF’s Most Affluent Streets
Is it possible to buy an entire city street? The homeowners of Presidio Terrace, a privately owned and exclusive gated community in San Francisco’s Presidio just had a harsh wake-up call. According to...
View ArticleGuam’s Tourism Popularity Unhurt By North Korea Threats
HAGATNA, Guam — Tourists haven’t been deterred from visiting the tropical island of Guam even though the U.S. territory has been the target of threats from North Korea during a week of angry words...
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