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LAST CHANCE: 4-pack of Tickets to Formula Drift – Round 7, “Title Fight” in Irwindale, CA (L.A.)

Hey everyone – you have just 12 hours left to enter our Giveaway to win 4-pack of Tickets to Formula Drift – Round 7, “Title Fight” in Irwindale, CA (L.A.), provided by 8Asians and Formula DRIFT! Read this post for … Continue reading

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Instant Noodle Museum Opens In Japan

Nissin, the company who invented instant ramen, is celebrating their 40 years of success by opening a museum dedicated to noodles in Japan: “Up to 10,000sq m covers the museum grounds with visitors given the chance to create their own … Continue reading

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Chef Tai Lee Wins America’s Favorite Food Truck

With over 600 food trucks competing to be America’s Favorite Food Truck, America finally decided on who the winner is! Over four million voted and the winner is (drum rolls) Chef Tai’s Mobile Gourmet Food Truck from College Station, Texas! … Continue reading

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NTT DoCoMo Releases Smartphone Radiation “Jackets”

NTT DoCoMo has released a smartphone that comes with a radiation jacket. The company will “show off three kinds of ‘jacket’ for use with a model of smartphone loaded with the appropriate software. As well as radiation, the company said … Continue reading

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Hong Kong Mobs Its First Apple Store

Apparently, people don’t just camp out at Apple Stores in the United States Oh no – the Chinese have had lines for almost two days for the grand opening of their first Apple Store. Being that Apple’s products are the … Continue reading

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UC Berkeley Campus Republicans Plan Race-Based Bake Sale

From CNN: Berkeley Campus Republicans have developed “a sliding scale where the price of the cookie or brownie depends on your gender and the color of your skin … ‘The pricing structure is there to bring attention, to cause people … Continue reading

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Dan Choi To Reenlist After Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Repeal

After being discharged from the army after coming out, former officer and West Point grad Dan Choi says that he plans to reenlist after the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell in the US military. “Going back to the military … Continue reading

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Wanderlei Silva Replaces Vitor Belfort Against Cung Le in UFC 139

Vitor Belfort has been replaced by Pride and UFC icon Wanderlei Silva in the UFC 139 fight against Cung Le.  An injury has caused Belfort to withdraw, and you can see Dana White mention the change in this interview.  Silva … Continue reading

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LAST CHANCE: Opening Weekend Tickets for ‘City of Life and Death’ in SF

Hey everyone – you have just 1 hour left to enter our Giveaway to win Opening Weekend Tickets for ‘City of Life and Death’ in San Francisco, provided by 8Asians and Landmark Theatres! Read this post for more information, and … Continue reading

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Facebook’s Most Common Users Are Asian American Young Adult Females

Via Times of India: “Based on the profile of the type of Internet user who is most likely to use Facebook by the Nielsen report, the person is an Asian-American female between the age of 18 and 34, lives in … Continue reading

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Professor Continues to Advocate for Korean Studies Program

From Korea Times: “Professor Kim Yung-hee was an academic warrior who helped the Korean arts and literature department of Ohio State University in Columbus survive academic restructuring in the early 1990s…Nearly two decades later, Kim, currently director of the Center … Continue reading

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Michelle Le Search Finds Body, Identity Not Yet Confirmed

We have talked about  how Giselle Esteban was arrested for murder in the Michelle Le missing person case; investigators say that cell phone records show Giselle Esteban and Michelle Le’s phone both took similar paths to the Sunol Canyon area, … Continue reading

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