Seattle’s Chinatown-International District night market returns on Sept. 14 with a focus back on traditional Night Markets found across Asia, but with a Seattle flair.
Iron Chef Morimoto opens Momosan Seattle in the ID
By Kai Curry Northwest Asian Weekly The excitement of the Iron Chef and of cutting edge Japanese cuisine has come to Seattle in the form of Momosan Seattle, a new ramen and sake restaurant located in the International District. Chef Masahuru Morimoto, known to the world as the Iron Chef since he competed on the […]
Vigil for missing boaters
By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY RENTON, Wash. — A vigil on Sept. 7 for a man and woman missing from a boat on Lake Washington was cut short due to the thunderstorm that evening. At about 10 p.m. on Sept. 2, on Labor Day, Mercer Island police received a complaint from a resident about […]
Keiro goes with Transforming Age, say former board members
By Mahlon Meyer Northwest Asian Weekly Former Keiro board members are suspicious of the organization’s recent decision to end negotiations with Aspen Skilled Healthcare and what they allege is a move to bring back Transforming Age as a partner. Keiro Northwest announced back in May that it would close its nursing home due to financial […]
Seattle lightning
Did you catch the lightning show on Sept. 7? According to the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Seattle, the region saw more than 2,000 “cloud to ground lightning strikes” during a five-hour period ending at 11 p.m. that evening. The Husky game against the Cal Golden Bears was delayed, and at McCaw Hall, Northwest […]
Singapore Airlines launches service at Sea-Tac Airport
Singapore Airlines debuted its nonstop service between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Singapore on Sept. 3 with a ribbon cutting and a lion dance. The inaugural flight departed with a turret salute. The flights will depart three times a week from Sea-Tac and will expand to four days a week in October. The route is Sea-Tac’s […]
Rocky Fong is one of PSBJ’s 40 Under 40
Rocky Fong, vice president of Corporate Social Responsibility at U.S. Bank, was recently selected as a recipient of the Puget Sound Business Journal (PSBJ)’s 40 Under 40 award for 2019. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Fong began his career in the banking and financial services industry in 2004. He is currently chapter president of the […]
Port holds reception for Bookda Gheishar
The Port of Seattle’s first ever Senior Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) was welcomed at a reception on Aug. 13. Bookda Gheisar has been in her new role since June. The reception was a celebration of this groundbreaking role to advance equity in all Port activities and for the community to become involved […]
ICHS receives national awards for high quality care
International Community Health Services (ICHS) is among 26 community health centers in Washington state to receive federal awards totaling over $3 million from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. HRSA has named ICHS a Health Center Quality Leader every year since 2014, and […]
Hong Kong protest in Bellevue
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The group SEArious for Hong Kong held a silent protest in downtown Bellevue on Sept. 1 in response to an Aug. 31 incident in Hong Kong. The South China Morning Post reported that members of the police, Special Tactical Squad, known as the Raptors, stormed into Prince Edward station and […]
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