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Hmong American poet wins prize for best debut

April 1, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A Hmong American poet is this year’s winner of the Walt Whitman Award, given for an outstanding debut book. The Academy of American Poets told The Associated Press March 23 that 34-year-old Mai Der Vang will receive a $5,000 cash prize and a six-week residency in Umbria, Italy. Her collection “Afterland,” inspired by the flight […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, Graywolf Press, Hmong American, Laos, Mai Der Vang, Vietnam War, Vol 35 No 14 | April 2 - April 8, Walt Whitman Award

Educational disparities — Data key to closing gap?

March 3, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

University of Washington (UW) sophomore Janilla Augofie takes pride in being the first member in her family to go to college. But despite this accomplishment, Augofie has struggled in silence while navigating the educational system.

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: 2016, AAPI, African American, Alaska Native, Alma Ramiro Alonzo, American Indian, Education, HB, Holly Barker, House Bill, Janilla Augofie, Laos, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islander, Polynesian Outreach Program, Southeast Asian, Thailand, UW, Vol 35 No 10 | March 5 - March 11, White House

Mmm … mochi! — A Japanese new year’s treat, a harbinger of good blessings, a choking hazard?

January 7, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Peggy Chapman Northwest Asian Weekly If you frequent Asian markets during the year, especially around special holidays, you are probably familiar with the colorful and interesting variety of mochi, an elastic cake that is Japanese in name but multi-national in guise. In Japan, mochi plays a pivotal role in Shogatsy (new year) celebrations. For […]

Filed Under: Cultures, Food Tagged With: 2016, China, Indonesia, Korea, Laos, New Year, Northwest Asian Weekly, Peggy Chapman, Tokyo Fire Department, Vietnam, Vol 35 No 2 | January 9 - January 15, japan

Thai teacher arrested after US tip-off on obscene photos

September 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nattasuda Anusondisai Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand arrested a former primary school teacher who they said admitted to having sexually abused 24 schoolgirls, after a tip-off from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The former teacher, identified as Decha Pradit, told police that he paid his young students 10 baht, the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Decha Pradit, Homeland Security, IP, Laos, Melissa Sweeney, Thailand, US, Vol 34 No 40 | September 26 - October 2

SE Asian intrigue — Selections to cover those extra summer hours

July 3, 2015 By Samantha Pak

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Singapore Noir Edited by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan Akashic Books, 2014 For many people, when they think of Singapore, a few words and phrases may come to mind: caning, chewing gum, no littering, fines, and new-money wealth. But as clean as people think the streets may be, there is more […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Akashic Books, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Down Syndrome, Lao Communist Party, Laos, Los Angeles, North Vietnamese, Northwest Asian Weekly, Siri Paiboun, Soho Press, South Vietnamese, United States, Viet Cong, Vietnam War, Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 - July 10

Thai police dig up 26 bodies at suspected trafficking camp

May 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sumeth Parnpetch Associated Press PADANG BESAR, Thailand (AP) — Thai police trekked into the mountains and dug up 26 bodies from dozens of shallow graves at an abandoned jungle camp that’s been linked to human trafficking networks, which activists say are “out of control” in the Southeast Asian country. A lone survivor, now hospitalized […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, AP, Arakan Project, Associated Press, Brad Adams, Chris Lewa, Human Rights Watch, Jarumporn Suramanee, Laos, Last June, Myanmar, Padang Besar, Police Gen, Rohingya Muslims, Sansern Kaewkamnerd, Thailand, United States, Vol 34 No 20 | May 9 - May 15, Weerasant Tharnpiem

Portraying family through film

May 8, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Kelly Huang, American and of Laotian heritage, recently finished her short film “A Refugee Story:  Khamsay Huang,” a portrait of her elderly uncle, Khamsay, and his story of leaving Laos during wartime and coming to America.  The film went online recently courtesy of the SEARAC (Southeast Resource Action Center) […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, Alex Phasy, Andrew Hamlin, DVD, Forward Blog, High School, Kelly Huang, Lao Student Association, Laos, NWAW, Northwest Asian Weekly, SEARAC, Spirited Away, Twin Cities, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 20 | May 9 - May 15, culture, language

More than 300 fishermen rescued from slavery from Indonesian island

April 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Robin McDowell and Margie Mason Associated Press TUAL, Indonesia (AP) — The same trawlers that had enslaved countless migrant fishermen for years carried more than 300 of them to freedom Saturday, following a dramatic rescue from a remote Indonesian island that many men believed would likely be their final resting place. After 17 hours […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, AP, Associated Press, Aung Aung, Cambodia, Indonesian Fisheries Ministry, Laos, Margie Mason, Myanmar, Phong Myant Aung, San Jose, State Department, TUAL, Thailand, United States, Vol 34 No 16 | April 11 - April 17

Britain applies to join Chinese-led Asian bank

March 22, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Joe McDonald AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Britain has become the first major Western government to apply for membership in a proposed Chinese-led Asian regional bank that Washington worries will undercut institutions such as the World Bank. The British Treasury said Thursday it will join talks this month on the Asian Infrastructure Investment […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Africa, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Australia, Beijing, Brunei, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Laos, Nepal, South China Sea, Tokyo, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 13 | March 21 - March 27, World Bank, japan

Alaska schools boast diversity — Profiles of multicultural students

January 2, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tegan Hanlon and Marc Lester Alaska Dispatch News ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage has some of the most diverse schools in America. In fact, East, Bartlett and West are the three most diverse public high schools in the nation, according to a University of Alaska Anchorage researcher. But what do we know about the […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, ADN, ANCHORAGE, Adrianna Tosi, Alaska Dispatch News, Anna Vang, Bella Mailo, Isabelle Suh, Laos, Panulee Lee, Patrick Smith, Red Robin, Tessa Heckert, Thailand, United States, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8, Yvette Stone

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