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

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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, […]

NW Asian Weekly Foundation endowment

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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 […]

NW Asian Weekly/Seattle Chinese Post receive Impact Award

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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 & […]

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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

2016 Citizens Awards

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    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 […]

Searching for the right balance when dealing with money

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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 […]

An escape to the Big Island

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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 […]