By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY “I’m the busiest retired guy you’ll ever meet,” said John Chen, CEO of Geoteaming. He quit his Microsoft job at age 32 and almost two decades later, he is loving retirement. “I always knew I was supposed to do something, I just didn’t know what it was,” said Chen. […]
Putting a human face on banking
By Jessica Kai Curry Northwest Asian Weekly In variable economic times, one thing people want to be sure of is their money. Carol Kobuke Nelson, Pacific Region Sales Executive and Seattle Market President of KeyBank, makes sure that when her clients need a human touch, KeyBank delivers. It’s different from the traditional idea of banking […]
Filipino entrepreneurs put on city’s 1st Blockchain conference
By Sophia Stephens NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY On June 5, entrepreneurs Ramzey Staples, Brian-Timothy Noble Franada, and Justin Wu produced the first-ever blockchain and cryptocurrency conference in Seattle. The current instability with established cryptocurrency systems including Bitcoin feeds into the growing need for blockchain technology, which serves as a public digital record of any and all […]
Asian Plaza site for sale
By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Dennis Chin is putting his vision in the hands of another. The Asian Plaza Redevelopment (APR) president wanted to replace the current Asian Plaza with a new eight-story-tall redevelopment, with 240 units of mixed housing, a retail plaza anchored by a new Viet-Wah Supermarket, multiple restaurants, a business-class hotel, […]
Family operated Phnom Penh Noodle House closes Hopes to open new location
By Tiffany Ran Northwest Asian Weekly Darlene Ung arrives at Phnom Penh Noodles House in the morning to open the restaurant. She heads straight to the back bar, turns on the coffee maker, and makes sure the floors are swept and the tables are set. May 28 seemed like any other day in Phnom Penh […]
Martin Pang to be released from prison
SEATTLE (AP) — Officials say a man who set a Seattle warehouse fire that killed four firefighters in 1995 is set to be released from prison in late September. Martin Pang, 62, was convicted of setting a fire in his parents’ Chinatown International District warehouse on Jan. 5, 1995. Department of Corrections officials say he’ll […]
Community members rally against Seattle police chief search
SEATTLE (AP) — Community members — including one critic who helped vet candidates in the official search — rallied at Seattle city hall on May 29 after interim police chief Carmen Best was passed over for the permanent job. Community leader Frank Irigon said he was “shocked.” “The thing about bringing an ‘outsider’ is laughable,” […]
9-year-old wins national event at Masters
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly On an unusually sunny day in late April, 9-year-old Taighan Chea was at the driving range hitting golf balls with his golf coach, dad, and his dog looking on. Just a few weeks earlier, the Bothell middle-schooler had won the Drive, Chip & Putt Finals at the Masters Golf […]
NEA’s Jane Chu stepping down
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The National Endowment for the Arts announced earlier this month that its current chair, Jane Chu, will resign from her post effective June 4. In a statement, Chu said “I am so appreciative of having had this opportunity. The National Endowment for the Arts is doing effective and meaningful work […]
Seasoned Olympia lobbyist running for state senate in the 34th
By Jessica Kai Curry Northwest Asian Weekly Observe. Plan. Act. These are steps that serve Sofia Aragon well, and led her to where she is today: a hopeful in the state senate race for the 34th district, which comprises West Seattle, Burien, White Center, and Maury and Vashon Islands. The decision to run is the […]
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