By Mark Lee Northwest Asian Weekly Editor’s note: This is the launch of a new monthly Northwest Asian Weekly opinion column by Mark Lee. Each month, Lee will raise topical questions and discuss issues that may be relevant to our readers. Note that, in writing for the NWAW, Lee is not representing the viewpoints of [...]
Archive | Vol 28 No 22 | 5/23 – 5/29
Column: Before voting for King County executive, consider a past racial discrimination lawsuit
Posted on 21 May 2009.
Posted in Column: You Talkin' to Me?, Opinion, Vol 28 No 22 | 5/23 - 5/291 Comment
Editorial: You voiced your concerns and the bus route stayed!
Posted on 21 May 2009.
Earlier this year, Metro Transit proposed cutting back bus service in Southeast Seattle, perhaps eliminating the bus route 42, the only route that goes from downtown through the ID, and to Rainier Beach.
Posted in Editorials, Opinion, Vol 28 No 22 | 5/23 - 5/292 Comments
Northwest Asian Weekly at SIFF!
Posted on 21 May 2009.
Film reviews of the good, the great, and the ones you absolutely can’t miss “Daytime Drinking,” South Korea Reviewed by James Tabafunda
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, At the Movies, Vol 28 No 22 | 5/23 - 5/290 Comments
The White House, people, and all that jazz!
Posted on 21 May 2009.
By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Photos taken by George Liu. Can ordinary folks see the White House? Yes, and it doesn’t even cost you a penny.
Posted in Lifestyle, Travel, Vol 28 No 22 | 5/23 - 5/299 Comments
Singapore’s gay community holds first-ever rally
Posted on 21 May 2009.
SINGAPORE (AP) — The gay community in tightly controlled Singapore held its first-ever rally on Saturday, May 16, taking advantage of looser laws on public gatherings to call for equality.
Posted in News, Vol 28 No 22 | 5/23 - 5/29, World News0 Comments
Yet-to-open sex park demolished in China
Posted on 21 May 2009.
By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — This investment turned out to be as risky as it was risque.
Posted in News, Vol 28 No 22 | 5/23 - 5/29, World News0 Comments
Officials: Philippines has 1.1M illegal firearms
Posted on 21 May 2009.
By Jim Gomez The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines needs tougher laws to deal with the more than 1 million illegal firearms in the country, some of which may have been smuggled in from Afghanistan for use by Muslim guerrillas, officials said Monday, May 18.
Posted in News, Vol 28 No 22 | 5/23 - 5/29, World News1 Comment
Malaysian Indians stuck with dictionary’s ethnic slur
Posted on 21 May 2009.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — An ethnic Malaysian Indian group has lost a legal bid to remove a word considered offensive from a government-published dictionary, a lawyer said on Friday, May 15.
Posted in News, Vol 28 No 22 | 5/23 - 5/29, World News0 Comments
Sri Lanka says civil war over, rebel leader killed
Posted on 21 May 2009.
By Ravi Nessman The Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Following three bloody decades of civil war, Sri Lanka faces the daunting task of trying to reconcile and rebuild after its troops routed the last Tamil Tiger separatist rebels on Monday, May 18, and killed their feared leader.
Posted in News, Vol 28 No 22 | 5/23 - 5/29, World News0 Comments
Miracle baby stuns the world again
Posted on 21 May 2009.
By Kids Without Borders For Northwest Asian Weekly Dubbed the miracle baby, Vietnamese toddler Thien Nhan Phung, who was abandoned at birth and brutally mauled by wild animals, has once again lived up to his name. It was believed that Phung’s testicles had been severed in the attack.
Posted in Community News, News, Vol 28 No 22 | 5/23 - 5/29, World News0 Comments
