The Year of the Dragon is turning out to be pretty good so far. This week, King County Senior Deputy Prosecutor Steven Kim boarded a plan to Seoul. He has an impressive task ahead, too, helping South Korea’s judicial system adopt a jury system, much like that of the United States.
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EDITORIAL: Steven Kim will help reform South Korean’s judicial system, more like him needed
Posted on 02 February 2012.
Posted in Editorials, Vol 31 No 6 | 2/4-2/100 Comments
EDITORIAL: We need to reward, not punish, local businesses
Posted on 26 January 2012.
In President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address this week, he tackled many important issues, but we latched onto the moment when he said, “Tonight, my message to business leaders is simple: Ask yourselves what you can do to bring jobs back to your country, and your country will do everything we can to [...]
Posted in Editorials, Vol 31 No 5 | 1/28-2/30 Comments
EDITORIAL: For Lunar New Year, get out of the house and support your community!
Posted on 19 January 2012.
Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese, some Japanese, Tibetans, Mongolians, and other ethnicities are all celebrating the Lunar New Year this week. While the traditions of each culture differ somewhat, there is one unifying aspect to all of them.
Posted in Editorials, Vol 31 No 4 | 1/21-1/270 Comments
EDITORIAL: Our hopes for the Asian community in the new year
Posted on 12 January 2012.
Don’t let your cynical friends sway you. Making New Year’s resolutions is always a good idea. We like to jump on any chance we get to work on self-improvement.
Posted in Editorials, Vol 31 No 3 | 1/14-1/200 Comments
EDITORIAL: Jean Quan, the story of a failed Asian American politician
Posted on 05 January 2012.
This week, the contentious friction between Oakland’s mayor Jean Quan and her constituents continues heating up. She started her administration with such promise, too.
Posted in Editorials, Vol 31 No 2 | 1/7-1/130 Comments
EDITORIAL: Pvt. Daniel Chen and his family deserve justice for Chen’s death
Posted on 29 December 2011.
Last week, criminal military charges were filed against eight soldiers for involuntary manslaughter, negligent homicide, and assault, among other charges, for the death of Pvt. Danny Chen. Chen shot himself in Afghanistan after being subjected to what some say were assaults and ethnic taunting from his fellow soldiers.
Posted in Editorials, Vol 31 No 1 | 12/31/11-1/6/120 Comments
EDITORIAL: See ya, plastic bags. Welcome, 520 tolls.
Posted on 22 December 2011.
There are two changes coming that aren’t thrilling many. One is the tolling on the 520 bridge, slated to begin Dec. 29. The other is a plastic bags ban, which will likely be implemented in July.
Posted in Editorials, Vol 30 No 52 | 12/24-12/300 Comments
EDITORIAL: Don’t go overboard on holiday spending, teach kids to think of those less fortunate
Posted on 15 December 2011.
Here is a story that we read online recently, and maybe it’s familiar to you, too. A six-year-old child opens gifts upon mountains of brightly colored gifts. The holiday gifts are from various relatives, but mostly, they are from the child’s grandparents, who must have spent hundreds of dollars on the presents.
Posted in Editorials, Vol 30 No 51 | 12/17-12/230 Comments
EDITORIAL: It should not take a tragedy for a community to come together
Posted on 08 December 2011.
On our front page this week, we ran a story about Danny Vega, a Filipino American who died from injuries sustained during a beating by three young men. Though a very sad story, we found it heartening that many within the Filipino community have rallied around this tragedy, urgently working to make sure something like [...]
Posted in Editorials, Vol 30 No 50 | 12/10-12/160 Comments
EDITORIAL: APAs, own up to your talents
Posted on 01 December 2011.
This week, we ran three stories about artists on our front page. We showcased movie producer and director Christina Yao, award-winning fashion designer Gahee Bae, and famed South Korean visual and multimedia artist Do-Ho Suh.
Posted in Editorials, Vol 30 No 49 | 12/3-12/90 Comments
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