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Citizenship Day in Seattle has a turnout

September 24, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Joaquin Uy Ethnic Media & Communications Specialist City of Seattle Office of Immigrant & Refugee Affairs Photo by Nate Gowdy The City of Seattle joined U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to commemorate Citizenship Day on Sept. 17 by announcing a new joint citizenship campaign, followed by a naturalization ceremony. Mayor Ed Murray, City […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Citizenship Day, City Hall, City Librarian Marcellus Turner, District Director Corsano, During Thursday, ESL, Ethnic Media Communications Specialist, Finance Administrative Services Director Fred Podesta, Joaquin Uy, Los Angeles, Mayor Ed Murray, Mayor Murray, Parks Recreation Deputy Superintendent Christopher Williams, Seattle Public Libraries, USCIS, Vol 34 No 40 | September 26 - October 2

Here’s 8 Ways Asian Americans can stand up to racist presidential candidates

September 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush and Donald Trump this week unleashed a string of racist insults against Asian Americans and Latinos. Trump pulled a “ching chong” at a rally and earlier called for the deportation of all undocumented immigrants. He then threw out a renowned Latino journalist from a press conference just for asking questions. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AAJA, Asian American Journalists Association, Carly Fiorina, Donald Trump, FEC, IRS, Jason Fong, Jeb Bush, Los Angeles, President Trump, UPDATE, Vol 34 No 38| September 12 - September 18, Ways Asian Americans, blog, letter, social media

Not boxed in — Ki Chong Tran can take a punch

July 24, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Dipika Kohli Northwest Asian Weekly “DON’T BOX,” said Ki Chong Tran’s grandmother, worried what would happen when he moved to his mother’s native Phnom Penh. “Boxing is for peasants.” She needn’t worry. After winning a professional mixed martial arts, or MMA, fight in Phuket in August 2013 against Thailand’s Kritsada “Dream Man” Konsrichai, the […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 2015, Cambodia, Dipika Kohli, Fight Club, Ki Chong Tran, Kritsada Dream Man Konsrichai, Le Bon, Los Angeles, MMA, Northwest Asian Weekly, Noun Sorya, Phnom Penh, Sotheavy Nou, Thailand, Vol 34 No 31 | July 25 - July 31, Waseem Girach

Summer cheers for Asian beers — A world of beer—stepping out of the local to find something new

July 23, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Greg Young Northwest Asian Weekly I once lived with a roommate who seemed to prefer an obscure little beer that I had never heard of before. That beer was Sapporo, a rice beer from Japan. At the time it seemed peculiar that he’d prefer that over the local, craft IPA that I’d often bring […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: 2015, Asahi Super Dry, Beijing Summer Olympics, China, Crown Imports, IPA, Kirin Ichiban, Korea, Little Saigon, Los Angeles, Northwest Asian Weekly, Philippines San Miguel, Premium Light, Sapporo Premium Lager, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 31 | July 25 - July 31, japan

Leland Yee, ex-state senator, facing up to 20 years on racketeering

July 11, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sudhin Thanawala Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former California state senator — once considered a leading candidate for a statewide office — is facing up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to a racketeering charge in an organized crime case centered in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Leland Yee — an advocate […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, 2014, 2015, Chinatown, Chinese, FBI, Ghee Kung Tong, Keith Jackson, Laurie Levenson, Leland Yee, Los Angeles, Philippines, Rod Wright, Ron Calderon, San Francisco, Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin, Vol 34 No 29 | July 11 - July 17

From a boat to running a million-dollar business —Lam’s new owner’s journey

July 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Peggy Chapman Northwest Asian Weekly George Nguyen never imagined he would be running grocery stores and food distribution businesses along the west and north coast in the U.S. Nguyen left by boat from Vietnam, in 1979, the age of 19, with pretty much nothing, including his devoted wife, which he had been married to […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2015, China, George Nguyen, Grand Rapids, International District, Lam's Seafood, Los Angeles, Mac Lam, Northwest Asian Weekly, Peggy Chapman, Seattle, Thailand, United States, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 29 | July 11 - July 17

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

MONO: Two new albums — Japanese experimental rock explores the dark and seeing light

June 26, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Japanese band MONO, an instrumental quartet, combines elements of noise, minimalism, space rock, shoe-gazing, and until recently, collaborations with players of orchestral instruments.  The band comes to Seattle’s music venue Neumos on June 24th.  Guitarist Takaakira “Taka” Goto took some questions over e-mail. NWAW:  Has the band ever played […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Hamlin, Australia, Europe, Goto Especially New York City, Goto Having, Goto It, Guitarist Takaakira Taka Goto, Los Angeles, MONO, NWAW, New Zealand, Northwest Asian Weekly, San Francisco, Seattle, Vol 34 No 27 | June 27 - July 3, japan

Hokoyama to receive JACL Presidential Award

June 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) announced J.D. Hokoyama as a recipient of the 2015 JACL Presidential Award. Hokoyama served as a founding board member and President and CEO for Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Inc. for over 30 years, a national, non-profit, non-partisan, community-based organization founded in 1982 in Los Angeles to achieve full […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, CEO, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, NV, Peace Corps, Sayonara Banquet, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19

Toyota scholarships

June 8, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In partnership with the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF), a non-profit organization dedicated to providing college scholarships to APIAs, Toyota granted 22 scholarships at its fourth annual awards dinner and reception at the Toyota Automotive Museum on May 14, 2015. With majors ranging from aerospace engineering to microbiology, and school selections from […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, China, India, Korea, Los Angeles, Philippines, STEM, Toyota Automotive Museum, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 - June 12

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