» Vol 32 No 7 | 2/9-2/15 http://www.nwasianweekly.com Mon, 20 May 2013 10:59:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Kendee Yamaguchi hired as Director of Policy, Legislative Affairs, and External Relations of the Attorney General’s office http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/kendee-yamaguchi-hired-as-director-of-policy-legislative-affairs-and-external-relations-of-the-attorney-generals-office/ http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/kendee-yamaguchi-hired-as-director-of-policy-legislative-affairs-and-external-relations-of-the-attorney-generals-office/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:08:03 +0000 admin http://www.nwasianweekly.com/?p=19151 Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the hiring of Kendee Yamaguchi as Director of Policy, Legislative Affairs, and External Relations on Tuesday, Feb. 5. As the executive director of the Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs, Yamaguchi served as a small agency cabinet member and advised the governor, state agencies, the Legislature, and local [...]

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]]> http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/japanese-consul-general-ota-to-end-seattle-diplomatic-mission/feed/ 0 Kin On announces new board of director members http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/kin-on-announces-new-board-of-director-members/ http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/kin-on-announces-new-board-of-director-members/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:05:02 +0000 admin http://www.nwasianweekly.com/?p=19147 Kin On Community Health Care and the Kin On Health Care Center announced new additions to their board directors and new executive officers during their annual meeting on Dec. 4, 2012. New board members include Christin Chou, Billy Chow, Susana Lee, Rosa Leung, and Anita Woo. Executive Committee officers are President Katty Chow, 1st Vice [...]

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]]> http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/kin-on-announces-new-board-of-director-members/feed/ 0 Mayor McGinn kicks off campaign in South Seattle http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/mayor-mcginn-kicks-off-campaign-in-south-seattle/ http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/mayor-mcginn-kicks-off-campaign-in-south-seattle/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:03:45 +0000 admin http://www.nwasianweekly.com/?p=19145 Mayor McGinn kicked off his re-election campaign on January 9 at an event hosted at the Filipino Community Center in South Seattle. The event opened with a speech by campaign co-chair Estella Ortega, who is also executive director of El Centro de la Raza. Other speakers and attendees included former State Rep. Kip Tokuda and [...]

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]]> http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/mayor-mcginn-kicks-off-campaign-in-south-seattle/feed/ 0 Chinese truck explosion caused by illegal fireworks http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/chinese-truck-explosion-caused-by-illegal-fireworks/ http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/chinese-truck-explosion-caused-by-illegal-fireworks/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:09:34 +0000 admin http://www.nwasianweekly.com/?p=19153 By Didi Tang The Associated Press BEIJING, China (AP) — A truck that exploded and caused an elevated stretch of a highway to collapse in central China, killing 10 people, was loaded with holiday fireworks that were illegally produced and transported, authorities said Saturday, Feb. 2. Local authorities have shut down the company that made [...]

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]]> http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/chinese-truck-explosion-caused-by-illegal-fireworks/feed/ 0 Licenses, college aid shape Washington immigration debate http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/licenses-college-aid-shape-washington-immigration-debate/ http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/licenses-college-aid-shape-washington-immigration-debate/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:02:23 +0000 admin http://www.nwasianweekly.com/?p=19143 By Manuel Valdes The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Emboldened by the critical role minorities played in the November elections, immigrant rights advocates in Olympia want to play offense this year. Activists are pushing lawmakers to provide state college financial aid for young immigrants who’ve won temporary resident status, and they’re seeking to overhaul local [...]

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]]> http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/licenses-college-aid-shape-washington-immigration-debate/feed/ 1 Vietnam deports US activist who was held for 9 months http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/vietnam-deports-us-activist-who-was-held-for-9-months/ http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/vietnam-deports-us-activist-who-was-held-for-9-months/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:00:24 +0000 admin http://www.nwasianweekly.com/?p=19141 By Shaya Tayefe Mohajer The Associated Press LOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) — A Vietnamese American accused of conspiring to overthrow Vietnam’s communist government smiled broadly as he reunited with his family after he was deported back to the United States. Nguyen Quoc Quan, who had been detained for nine months, was greeted by his wife, [...]

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]]> http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/vietnam-deports-us-activist-who-was-held-for-9-months/feed/ 0 5 accused men plead not guilty in India gang rape http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/5-accused-men-plead-not-guilty-in-india-gang-rape/ http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/5-accused-men-plead-not-guilty-in-india-gang-rape/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:58:37 +0000 admin http://www.nwasianweekly.com/?p=19139 By Nirmala George The Associated Press NEW DELHI, India (AP) — Five men pleaded not guilty Saturday, Feb. 2 after being formally indicted in a special court on 13 charges, including rape and murder, in the fatal gang rape of a woman in a New Delhi bus, a lawyer said. The men signed statements in [...]

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]]> http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/5-accused-men-plead-not-guilty-in-india-gang-rape/feed/ 0 Al-Qaida-linked militants free 2 Filipino hostages http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/al-qaida-linked-militants-free-2-filipino-hostages/ http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/al-qaida-linked-militants-free-2-filipino-hostages/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:56:51 +0000 admin http://www.nwasianweekly.com/?p=19137 By Jim Gomez The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Abu Sayyaf gunmen have freed two Filipino members of a Jordanian TV journalist’s crew who were kidnapped by the al-Qaida-linked militants last year, as they set out to interview the extremists in their jungle lairs in the southern Philippines, police said Sunday, Jan. 31. Policemen [...]

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]]> http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/al-qaida-linked-militants-free-2-filipino-hostages/feed/ 0 Ex-aides trial puts Chinese American politician in spotlight http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/ex-aides-trial-puts-chinese-american-politician-in-spotlight/ http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/ex-aides-trial-puts-chinese-american-politician-in-spotlight/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:53:54 +0000 admin http://www.nwasianweekly.com/?p=19135 By Jennifer Peltz and Larry Neumeister The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Chinese American mayoral hopeful’s reputation and popularity may be at stake when his former campaign treasurer and fundraiser go on trial this week on charges of conspiring to break campaign finance laws to raise more money for him. City Comptroller John [...]

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]]> http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/ex-aides-trial-puts-chinese-american-politician-in-spotlight/feed/ 0 Tensions linger over US ‘comfort women’ plaques http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/tensions-linger-over-us-comfort-women-plaques/ http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/tensions-linger-over-us-comfort-women-plaques/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:49:31 +0000 admin http://www.nwasianweekly.com/?p=19132 By Staff The Associated Press HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — After noticing plaques at the local courthouse commemorating slavery, the Holocaust, and other atrocities, Korean American community leader Chejin Park had the idea of adding a tribute to the “comfort women” of World War II. To his surprise, the gesture to honor the more than 200,000 [...]

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]]> http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/tensions-linger-over-us-comfort-women-plaques/feed/ 0 2 Calif. chefs charged with serving whale http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/2-calif-chefs-charged-with-serving-whale/ http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/2-calif-chefs-charged-with-serving-whale/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:48:01 +0000 admin http://www.nwasianweekly.com/?p=19130 By Staff The Associated Press LOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) — A now-shuttered Southern California sushi restaurant and two of its chefs were indicted on conspiracy and other charges for allegedly serving illegal and endangered whale meat, authorities said Friday, Feb. 1. Federal prosecutors said sushi chefs Kiyoshiro Yamamoto and Susumu Ueda ordered the whale meat [...]

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]]> http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/2-calif-chefs-charged-with-serving-whale/feed/ 0 Energy Secretary Chu to step down http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/energy-secretary-chu-to-step-down/ http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/energy-secretary-chu-to-step-down/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:44:31 +0000 admin http://www.nwasianweekly.com/?p=19128 By Matthew Daly The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who won a Nobel Prize in physics but came under questioning for his handling of a solar energy loan, is stepping down. Chu offered his resignation to President Barack Obama in a letter Friday, Feb. 1. He said he will stay [...]

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]]> http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/us-targets-korean-birth-tourists/feed/ 0 Taking the Last Stand http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/taking-the-last-stand/ http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/taking-the-last-stand/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:56:30 +0000 admin http://www.nwasianweekly.com/?p=19111 By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Many people were curious about “The Last Stand” because it marks action superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first return to the silver screen since leaving office as governor of California. However, I was reluctant to watch another film from South Korean director Ji-woon Kim, since I gave his gore-drowned film “I [...]

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]]> http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/love-its-complicated/feed/ 1 BLOG: Modernizing my Lunar New Year dinner http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/blog-modernizing-my-lunar-new-year-dinner/ http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/blog-modernizing-my-lunar-new-year-dinner/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:48:03 +0000 admin http://www.nwasianweekly.com/?p=19105 By Assunta Ng When I was a child, I followed some silly Lunar New Year traditions. My family wouldn’t bathe on the first day because in Chinese culture, it is believed that all your wealth will be washed away. We wouldn’t clean our house either, because we’d be doomed to lose our fortune. But there’s [...]

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]]> http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/blog-modernizing-my-lunar-new-year-dinner/feed/ 0 BLOG: A Night at the Executive Excellence Awards http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/blog-a-night-at-the-executive-excellence-awards/ http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/blog-a-night-at-the-executive-excellence-awards/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:40:07 +0000 admin http://www.nwasianweekly.com/?p=19102 By Assunta Ng Normally, when I’m invited to a mainstream event, I have high expectations for their program and networking opportunities, but low expectations for their diversity. Don’t blame me, that’s the way many events are in Seattle — white and exclusive. I am usually one of the few women of color. But the Seattle [...]

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]]> http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/blog-a-night-at-the-executive-excellence-awards/feed/ 0 TAM sale of Chinese treasures upsets donors — Museum sells collection of jades and robes http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/tam-sale-of-chinese-treasures-upsets-donors-museum-sells-collection-of-jades-and-robes/ http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/tam-sale-of-chinese-treasures-upsets-donors-museum-sells-collection-of-jades-and-robes/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:12:25 +0000 admin http://www.nwasianweekly.com/?p=19120 By Charles Lam Northwest Asian Weekly For years, the Tacoma Art Museum has wowed attendees with its collection of Chinese textiles and jades, many of which were donated by Col. John C. and Mrs. Mary Lee Young. But soon, these pieces will be headed back into private collections, as the Tacoma Art Museum sells off [...]

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]]> http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/tam-sale-of-chinese-treasures-upsets-donors-museum-sells-collection-of-jades-and-robes/feed/ 3 2013 Lunar New Year stamp released http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/2013-lunar-new-year-stamp-released/ http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2013/02/2013-lunar-new-year-stamp-released/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:10:24 +0000 admin http://www.nwasianweekly.com/?p=19118 By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Postal Service released its 2013 Lunar New Year stamp, featuring firecrackers, paper-cut designs, and Chinese calligraphy on Jan. 16 to help customers usher in the Year of the Snake. “We are proud to celebrate this special time with our friends in the Asian community,” said [...]

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