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Women’s walk across Koreas’ DMZ denied; they cross by bus

May 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Talmadge Associated Press DORASAN STATION, South Korea (AP) — Female activists including Gloria Steinem and two Nobel Peace laureates were denied an attempt to walk across the Demilitarized Zone dividing North and South Korea on Sunday, but were allowed to cross by bus and complete what one of them called a landmark event. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, DMZ, Demilitarized Zone, Gloria Steinem, Korean Peninsula, Leymah Gbowee, Liberia, Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace, North Korean, Northern Ireland, Organizer Christine Ahn, South Korean, United Nations Command, Vol 34 No 23 | May 30 - June 5

Women’s group gets North Korea support to walk across DMZ

April 12, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Cara Anna Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea has decided to support a proposed walk across the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas by prominent women including Gloria Steinem, and organizers say they hope South Korea will give its approval as well. Co-organizer Christine Ahn told The Associated Press that North Korea […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Ambassador Bill Richardson, Associated Press, Co-organizer Christine Ahn, DMZ, Gloria Steinem, Kim Song, Korean Russians, Leymah Gbowee, Liberia, Mairead Maguire, New Zealanders, Nobel Peace, North Korean, Northern Ireland, President Barack Obama, South Korean, Unification Ministry, Vol 34 No 16 | April 11 - April 17

“The Interview” — Rating: Zero stars (yes, zero stars)

January 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The 2:30 p.m. screening of the year’s most controversial movie at Columbia’s Ark Lodge Cinemas didn’t feature any controversy.  Patrons filed in.  A man in a wheelchair struggled to find a place to park himself out of others’ way.  The cinema played a few charming old cartoons advertising the […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Hamlin, Ark Lodge Cinemas, DMZ, Katy Perry, North Korean, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Tracy Newman, Vol 34 No 3 | January 10 - January 16

Traveling cow moooves people to share stories

July 11, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Daria Kroupoderova Northwest Asian Weekly How can a cow suit lead to helping people and sharing their stories?

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2013, 2014, DMZ, Daria Kroupoderova, Elephant Nature Park, Kathy Stenger, Laos, Melinda Gates, North Korean, Northwest Asian Weekly, Sangduan Chailert, Switzerland, Tan Vo, Thailand, Vietnamese, Vol 33 No 29 | July 12 - July 18, blog

Koreas hope to reopen joint factory

July 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korean delegates agreed on a desire to restart a stalled jointly run factory park after overnight talks that ended July 8, but they couldn’t immediately reach an accord to reopen the complex that had been a symbol of inter-Korean rapprochement.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, DMZ, Demilitarized Zone, KCNA, Korean Central News Agency, North Korean, SEOUL, South Korean, Suh Ho, Unification Ministry, Vol 32 No 29 | July 13 - July 19, Youkyung Lee

Dumbfoundead’s new web series runs the ‘DMZ’

June 28, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Charles Lam Northwest Asian Weekly LA-based rapper Jonathan Park, better known by his stage name Dumbfoundead, has spent the majority of 2013 touring across the United States and Europe, but that hasn’t slowed down his most recent project. Park’s new web series “Run DMZ” premiered in June and is off to a strong start.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, At the Movies Tagged With: 2013, Charles Lam, DMZ, Dumbfoundead, George Watsky, Jackson Adams, Jonathan Park, Ken Jong, Korean, Los Angeles Koreatown, North Koreatown, Steel Wool Media, United States, Victoria Park, Vol 32 No 27 | June 29 - July 5, attention, commentary

Koreas’ rhetoric no match for surreal calm at DMZ

March 23, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Foster Klug The Associated Press IMJINGAK, South Korea (AP) — Busloads of tourists still show up to gawk at the world’s most heavily fortified border, even as governments on both sides threaten to reduce each other to rubble.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2013, Baek Jong-moon, DMZ, Han River, Hyung-jin Kim, IMJINGAK, Kim Jong-un, Korean War, Los Angeles, North Koreans, Sam Kim, South Koreans, Thomas Wolfley, United States, Vol 32 No 13 | March 23 - March 29, Yellow Sea, technology

Editorial: As the weather tests your patience, don’t forget to keep everything in perspective

November 23, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Thanksgiving is one of our favorite times of the year. Surprisingly though, we were pounded with a snowstorm earlier this week, and it’s been cold ever since.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2010, China, Chinese, DMZ, Jonathan Lee, Kim Jong-il, North Korean, President Barack Obama, Seattle, South Korea, Tiananmen Square, United States, Vol 29 No 48 | November 27 - December 3, letter, parking

Miss. boy returns from visit to North Korea

August 26, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — A 13-year-old Mississippi boy who made a rare visit to Pyongyang says officials there welcomed his idea for a “children’s peace forest”

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Beijing, DMZ, Impoverished North Korea, Jonathan Lee, Kim Jong-il, Korean War, Melissa Lee, North Korean, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, United Nations, United States, Vol 29 No 35 | August 28 - September 3, letter

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