Thursday 22nd June 2017,
By Louis Chan
AsAmNews National Correspondent
Racist sentiments die hard, and now a veteran award winning journalist is out of a job because of it.
Unfortunately a moment of pure joy and ecstasy has been dampened by by an unfortunate and inexcusable tweet from a journalist Terry Frei of the Denver Post.
It was … Read more
File photo of Filipino American veterans
KING-TV reports Julian Nichols will be honored for his role in helping to free 500 American prisoners from the Cabanatuan prison camp in the Philippines in 1945.
Nichols … Read more
The traumatic experience of being incarcerated behind barbed wire for simply being Japanese is still a tough subject to talk about for some who lived through it .
200 Japanese Americans held a reunion at the Santa Anita Racetrack this past weekend to renew friendships and relive memories.
They were imprisoned there before being transferred … Read more
Half-Chinese author Jamie Ford has signed on to work with film producers to turn his bestselling novel Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet into a movie, reports KRTV. Ford has even agreed to write the screenplay adaptation himself, something that not many authors choose to do.
The historical fiction novel is a … Read more
This picture, captured from the Japanese, shows American prisoners using improvised litters to carry those of their comrades who, from the lack of food or water on the march from Bataan, fell along the road. Philippines, May 1942
Despite rainy skies, dozens took part in a military wreath laying ceremony in San Francisco’s Presidio to … Read more
The Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, seen here in the Huntington, Calif. parade, will be be part of the
Tournament of Roses Parade for the first time.
By Ed Diokno
Greg Louganis will be one of the grand marshals for the 128th Tournament of Roses Parade on Monday, Jan. 2. He is the first American of … Read more
By Dorothea Lange Credit: National Archives and Records Administration [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Asian Americans are expressing outrage at the recent publication in the LA Times newspaper of letters condoning the World War II wartime act of Japanese American incarceration, reports NextShark.
Issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt … Read more
#FilAmVets bill now goes to @POTUS for his signature. Thinking of all the vets & families I’ve met throughout this journey pic.twitter.com/YNiWr5l9Ap
— Senator Mazie Hirono (@maziehirono) November 30, 2016
Awesome and overdue news https://t.co/xg3VcjGjsM
— AsAmNews (@AsAmNews) November 30, 2016
By Ed Diokno
In the late afternoon of Wednesday, Nov. 30, the House passed … Read more
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii urges passage of HR2737.
By Ed Diokno
This is a critical time for Filipino veterans of World War II in their quest for recognition. If they are to get the Congressional Gold Medal for their service, the act that would grant them that honor would have to be passed before … Read more
The story of how Sgt. Jose Calugas of the Philippine Scouts, a U.S. Army unit, earned the U.S. Medal of Honor
may be included in California’s new textbooks.
By Ed Diokno
Asians Applying to Ivy League Schools Advised to Appear ‘Less Asian’ 
UPDATED: Three Asian Americans Killed in UPS Killing Spree in San Francisco 
Sports Talk Host Stunned to Learn Oriental is Offensive 
The Forgotten Asian American Hero Behind Loving V.S. Virginia 
Asian American Actors Wield Influence on Hollywood & Social Media 
Kim Parker said:
RE: Sports Talk Host Stunned to Learn Oriental is Offensive: Yes, I have the same experience. I did not learn that the term w ...
Joe said:
RE: Sports Talk Host Stunned to Learn Oriental is Offensive: Not saying it justifies it, just meant to say I'm not surprised. ...
Steve S said:
RE: Sports Talk host stunned to Learn Oriental is Offensive: I think they also have no idea that the vast majority, if not al ...
Steve S said:
RE: Sports talk host stunned to learn Oriental is offensive: I don't know if this is supposed to justify it, but it doesn't ...
Joe said:
RE: Sports talk host Stunned to Learn Oriental is Offensive: Every white person that I've met around his age has no idea the ...
Tom said:
RE: The Slants win huge U.S. Supreme Court First Amendment Case: Nobody really knows if this is a good or bad thing for the A ...
Joe said:
RE: Sandra Oh Snags Starring Role in New TV Series: What are the odds that all of her love interests on the show will be whit ...
Ally said:
RE: Asian Americans Push back Against Asian Privilege: Glad more young people are speaking up. ...