By Shino Yuasa
The Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s coast guard arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand on Friday for boarding a whaling ship without permission last month, in the latest incident in the ongoing battle over Japanese whaling.
By Juliana Barbassa
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Traffic along the teeming streets of Chinatown came to a standstill: death was parading by, heralded by the clear, sharp notes of a brass band. Women looked up from their grocery shopping; tourists pulled out their cameras.
By John Leicester
The Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — Used, perhaps abused and now tossed away. Chinese officials’ treatment of Olympic gymnast Dong Fangxiao, found to have been underage when China fielded her at the Sydney Games in 2000, really makes the blood boil.
By Tim Dahlberg
The Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The fight was long over and most of the biggest crowd to see a fight in the U.S. in 17 years had found their way out of massive Cowboys Stadium. Manny Pacquiao was in the shower, where one member of his entourage surely was in charge of selecting his shampoo while another had the task of making sure the towels were just right.
By Ravi Nessman
The Associated Press
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) _ Nepal wants to paint Mount Everest pink.
It wants gay honeymooners trekking through the Himalayas.
It wants to host the world’s highest same-sex wedding at Everest base camp.
By Stacy Nguyen
Northwest Asian Weekly
Chang-rae Lee is a Korean American novelist who has written four novels. He is currently teaching at Princeton University. (Photo by David Burnett)
Born in Seoul, acclaimed novelist Chang-rae Lee immigrated to the United States at age 3. Lee knew from a young age that he wanted to be a writer. Read the full story
By Cristian Salazar
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. David Paterson pardoned a Chinese immigrant on March 6 who faced deportation after disclosing on an application for U.S. citizenship that he had convictions for robbery going back nearly 15 years to when he was a teenager. Read the full story
By Jason Cruz
Northwest Asian Weekly
Marcine Anderson (Photo provided by Marcine Anderson)
Secretary, teacher, or nurse.
Being a woman, these were the only choices that counselors gave Marcine Anderson when she graduated from an Oregon high school in a small town in 1973. Read the full story
By Stacy Nguyen
Northwest Asian Weekly
Eric Liu
About a month after announcing his intention to run for the ethnically diverse 37th district seat in the Washington State Senate, Eric Liu has made the tough decision of stepping down. Liu is an acclaimed author, former speech writer and politic adviser, and a civic activist.
Liu, who had a slew of supporters and endorsements, would have run against incumbent Sen. Adam Kline, who is in his 14th year as senator and seeking re-election.
So what drew Liu away from what was to be an exciting race?
Family.
On his website, Liu wrote, “I have been unable to be both the candidate I want to be and the father I want to be.” Read the full story
From left to right, top to bottom: Kaycee Keegan, Allegra Keys, Amira Khablein, Bo Kim, Grace Kim, Sokleng Kin, Michelle Lam, Matthew Law-Phipps, Juliet Le, Jun Ming Lei, Sofia Locklear, Katherine Ly, and Irina Manita
Northwest Asian Weekly’s Diversity Makes a Difference scholarship program celebrates young people who are committed to reaching out across cultural lines. Students are nominated by their school as being champions of diversity. Read the full story
King County is gearing up for the 2010 U.S. Census, which, for many area residents, translates to well-paying temporary jobs while helping out the community and the country. Read the full story
The Government of India has issued following instructions to ensure proper use of all categories of the tourist visa:
1. In respect of foreign national holding tourist visas with a multiple entry facility, there should be gap of at least two months between two visits to India. Read the full story
