Seattle on the list for President Xi Jinping?
By Staff Seattle will be one of the destinations for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States in September, according to a Taiwanese news website. Rumors have been flying for the past...
View ArticleWhat does the ID need? — Attention
The headline above may be a somewhat misleading statement because the International District (ID) has recently received a lot of attention, due to the death/homicide of Donnie Chin, hookah lounge...
View ArticleEver-changing headlines — Maybe priorities should be gun control
Donnie Chin was murdered from shots fired by a gun. That is the damn issue here, another human life lost by a gun-toting killer. The Asian Pacific American communities need to step up to the National...
View ArticleManaging growth and respecting the past — Nikkei Concerns will soon be Keiro...
By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly “To improve is to change, to be perfect is to change often.” –Winston Churchill On Jan. 1, 2016, Nikkei Concerns, founded in 1975 by second-generation Japanese...
View ArticleClassic rebel — JooWan Kim’s hip-hop ensemble comes to Seattle
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly JooWan Kim, a native of South Korea and longtime resident of the San Francisco Bay area, doesn’t remember having a huge affinity for popular music as a youth....
View ArticleHelping historically hidden communities — State of undocumented APIs three...
By Marissa Vichayapai Special to Northwest Asian Weekly Three years after the start of Deferred Action for Child Arrivals (DACA), a federal program which provides certain undocumented immigrants...
View ArticleLorraine Yu’s Vision — Developing Asian Pacific Business Leadership
By Ador Pereda Yano Northwest Asian Weekly For Dr. Lorraine Yu, the best response to the difficulties of growing up in a small Midwest community — more specifically, in a small predominantly white...
View ArticleSpeed dating draws millennials to local library
By Jocelyn Moore Northwestern Asian Weekly While speed dating may not be at the top of your list of date ideas, it may be a trending way to meet new people soon, at least at your local libraries. The...
View ArticleMaking more than a monetary contribution
Compiled by Andrew Kim NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The Women of Color Empowered is proud to honor women in the Pacific Northwest who have made significant contributions to our communities. We are honored to...
View ArticleBe careful what you write! — Love letters never meant to be sent and taking...
By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Murder on Bamboo Lane By Naomi Hirahara Berkley, 2014 Ellie Rush is a bicycle cop for the Los Angeles Police Department. And while she just wants to help those...
View ArticleHong’s Garden closes — Joy and sadness
After 59 years in the restaurant business, Faye Hong, a community leader, finally closed Hong’s Garden Restaurant in Renton on Aug. 29. Many customers dined at Hong’s Garden during the last two...
View ArticleJapan scraps Olympic logo over plagiarism allegation
By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Olympic organizers on Tuesday decided to scrap the logo for the 2020 Games following another allegation its Japanese designer might have used...
View ArticleMothers, students join Japan’s protests over security bills
By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Mothers holding their children’s hands stood in the sprinkling rain, holding up anti-war placards, while students chanted slogans against Prime Minister...
View ArticleImmigration shift shows India, China outpacing Mexico
By Jamie Stengle Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Siddharth Jaganath wanted to return to India after earning his master’s degree at Texas’ Southern Methodist University. Instead, he built a new life in...
View ArticleSeattle AAJA awarded
AAJA Seattle chapter received two awards at the national AAJA convention held in San Francisco in August. Mai Hoang received chapter president of the year and AAJA received the chapter of the year...
View ArticlePaper Angels
“Paper Angels,” written by Genny Lin and directed by David Hsieh premiered in the Pacific Northwest this August. The script explores immigration, race, human trafficking, and relationships. The...
View ArticleRefugees get health care boost from PDA grant to ICHS
Eastside patients who are traditionally underserved when it comes to health care, including low income, non-English speaking, and uninsured and underinsured immigrants and refugees, will receive help...
View ArticleYay for Yees!
California State Controller Bettie Yee recognized out going top National Yee officers at the 25th U.S. National Yee Convention held on August 1 -5, 2015 in Boston. (end) No related content found. The...
View ArticleLuncheon on politics
On Aug. 7, The Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce held a luncheon at New Hong Kong Restaurant to discuss the topic: Is Politics Good for Business? Julien Loh, Theresa Pan Hosley, Phillip Sit,...
View ArticleEmployment
Chinese Information and Service Center is looking for the following positions: F/T Support Service Specialistto provideperson-centered support, information, referral and direct assistance to ethnic...
View Article
