After the fall of Saigon in 1975, Choy Vong had many things working against him. His father was the staff sergeant in the fifth infantry of the defeated South Vietnamese army.
Archive | Vol 29 No 20 | 5/15-5/21
In pursuit of the American Dream: Refugees risk life and family escaping from war-torn countries in order to carve out new lives in the United States
Posted on 13 May 2010.
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Hip hop dreams: Asian Americans artists on the difficulties they face breaking out into mainstream rap
Posted on 13 May 2010.
“Right now, we’re at a time when we’re just bubbling. When all Asian artists come together and start to realize each other’s work ethics, it’s going to be great,”
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Reunion for Philippine Scouts honors those who defended freedom during WWII
Posted on 13 May 2010.
Capt. Felipe Fernandez of the 26th Cavalry kept it in mind as Japanese mortar shells landed around him. He and his platoon were stranded in his homeland, the Philippines, during World War II.
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Attention: Construction on South Dearborn Street May 17
Posted on 13 May 2010.
During the week of May 17, Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) and its contractor, Gary Merlino Construction Company, will begin work to repave a major section
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New data on minority-owned businesses compiled by the Foster School released
Posted on 13 May 2010.
The University of Washington Foster School’s Business and Economic Development Center released the Washington Minority Small Business Survey. Now in its fourth year of publication, this is the only index of its kind aimed at tracking the financial health of small and minority owned-businesses in Washington.
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White House task force on minority contracting good for AAPIs
Posted on 13 May 2010.
President Barack Obama signed an executive order that will benefit Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities and AAPI business owners.
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Chinese AIDS activist flees to United States after harassment
Posted on 13 May 2010.
BEIJING (AP) — Wan Yanhai is used to being harassed by authorities, but the unwanted attention got steadily worse this year for the founder of a prominent Chinese AIDS advocacy group.
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Sen. Benigno Aquino III promises a lean and graft-free Philippine government
Posted on 13 May 2010.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine president-apparent and nominees to what he pledged would be a lean, graft-free Cabinet promised last Wednesday to travel overseas less, investigate corruption and renew peace talks on ending decades-long insurgencies.
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Taiwan’s unlikely hero: vegetable seller of market
Posted on 13 May 2010.
Described by Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou as Taiwan’s “ambassador with a loving heart,” 61-year-old Shu-chu Chen was selected as one of the
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Korean Olympic medalists banned in fix scandal
Posted on 13 May 2010.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Two South Korean Olympic medalists in short-track speed skating have been banned from competing for three years for their alleged involvement in a race-fixing scandal, a Korea Skating Union (KSU) official said on May 6.
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