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All wait with bated breath for a post-Kim Jong-il world

December 22, 2011 By Stacy Nguyen

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly In the early 1990s, when North Korea opened its borders a tiny bit to Americans, Seong Suk Kim, also known as Joan, sought the opportunity to visit her siblings — two brothers — and their children, Kim’s nieces and nephews, whom she had never met. During the Korean War, […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Democratic People, Jang Song Thaek, KCNA, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, Kim Kyong Hui, Korean Peninsula, Korean Studies, Korean War, North Koreans, Party Delegates Conference, President Barack Obama, Seong Suk Kim, United States, Whereas South Korea

BLOG: The vital role of consulates and embassies

December 16, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Ordinary folks think only of visas when they think of consul generals. Actually, consul generals play an important role in serving the local community. For instance, the recent haze in Beijing, which shut down airports and highway transportation, caused local people to turn to the U.S. Embassy for an accurate measure of […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2011, Beijing, Cherry Blossom Festival, China, Chinese Consul General Gao Jinsheng, Emperor Akihito, India, Japanese Consul General, Korean Studies, Publisher Ng's blog, Queen Anne, Seattle Center, Seattle Chinese Garden, South Korea Consul General, Vol 30 No 51 | December 17 - December 23

Hibukusha woman urges for nuclear disarmament

May 19, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Tokie Mizuno said she was 5 years old when “Little Boy,” one of two atomic bombs used in warfare history, dropped.

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2010, Clark Sorensen, Donald Hellman, India, Korean Studies, Leonard Eiger, Little Boy, Marion Watana, NPT, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Seattle, Tokie Mizuno, United States, Vol 29 No 21 | May 22 - May 28, japan

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