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Convenience stores focus on Southeast Asian customers

Southeast Asian migrant workers grapple with bleak Middle East prospects

Where Southeast Asians really want to live, work and travel

Mass media commonly portrays Southeast Asia as an exciting, adventure-fuelled and culturally rich region – if often an exoticised one – for inhabitants and visitors alike. The fina...

The overlooked history of Asian Americans and the struggle for belonging

Asian Americans are the fastest-growing demographic group in the U.S., but across American history, their stories and the discrimination they faced have often been overlooked. For...

Asian surnames have been the fastest-growing in US

The most popular last names in the U.S. might be unchanged from the previous decade, but Asian surnames were the fastest-growing at the start of this decade, the U.S. Census Bureau...

Miami: A Failure of the Assimilation Model

Advocates on the libertarian and pro-business right often claim that cultural change caused by immigration is temporary. They insist that today’s immigrants will eventually melt in...

History made: Garland elects first-ever Vietnamese American to city council

As we continue to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month, the city of Garland is celebrating a milestone, adding even more significance to the month of May. Jimmy Tran has recently made...

Birthright citizenship debate highlights Asian history

It came as no surprise that the discussion of birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court this week focused on the landmark 1898 precedent set by Wong Kim Ark, which ruled that a c...

Birthright citizenship debate highlights Asian history

It came as no surprise that the discussion of birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court this week focused on the landmark 1898 precedent set by Wong Kim Ark, which ruled that a c...

Birthright citizenship debate highlights Asian history

It came as no surprise that the discussion of birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court this week focused on the landmark 1898 precedent set by Wong Kim Ark, which ruled that a c...

As H-1B rules tighten, Seattle’s immigrant tech workers weigh leaving the U.S.

In 2014, Abhishek Abhyankar moved from Pune, India, to Blacksburg, Va., for graduate school. After getting his master’s degree, he made his way to Seattle, where he got a job, sett...

The Frisco Test: What Happened in One Texas Suburb Signals a National Shift

Earlier this month, an Indian slate ran for Frisco City Council and school board: Sreekanth Reddy, Vijay Karthik and others. Every one of them lost. As it turns out, in America, y...

How TikTok is driving American expats to Southeast Asia

Americans who moved to Vietnam and Thailand say their lives are now lower-stress and lower-cost. But glamorous videos on TikTok don't tell the whole story.

Vietnam overtakes Philippines and Indonesia in height, ranks 4th in Southeast Asia

Vietnamese men have grown 3.7 cm and women 2.6 cm over the past decade to rank fourth in Southeast Asia, an expert said at a public health campaign launch in Hanoi.

TeachAAPI brings Asian American history and joy to CCSD classrooms

In Anna Comia’s third-grade classroom at Ortwein Elementary School, more than half of the children have Asian or Pacific Islander heritage.

Trump’s overseas application for US green card rule unnerves Asian workers

A new US immigration policy could force many green card applicants to leave the country and apply from abroad, disrupting families, careers and long-term settlement plans for Asian...

Asian surnames have grown fastest in US: Census report

The most popular last names in the U.S might be unchanged from the previous decade, but Asian surnames were the fastest-growing at the start of this decade, the U.S. Census Bureau...

Asian Heritage Month: 40 years of flavour and family at New Asian Village

Like many immigrants who settle in Canada, Harmeet Kapur started New Asian Village from scratch in a new country, with little money and little stability. 

How immigrants shaped Atlanta’s dining scene

I’ve tasted plenty of trendy “fusion” food in Atlanta—much of it contrived. (Grits sushi, anyone?) Today’s chefs, many second-generation immigrants, are modernizing their menus wit...

Southeast Asia’s climate; Singaporeans and a work ethic stereotype: 7 Asia highlights

We have selected seven stories from the SCMP’s coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more o...

Hundreds of Vietnamese deported from US receive aid back home

Vietnamese authorities have received hundreds of citizens deported from the U.S., Cambodia and other countries during the first five months of 2026, providing them with residency s...

Asian American communities report delaying care due to cost, recent immigration policies

SAN FRANCISCO — There are substantial gaps in access to care and screening for conditions like hepatitis B, diabetes and tuberculosis among Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Paci...

Southeast Asian street food sellers hit by soaring packaging costs