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You are here: Home / Archives for South Korean President Park Chung-hee

Meet the father of the kung fu flick

December 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff KOREAM JOURNAL New America Media In the early 1970s, before Bruce Lee popularized the martial arts genre and before English overdubs became so easy to mock, the first kung fu film to hit it big in the West was “Five Fingers of Death,” by Korean director Chung Chang-wha. The cult classic is on […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2012, American Western, Chinese, Chun Doo-hwan, Chung Chang-wha, Hong Kong, Im Kwon-taek, King Boxer, Korean War, La Jolla, North Korean, Run Run Shaw, San Diego Asian Film Festival, Shaw Brothers Studio, South Korean President Park Chung-hee, Special Agent X-7, Vol 31 No 52 | December 22 - December 28

“Shin Joong Hyun & Yup Juns”

November 22, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Although he remains almost unknown to American audiences, Shin Joong Hyun achieved legendary status long ago in his native South Korea. Now, his music can be heard in the States with the release of “Shin Joong Hyun & Yup Juns” by Lion Productions and distributed by Seattle’s In The […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Reviews Tagged With: 2012, Although Shin, Andrew Hamlin, Custom Shop Tribute Series, LP, Lion Productions, Northwest Asian Weekly, Rising Sun, Seattle, Shin Joon Hyun, Shin Joong Hyun Yup Juns, South Korean President Park Chung-hee, Vol 31 No 48 | November 24 - November 30, japan

Ban Ki-moon receives honorary degree from the UW and is ‘finally a Husky’

November 5, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Ban Ki-moon, the eighth United Nations Secretary-General, is a dawg. He’s a University of Washington (UW) Husky, that is. The university awarded him a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Oct. 27 at Meany Hall for the Performing Arts.

Filed Under: Education, Community News Tagged With: 2009, AIDS, Austria, Ban Ki-moon, China Studies, Eumseong County, General Assembly President Han Seung-soo, International Relations, Iraqi High Tribunal, Meany Hall, Middle East, Saddam Hussein, Seoul National University, South Korean President Park Chung-hee, UW, United Nations, Vol 28 No 46 | November 7 - November 13

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