It’s that special time of the year again.  Pacific Ties, your favorite LA based, 31 year-old AAPI news-mag is back again with another issue.  Titled “Grassroots,” this issue explores your roots, my roots, and how …

Each week, Pacific Ties will be featuring a strip from “Two Item Combo,” a comic strip by Rickmond Wong, who is a Pacific Ties alumni from back in the day We dug this …

Comedian Joe Wong made his debut appearance on the Late Show Friday night.
Joe Wong immigrated to the US from China in 1995 and is now a fixture at comedy clubs in the Boston/New England area. …

Kal Penn (Harold and Kumar) leaves his recurring role on the popular Fox show, “House” to work as a liason between the Obama adminisration and the Asian constituency.
White House spokesman Shin Inouye said Tuesday that …

I tend to bookmark things on the intention of going back to read them … but sometimes I forget.  But back in 2006, TIME Magazine published this really cool feature on “60 Years of Asian …

When I was an exchange student in Hong Kong two years ago, I learned that in Asia, some people (usually the older generation) assume that to be “American” is to be white.
In Hong Kong, I chatted with some …

Have you ever noticed that many East Asians and Southeast Asians hold up a peace sign when posing for casual photos?
My first exposure to this was when I studied abroad in Hong Kong.  Almost without …

So I’ve been following the Kogi taco truck around for the past few weeks. On Twitter.
Kogi is the brainchild of Mark Manguera, whose fusion of Korean BBQ and the ubiquitous taco truck has created a …