BEIJING (AP) — A smog-shrouded Chinese city canceled airline flights on Dec. 18 due to poor visibility and parents took children to hospitals on the second day of a pollution […]
Archives for December 2016
Weekends at last: Taiwan workers to get 2 days off a week
By Ralph Jennings Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Since Taiwan industrialized in the 1960s, its workers have strived to do whatever their employers asked, including putting in free overtime, […]
Vietnamese comic Minh Beo sentenced in sex crimes case
WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — Vietnamese comedian Minh Beo has been sentenced to 18 months in state prison for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy in California. Orange County prosecutors said on […]
Lawrence Colburn dies; helped end Vietnam’s My Lai massacre
By Chevel Johnson Associated Press Lawrence Manley Colburn, a helicopter gunner in the Vietnam War who helped end the slaughter of hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese villagers by U.S. troops at […]
An international ‘Rogue One’ cast for a new ‘Star Wars’ era
By Lindsey Bahr AP Film Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — “Star Wars” has always had a wide variety of faces and languages in its films, but, besides a few outliers, […]
Fijian man found guilty of trying to sell devices to China
By Martha Bellisle Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A jury has found a Fijian man guilty of coming to the U.S. to buy devices used in aircraft, satellites, and missiles […]
Vietnamese woman dies from gunshot during robbery
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY A woman shot during a robbery in South Seattle on Dec. 15 has died. Officers responded to 39th Avenue South and South Warsaw Street at […]
Model who broke industry barriers dies
China Machado, a legendary supermodel and fashion editor who was one of the first women to break high fashion’s color barrier, has died at 86. A Facebook page associated with […]
New hire at Homestead Community Land Trust
Dr. Mari Kim has joined Homestead Community Land Trust as Manager of Philanthropy and Community Engagement. Kim brings to Homestead two decades of commitment to nonprofit service among communities of […]
Holiday Mahouto market
Holiday shoppers flocked to Mahouto market at the Nagomi Tea House on Dec. 17 and Dec. 18 — where local independent artists sold their arts and goods. “Mahou to” means […]
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