K-pop soloist and former BIGBANG leader G-Dragon, 35, has been booked by the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency for illegal drug use, according to South Korean media. YG Entertainment's response: While G-Dragon has not been detained, he is expected to be questioned in the coming days, according to Yonhap News. His former management, YG Entertainment, told reporters that it is “difficult to officially respond as he's not an artist belonging to our company.
An Asian Studies class at the University of California (UC) Berkeley offered extra credit to students if they attended a student walkout to show solidarity with Palestine. Extra credit: In the now-viral email shared on X, teaching assistant Victoria Huynh instructs students to participate in a "national student walkout" against the "settler-colonial occupation of Gaza.”
Shabu-Shabu House, an icon in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo and reportedly the first restaurant of its kind in the United States, has already closed its doors after 32 years of serving the community. Sad announcement: Masako and Yoshinobu Maruyama, the restaurant's owners, broke the news in an Instagram post on Saturday, revealing that their lease will end on Tuesday. The owners also noted that the demolition of their business had already begun on Friday and is expected to be finished on the day of their lease expiration.
President Joe Biden affirmed the U.S. government’s commitment to defend the Philippines in the event of any attack by China following recent maritime collisions in the disputed South China Sea. Biden's commitment: In remarks made during a White House press conference along with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday, Biden invoked the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty, which binds the two nations to jointly defend themselves against external armed attacks. “I want to be very clear: The United States’ defense commitment to the Philippines is ironclad,” Biden said.
Tai chi, an ancient, "internal" Chinese martial art focused on slow, intentional movements, may help curb the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease for several years, a new study from China shows. About Parkinson’s disease: Parkinson’s disease is a progressive, neurodegenerative disorder characterized by symptoms such as slowness of movement, resting tremors and stiff muscles. Key findings: Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine found that patients who practiced tai chi twice a week for an hour showed a slower disease progression and less complications than those who did not.