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1.15.2024

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How Asian is your Costco? Help us find SoCal’s most 'Asian Costco' for Lunar New Year
As the Lunar New Year approaches, the Los Angeles Times is asking some important questions: Which are the most "Asian Costcos" in SoCal? And how did Costco become such a hit in Asian American communities?

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Asian American eligible voters grew more than any other racial group since last presidential election
"The fact that Asian American eligible voter growth is five times that of the population overall is still striking and would seem to demand the attention of any campaign looking to expand its reach."

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How I honored the 300 who reached a refugee center in Asia only to die before trip to U.S.
Joseph Ruanto-Ramirez shares about working with the Khmer American community of San Diego to hold a ceremony for the nearly 300 refugees who were processed from 1980 to 1995 at the Philippine Refugee Processing Center in Morong, Bataan, Philippines, but died before they were able to cross the Pacific to come to the United States.

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Could 'Parasite' Star Lee Sun-kyun's Death Lead to a Social Reckoning in Korea?
The death of actor Lee Sun-Kyun, considered a suicide, has put a spotlight on Korea's current political and social climate, with potential ramifications for the country's status as a global soft superpower.

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An Open Letter to Independent Lens about "Beyond Utopia"
Concerned film producers say the documentary Beyond Utopia, which recently aired on PBS' Independent Lens, presents an unbalanced and inaccurate narrative about Korean history and North Korean society.

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Family drama and brutal fight scenes get equal footing in 'The Brothers Sun': 'It's a balancing act'
In Netflix's The Brothers Sun, which collides the Asian American family ethnoburb with gritty gangster action, the tone veers sharply from action to family drama to comedy and back again -- by design.

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Michelle Yeoh Still Kicks Ass (Not That We Ever Doubted It)
The Oscar winner on her new Netflix series, The Brothers Sun, and mothering onscreen and off.

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"Damn, lady!": "Brothers Sun" team on that ending, Michelle Yeoh's "torture" input and what's next
The Brothers Sun co-creator Byron Wu and director Viet Nguyen talk about Michelle Yeoh's power moves at the end of season one, and what could be next for the Sun clan in a possible second season.

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How Jenny Yang Scored Her First Action Role — Fighting Michelle Yeoh
Comedian Jenny Yang tells all about her path to Netflix's The Brothers Sun.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender showrunner opens up about making series without original creators
When Albert Kim first got the call from Netflix to work on the live-action series adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender, his reaction was basically "Hell yeah!" But then it was "Holy shit! Do I really want to do this?"