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Myanmar-Rohingya Trafficking — Myanmar profits off Rohingya exodus

November 16, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Todd Pitman and Esther Htusan Associated Press MYIN HLUT, Myanmar (AP) — The small wooden boats leave the shores of western Myanmar nearly every day, overloaded with desperate Rohingya Muslims who are part of one the largest boat exoduses in Asia since the Vietnam War.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Arakan Project, Asia, Associated Press, Bangladesh, Chris Lewa, Fortify Rights, Malaysia, Matthew Smith, Myanmar, Myin Hlut, President Barack Obama, President Thein Sein, Thailand, Vietnam War, Vol 33 No 47 | November 15 - November 21, Win Myaing

Students come from South Asia to study journalism in Seattle

July 7, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Twenty journalism students from Bangladesh, Nepal, India, and Sri Lanka arrived in Seattle on June 22. The students are here for five weeks and will be staying at the University of Washington for most of the period. They will be studying topics related to journalism and the media, along with working on community service projects, […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Seattle, South Asia, Space Needle, Sri Lanka, Vol 33 No 28 | July 5 - July 11

Immigrants fueling a U.S. boom in cricket

June 7, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Frank Eltman Associated Press EAST ISLIP, New York (AP) – Cricket, the international game of bats and balls that isn’t baseball, is enjoying a surge of popularity in America, with the debut of a national league this spring and higher demand to build “pitches” across the country.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, American Cricket Champions League, American Cricket Federation, Associated Press, Bangladesh, David Martin, His Brooklyn International High School, John Aaron, Los Angeles, New York City, Silicon Valley, South Asian, United States, Vol 33 No 24 | June 7 - June 13

Social entrepreneurs awarded

March 24, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The annual UW Foster School of Business Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) is an international competition in which students from around the world present business solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges — including poverty, health, and development. This year’s competition featured 19 semi-finalist teams from Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Uganda, […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Bangladesh, Global Health, Hong Kong, Manila University, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Tanmay Telang, UW, Uganda, United States, Vietnam, Vol 33 No 13 | March 22 - March 28, poverty, technology

Bangladesh trade privileges suspended over safety

July 6, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama announced June 27 the suspension of U.S. trade privileges for Bangladesh because of concerns over labor rights and worker safety that intensified after hundreds died there in the global garment industry’s worst accident earlier this year.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Aminul Islam, Bangladesh, European Union, Foreign Ministry, GSP, Joe Crowley, Obama, Robert Menendez, Senate Democrats, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, South Asian, Trade Representative Mike Froman, Vol 32 No 28 | July 6 - July 12, WASHINGTON, World Trade Organization

Seattle dancers become cultural diplomats during month-long trip to South Asia

June 7, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eunbi Cho UW News Lab Dance is a language that can pass cultural barriers and unite people despite differences. At least, that was the theory behind sending Seattle-based dance troupe Spectrum Dance Theater to South Asia in February and March to serve as cultural ambassadors.

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2013, Bangladesh, Donald Byrd, Emerald City Trapeze Arts Building, Eunbi Cho, India, Nepal, SDT, Seattle, Shadou Mintrone, South Asian, Spectrum Dance Theater, Sri Lanka, Vol 32 No 24 | June 8 - June 14, language, social media

2-child limit for Muslims in part of Myanmar

June 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Authorities in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state have introduced a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families in an effort to ease tensions with the Rohingya’s Buddhist neighbors after a spate of deadly sectarian violence, an official said May 25.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Aung San Suu Kyi, Bangladesh, Muslim Rohingya, Predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, President Thein Sein, Rakhine Buddhists, Rohingya Muslims, Vol 32 No 23 | June 1 - June 7, Win Myaing, YANGON

Indonesian forest savior among Magsaysay winners

August 4, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An Indonesian mountaineer, who faced death threats while battling illegal loggers, and a Bangladeshi lawyer, who fought to keep old, rusty ships from being dumped in her homeland, were named recipients of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards on Thursday. This year’s six honorees battled great odds […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2012, Ambrosius Ruwindrijarto, Bangladesh, Blind Chinese, Cambodia, Chen Guangcheng, Chen Shu-chu, Filipino, Integrated Village Development Project, Lawyer Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Nobel Prize, President Carmencita Abella, Ramon Magsaysay Awards, Romulo Davide, Vol 31 No 32 | August 4 - August 10, Yang Saing Koma, Yuan Weijing, poverty

Bombs hit South Thailand as Muslims begin Ramadan fast

July 28, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Niniek Karmini The Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Muslims have begun fasting for the start of the Ramadan holy month in Indonesia, Malaysia, and elsewhere around Asia, but the somber occasion was marred in Buddhist-dominated Thailand by two bomb blasts that killed one person and injured seven.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Bangladesh, Borneo Bulletin, Buddhist-dominated Thailand, Catholic Philippines, Edwin Lacierda, Filipino Muslims, India, Indonesia, Maitree Chimcherd, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Muneeza Naqvi, Pakistan, Thai Muslims, Vol 31 No 31 | July 28 - August 3, Von Al Haq, Wichai Jaengsakul

Police collect dead bodies in strife-torn Myanmar town

June 16, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Associate Press Staff SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — With fearful residents cowering indoors, security forces patrolling a tense town in western Myanmar collected bodies Monday from the debris of homes burned down over the weekend in some of the country’s deadliest sectarian bloodshed in years.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Aung San Suu Kyi, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nobel Peace, President Thein Sein, Rakhine Buddhists, Rakhine State, Rohingya Muslims, SITTWE, Vol 31 No 25 | June 16 - June 22

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