By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly “When is she going to retire?” people often ask my staff members.
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What’s next for this newspaper publisher? — Part 2 of the NWAW 30th anniversary series
Posted on 03 February 2012.
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Woman suffers broken hip after dog scare, gets $200,000
Posted on 02 February 2012.
By Evangeline Cafe Northwest Asian Weekly As the saying goes, “Every dog has its day,” and in this case, a woman injured during a pit bull encounter had her day in court — and won. In June, a jury awarded more than $200,000 in damages to Yuanquin Ge, a Chinese woman who fell and broke [...]
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Attorney Steven Kim goes to South Korea to teach other prosecutors
Posted on 02 February 2012.
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office’s Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Steven Kim left for Seoul over the weekend.
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A delegation to Chongqing slated for March
Posted on 02 February 2012.
By Scott Heinlein and Sandy Marvinney For Northwest Asian Weekly In the works is a business, civic, and cultural delegation to Chongqing, Seattle’s sister city, a booming metropolis on the Yangtze River and the gateway to southwest China. The March 18–23 program, “Seattle Week in Chongqing,” reciprocates a May 2011 visit by a Chongqing delegation [...]
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A Parade of Dragon Kids
Posted on 02 February 2012.
On Jan. 28, families from all over the Greater Seattle area came down to the Chinatown-International District for its annual Lunar New Year festival. Featured were lion and dragon dances, drumming, food from local restaurants, and a children’s parade and costume contest. All photos taken by George Liu/NWAW
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Author Ron Chew tells often forgotten story of murdered Filipino cannery workers
Posted on 02 February 2012.
For Northwest Asian Weekly Ron Chew, executive director of the International Community Health Services Foundation, said his recently completed book on Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, two young cannery union officials murdered in 1981, is the most difficult piece of writing he’s ever done. “It took me 30 years to arrive in an emotional space [...]
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A Lunar New Year winter wonderland
Posted on 26 January 2012.
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Whoa and wow! — 30 years of challenges and wonders
Posted on 26 January 2012.
By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly In September 1981, when I dreamed of starting a newspaper, I was a mother with a baby and toddler. Most people called me nuts, thinking a woman should put her family first and ambition second. In addition, it would be a risky venture.
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Which Northwest cities have the most people of Chinese heritage?
Posted on 24 January 2012.
By Eric De Place In honor of Chinese New Year, I thought it would be fun to crunch some Census numbers to get a sense of where people of Chinese heritage live in the Northwest. In the tables below, I’ve rank-ordered places in the Northwest according to their share of people who self-identify as Chinese.
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Mayor seeks candidates for International Special Review District Board, due Jan. 30
Posted on 24 January 2012.
Mayor Mike McGinn invites residents to apply for an open position on the International Special Review District Board. The available position is one of two seats on the board that are filled by mayoral appointment. Individuals who have an architectural background and an interest in historic preservation and/or familiarity with the Chinatown/ International District are [...]
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