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NWAW takes home a record four 1st place wins — WNPA Better Newspaper awards

October 17, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The Northwest Asian Weekly (NWAW) won 11 awards at the annual Washington Newspaper Publishers Association (WNPA) 2019 Better Newspaper Contest, including four first place wins—a record in NWAW history. WNPA representatives announced the winners during the annual convention awards dinner in Olympia on Oct. 11. Stacy Nguyen, Kai Curry, […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2019, Assunta Ng, Becky Chan, CAROLYN BICK, Kai Curry, Stacy Nguyen, Tiffany Ran, VOL 38 NO 43 | OCTOBER 19 - OCTOBER 25, Vivian Nguyen, Zachariah Bryan

NW Asian Weekly Foundation endowment

January 8, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Dec. 7, Northwest Asian Weekly founder Assunta Ng met with Dean Mia Tuan at the University of Washington (UW) College of Education. Ng signed the Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation’s (our nonprofit arm) $100,000 endowment to support undergraduate students at the UW College of Education. The funds were raised throughout 2017 in conjunction with the […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2017, Assunta Ng, Mia Tuan, VOL 37 NO 2 | JANUARY 6 - JANUARY 12

NW Asian Weekly/Seattle Chinese Post receive Impact Award

December 18, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Northwest Asian Weekly and Seattle Chinese Post were honored with the William D. Bradford Minority Business of the Year award on Dec. 5. Publisher Assunta Ng accepted the award at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Seattle. The 2017 Impact Awards is an annual event held by the University of Washington Foster School’s Consulting & […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2017, Assunta Ng, VOL 36 NO 51 | DECEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 22

COMMENTARY: Being editor of NWAW

October 13, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Twenty months ago, I got a phone call. I picked up and I heard a woman’s voice. “This is Assunta Ng.” My jaw dropped. Up until then, I knew Assunta by reputation only. And she was calling me. THE Assunta Ng. Not an assistant or receptionist, but Assunta Ng […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2017, Assunta Ng, Ruth Bayang, VOL 36 NO 42 | OCTOBER 14 - OCTOBER 20

Turning ghosts to ancestors — Reversing the consequence of the Vietnam War

November 17, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly The scar between Vietnam and America remains deep even after the Vietnam War ended 40 years ago. How do you reverse the consequences of a war? Enter PeaceTrees Vietnam, founded by Seattleites in 1995. It’s about one tree at a time — it’s one landmine at a time. It’s […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2016, Assunta Ng, PEACETREES, PHAM THI HOANG HA, Publisher's Blog, Thoa Nguyen, VOL 35 NO 47 | NOVEMBER 19 - NOVEMBER 25

Queen says Chinese officials are rude; has she forgotten something?

May 24, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Queen Elizabeth II ranted about Chinese officials being “very rude,” before President Xi Jinping’s visit in London last year, in a private conversation with a police commander on May 10. A pool cameraman recorded the conversation on the Buckingham Palace lawn. Lucy D’Orsi, the Gold Commander, was in charge […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: Assunta Ng, Barbara Woodward, Boxer Rebellion, Buckingham Palace, China, Chinese, England, France, Germany, Gold Commander, Hong Kong, London, New York Times, President Xi Jinping, United States, VOL 35 NO 21 | MAY 21 – MAY 27

2016 Citizens Awards

May 6, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

    The Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA) Seattle Lodge honored three people for this year’s Citizens Award at its 5th Annual Dinner on April 30. Those honored included Assunta Ng for founding the Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation and building bridges in the community, Herb Tsuchiya for his decades of community service and civil rights […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, Assunta Ng, CONNIE CHIN, Chinese American Citizens Alliance, Donnie Chin, Herb Tsuchiya, VOL 35 NO 19 | MAY 7 – MAY 13

Searching for the right balance when dealing with money

April 7, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly My young Asian friend got accepted into Yale University’s MBA program. That’s the good part. The bad news is he can’t pay for it. The program costs over $100,000 a year. “My parents are not helping me,” he said. “They said they already paid for [my] undergraduate degree.” It […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: Asian Americans, Assunta Ng, East Coast, Hong Kong, Ivy League, MBA, MONEY, Northwest Asian Weekly, OK, Seattle, Suze Orman, University District, Yale University, poverty

An escape to the Big Island

March 31, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Most people visit Hawaii’s Big Island to see its volcano. But I wasn’t interested in trekking over lava and mud, as this was my third visit to the Island. What took me there recently was my desire to recuperate after a stressful month in February. All I wanted was […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: Assunta Ng, Big Island, Fairmont Hotel, Food, Four Seasons Hotel, Happy Valley Chinese Restaurant, Hawaiian Airlines, Kohala Coast, Northern-style Chinese, Northwest Asian Weekly, Palm Springs

Raising kids with sugar a problem? Not really.

March 24, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A few years ago, I attended the birthday party of twins. The adults watched the 2-year-old boys celebrate their birthday by experiencing their first-ever taste of chocolate.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2016, Assunta Ng, Northwest Asian Weekly, Vol 35 No 13 | March 26 - April 1

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