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Downtown Seattle will get its dumplings — Din Tai Fung to open in Pacific Place, its only downtown Seattle location

December 11, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Madison Marquette announced Dec. 1 that Din Tai Fung will open at Pacific Place in Seattle the summer of 2016. With only six U.S. restaurants, Din Tai Fung will be located in a 9,216 square foot space on level four of the shopping center. Founded in 1958 in Taiwan, Din Tai Fung is one of […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2015, 2016, Australia, China, Din Tai Fung, Downtown Seattle, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Management Services, Pacific Place, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Tory Glossip, Vice President, Vol 34 No 51 | December 12 - December 18

Tweaking traditions — Americans abroad celebrate holidays

November 22, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Melissa Rayworth Associated Press In our global world, you can easily buy a Thanksgiving turkey for roasting in Dubai or Beijing or Tokyo. You also can shop for Christmas trees in Bangkok, where stores play Christmas carols throughout December, a constant reminder that Santa Claus can come to town even when you’re 8,000 miles […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, American Women, Antarctica, Asia, Club Med, Lauri Barrett, Malaysia, Marine Corps, Melindah Bush, National Geographic, New Hampshire, Pam Hurd, Santa Claus, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Thanksgiving, Theresa Starta, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27, turkey

Ko wins LPGA Taiwan to regain No. 1 spot

October 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Lydia Ko ran away with the LPGA Taiwan Championship on Sunday to regain the No. 1 spot in the world ranking. The 18-year-old New Zealander holed a 30-yard pitch for eagle on the par-5 12th and finished with a 7-under 65 in sunny, breezy conditions at Miramar for a nine-stroke victory. […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2015, Canada, Canadian Women, Charley Hull, China, England, France, Horton Smith, Inbee Park, Japan Classic, KLPGA, Malaysia, Nancy Lopez, New York, New Zealand, South Korea, TAIPEI, Vol 34 No 45 | October 31 - November 6

Head of Filipino sultanate that invaded Malaysian state dies

September 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The leader of a sultanate in the southern Philippines that staged a 2013 invasion of a bustling Malaysian state and sparked a deadly security crisis has died of kidney failure, his family and followers said Sunday. Sultan Esmail Kiram II died at age 76 late Saturday, […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, 2015, Abraham Idjirani, Abu Sayyaf, Alan Arrojado, Associated Press, Filipino, Lahad Datu, MANILA, Malaysia, Philippines, Phugdal Kiram, Vol 34 No 40 | September 26 - October 2

Malaysian leader silences critics, media to survive scandal

August 23, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eileen Ng Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s prime minister has a problem: He can’t explain away a $700 million bank account to a skeptical public. His response? A crackdown on critics and the press that has kept him in power but doesn’t address a deep reservoir of dissatisfaction with his leadership. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2015, Bridget Welsh, CIMB, Ibrahim Suffian, James Chin, Malay Muslim, Malaysia, Middle East, National Front, National Taiwan University, Nazir Razak, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister Najib Razak, UMNO, United Malays National Organization, Vol 34 No 35 | August 22 - August 28, Zeti Akhtar Aziz, social media

Malaysia taken off US human trafficking blacklist

August 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers and rights groups on July 27 accused the State Department of politicizing its annual rankings of nations on their efforts to combat modern-day slavery, as key trading partner Malaysia was taken off a blacklist. Cuba was also given an upgrade, a week after the U.S. […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Belarus, Cuba, Democratic Rep, Democratic Sen, International Monetary Fund, Libya, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Phil Robertson, President Barack Obama, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, State Department, State John Kerry, State Sarah Sewall, Thailand, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7, World Bank

Pacquiao seeks mercy for Filipino on death row

July 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Oliver Teves Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao prayed with a Filipino woman on death row in Indonesia and promised to appeal for clemency in the latest bid from her country to save her. Pacquiao and his wife, Jinkee, spent about an hour with Mary Jane Veloso early Friday at […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2015, Associated Press, Dwi Prasetyo Santoso, Filipino, Floyd Mayweather, Human Rights, Indonesia, MANILA, Malaysia, Manny Pacquiao, Mary Jane Veloso, Philippine Congress, President Joko Widodo, Vol 34 No 30 | July 18 - July 24, Zaenal Arifin

Malaysian leader faces risk of criminal charges over fund

July 11, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eileen Ng Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is facing the risk of criminal charges over allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars were funneled from an indebted state fund to his personal bank accounts, the first time a Malaysian leader has faced criminal allegations. The attorney general […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2015, Associated Press, Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail, Home Minister Zahid Hamidi, Malaysia, Muhyiddin Yassin, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Vol 34 No 29 | July 11 - July 17, Wan Saiful Wan Jan

Cigarettes or spark suspected in Taiwan fire that burned 498

July 5, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ralph Jennings Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Investigators in Taiwan were focusing Monday on the possibility that a cigarette butt or spark caused the blaze that burned 498 people, killing one, at a weekend water park party when colored powder sprayed from the stage caught fire. More than 400 people remained hospitalized, including […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Beijing, Central News Agency, Chou Hui-fang, Formosa Fun Coast, Hong Kong, Liang Sheng-kai, Lin Chieh-yu, Lu Chung-chi, Malaysia, New Taipei City, Secretary Ko Wing-man, Tai Won, Taiwan Premier Mao Chi-kuo, Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 - July 10, Yan Bo-jen

Columbia Pacific invests in Shanghai hospital

June 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle-based Columbia Pacific Management – one of the largest healthcare providers in Asia, with 28 hospitals in India and Southeast Asia and three senior care facilities in China – announced it is officially entering the China hospital market with an investment in a 200-bed orthopedic hospital in Shanghai. The Seattle-based firm last fall announced it […]

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: 2015, Beijing, Cascade Healthcare, Changning District, Chinese, Columbia Asia, Columbia China, Huangpu District, India, Malaysia, Pudong District, Puxi District, Seattle-based Columbia Pacific Management, Southeast Asia, Vol 34 No 27 | June 27 - July 3

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