Battling kidney disease
By Cynthia Flash Northwest Asian Weekly Lincoln Louie grew up surrounded by chronic kidney disease. The youngest of three children, he saw his brother Danny and sister Lily battle it. For Lincoln, who...
View ArticleBLOG: Harmony — Competition and coincidence between two Asian symphonies…
By Assunta Ng When the Seattle Symphony Orchestra (SSO) was planning to perform in China and South Korea in 2016 last year, it didn’t know that a Chinese symphony orchestra, hosted by Dr. Austin...
View ArticleGlamorous! — Last flight out from Vietnam to first-class designer for Urban...
By Peggy Chapman Northwest Asian Weekly Actually, Quoc Nguyen doesn’t think his job is that glamorous, even though his designs are popular and featured throughout the Urban Outfitters line. (You can...
View ArticleBeauty and soul (and atheism) — A Krishna Das retrospective
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly I am an atheist and happy, most of the time, being so. I am rational and scientific, I hope, in most things, and happy, most of the time being so. I remain...
View ArticleThe three-headed monster with six arms & six legs
By Wayne Chan Northwest Asian Weekly We have a problem. In our home, there’s an incredibly destructive force we’ve been up against for quite a while. It’s a physical menace, wreaking havoc on anything...
View ArticleHold on — Series that keep you reading
By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Infiltrator By Peter Stone Amazon Digital Services, Inc., 2014 Ethan Jones and the remaining members of his ragtag team of foragers are back in the second...
View ArticleNorth Korea lifts Ebola travel restrictions
By Eric Talmadge Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — North Korea has lifted severe restrictions on foreign travel it imposed last year to keep the Ebola virus from crossing its borders. The already isolated...
View ArticleAPI Chaya 20th Annual Vigil Program — Kapwa 2: Continuing a Legacy of...
The public is invited to join API Chaya’s 20th Annual Candlelight Vigil programs. As an organization that provides domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking services to Asian, South...
View ArticlePrince William gets close look at tsunami disaster in Japan
By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press ISHINOMAKI, Japan (AP) — Britain’s Prince William stood atop a hill in northeastern Japan on Sunday, and stretched below him was barren land known as the “Bay of...
View ArticleChina’s famed Shaolin temple plans big project in Australia
By Didi Tang Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s Shaolin Temple, historically known for its martial arts traditions but which recently has gained a reputation for aggressive commercialization, is...
View ArticleChina’s latest survey finds increase in wild giant pandas
AP Wire Service BEIJING (AP) — Wild giant pandas in China are doing well. The latest census by China’s State Forestry Administration shows the panda population has grown by 268 to a total of 1,864...
View ArticleHong Kong arrests 33 in protest against Chinese shoppers
By Kelvin Chan Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police arrested nearly three dozen people Sunday after scuffles broke out at a protest in a border town, in the latest example of heightened...
View ArticleGeorge Takei on Leonard Nimoy: “A great man and a great friend” — Nimoy,...
By Lynn Elber AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — In 1975, Leonard Nimoy published an autobiography with the defiant title, “I Am Not Spock” — an attempt to show the world he had many more facets...
View ArticleLawmakers feast, dance with Juneau’s Filipino community
By Katie Moritz Juneau Empire AP Wire Service JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Juneau’s Filipino community rolled out the proverbial red carpet for local and visiting lawmakers at its fifth annual legislative...
View ArticleLoophole in immigration law
By Jenn Fang Northwest Asian Weekly By his own admission, Adam Thomas Crapser has had a difficult journey; but through it all, he has worked hard to create what he calls a “a semblance of a ‘normal’...
View ArticleIN MEMORY OF …— Community leader “Paul” Patu passes
Activist Von Tresckow “Paul” Patu passed last week. Patu was respected as a Asian American community member, and was especially committed to supporting youth, particularly encouraging API youth...
View ArticleLunar New Year at the White House
The White House hosted the first-ever Lunar New Year celebration at the White House on February 19, 2015. Members of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community from across the country joined...
View ArticleAAJA rings in Lunar New Year
The Asian American Journalist Association of Seattle board celebrated a successful lunar new year banquet at the China Harbor restaurant. (end) Related stories Lunar New Year at the White House GSCCC...
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