By Justin Pritchard Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) – When anguished family members first called for information about their loved ones aboard a wrecked Asiana Airlines plane, instead of getting […]
Inslee signs bill expanding college aid to students without legal status
By Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. – Gov. Jay Inslee signed a measure on Feb. 26 that expands state college financial aid to students who don’t have legal status in the […]
What will future ‘district’ elections mean for racial representation?
By Zachariah Bryan Northwest Asian Weekly Now that Seattle has overwhelmingly passed Charter Amendment No. 19, to elect city council members by district rather than at large, what will happen […]
EDITORIAL: As school begins, it’s important to appreciate Seattle’s teachers
Seattle is used to the first day of school being tense. After all, during the last three contract negotiations between the Seattle Public Schools and the Seattle Education Association, parents […]
Radioactive groundwater at Fukushima nears Pacific
By Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Deep beneath Fukushima’s crippled nuclear power station, a massive underground reservoir of contaminated water that began spilling from the plant’s reactors […]
EPA releases plan for polluted river
By Charles Lam Northwest Asian Weekly The Duwamish River has long been a fishing ground for Asian and Pacific Islanders, but what
Myanmar opposition party to hold party congress
By Aye Aye Win THE Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — In another sign of political reform and reconciliation in Myanmar, the country’s biggest party, led by opposition leader Aung […]
SE Asia asks China to start Island talks
By Jim Gomez The Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Southeast Asian leaders decided Sunday, Nov. 18 to ask China to start formal talks “as soon as possible” on […]
Asian golfers set the bar
By Chris Jenkins The Associated Press KOHLER, Wis. (AP) — With his course hosting its second U.S. Women’s Open this week, Herbert
Ex-junta prisoner Suu Kyi takes office in Myanmar
By Aye Aye Win and Todd Pitman The Associated Press NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) ― Aung San Suu Kyi capped a tenacious, decades-long journey from political prisoner to office holder in […]