Asian Hall of Fame inducts 4 new members — UFC Fighter, “Black Widow” among...
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly The Robert Chinn Foundation inducted 4 new members to its Asian Hall of Fame for 2015. UFC Fighter Benson Henderson, billiards aficionado Jeanette “The Black...
View ArticleLETTER: Discussing the dangers of non-organic food with the Chinese community
My in-laws are Chinese and do not know about the dangers of non-organic food. They do not believe me when I tell them that eating non-organic food can be dangerous because the Chinese papers do not...
View ArticleReusing those extra papers is chic — Fashion recycling contest coming up!
Do you have extra papers lying around and have an urge to create something? The Northwest Asian Weekly will be hosting its annual fashion recycling contest on July 11. Here’s what some of our stylish...
View ArticleFriends mourn teen’s drowning in Lake Washington
Last month, May 25, a group of friends mourned the loss of 17-year-old Cuong Uong. Uong was swimming in Lake Washington this past weekend and his friends were not able to help the teen who was...
View ArticleKing and queens of beans — Part 3 of the ‘Soy series’
By Greg Young Northwest Asian Weekly Soybeans could be considered the king of beans. For over 5000 years soybeans have been cultivated and used as a source of food and drugs. Emperor Shen-nung of China...
View Article“Everything Before Us”
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Imagine your entire life governed by a number. Imagine spending most of your entire life in an office waiting endlessly to change that number. Imagine that...
View ArticleSIFF 2015 *DID* represent — A recap of featured Asian and Asian American films
By Tiffany Ran Northwest Asian Weekly Few film festivals in the country can rival the diversity and caliber of films than our own Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), which has for the past 41...
View ArticleA tisket, a tasket — Letters and loss
By Dipika Kohli Northwest Asian Weekly Midday. Overcast. Reading Man and His Symbols, Carl Jung. That and looking over a few photographs of rural Ireland, plus notes I made in those days, more than a...
View ArticleA-pop! Emma Stone, Asian?! — Victories at the Tony’s, ‘The Mindy Project’...
By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly The sun may be out in Seattle, but it’s definitely not shining in all parts of Hollywood! Read on to find out the latest pop culture news and media happenings...
View ArticleByeong-hun An — Not too big for birdies
By Andrew Kim Northwest Asian Weekly Byeong-hun An is a 23-year-old Korean golfer who will be a contender in the upcoming U.S. Open, held at Chambers Bay, Washington this year. An currently plays golf...
View ArticleSouth Korean team wins $2M in disaster-response robot test
POMONA, Calif. (AP) — The robots drove, walked trough rubble, climbed stairs, turned valves and sometimes fell, amid cheers and groans from a crowd of thousands at the Fairplex in Pomona, California....
View Article6th person dies of MERS virus in South Korea
By Tong-Hyung Kim Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A sixth person in South Korea has died of the MERS virus, as the government announced last week that it was strengthening measures to stem...
View ArticlePhilippines arrests British man wanted on child sex offenses
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A British man living in the Philippines for 10 years has been arrested to face charges he molested a 14-year-old boy in the United Kingdom, Filipino immigration authorities...
View ArticleChina focus turns on sleepy Jianli amid cruise ship disaster
By Christopher Bodeen Associated Press JIANLI, China (AP) — An influx of rescue workers, journalists and victims’ relatives is putting the sleepy town of Jianli on the map in a way that lifelong...
View ArticleIndia finalizes long-delayed land swap deal
By Julhas Alam Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — India and Bangladesh finalized a much-delayed land swap agreement to settle a long-running border dispute on June 6. The deal — initially...
View ArticleJustad’s film in the works
Jade Justad, a hapa Korean American filmmaker from Seattle is working on a short film “Creased” which is now in development. The film centers around an Asian American high school senior Kayla who is...
View ArticleChong and Liang collaborate for ARC Dance
Marie Chong, artistic director of ARC Dance, invited Edwaard Liang to Seattle to set a world premiere dance work for the company for the upcoming Summer Dance at the Center, July 16-18 and 23-25. Liang...
View ArticleWong-Mageo receives General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award
Captain Puletasi H. Wong-Mageo was one of the recipients of the 2014 General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award on May 29. The General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award recognizes company grade...
View ArticleYSEALI connects with Children’s Alliance
Yeo Bee Yin, from Malaysia, met May 28 with members of the Children’s Alliance in Seattle. Yin is a fellow of the Youth Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI). Fellows are interested in digital...
View ArticleHokoyama to receive JACL Presidential Award
The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) announced J.D. Hokoyama as a recipient of the 2015 JACL Presidential Award. Hokoyama served as a founding board member and President and CEO for Leadership...
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