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EDITORIAL: Barack Obama’s legacy

May 26, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

As President Barack Obama gets closer to the end of his second term in office, more Americans appreciate the job he has done. A Gallup poll earlier this month shows his favorability is on the rise and he is now the most popular American politician. In fact, Obama is more popular than President Ronald Reagan […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2009, Barack Obama, Black Americans, Cold War, London, President Obama, President Ronald Reagan, Sadiq Khan, Soviet Union, United States, VOL 35 NO 21 | MAY 21 – MAY 27, White House, World War

Tiny Pacific nation sues nine nuclear-armed powers

May 10, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEW YORK (AP) – The tiny Pacific nation of the Marshall Islands is taking on the United States and the world’s eight other nuclear-armed nations with an unprecedented lawsuit demanding that they meet their obligations toward disarmament and accusing them of “flagrant violations” of international law.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Bikini Atoll, California-based Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, David Krieger, France, Israeli Foreign Ministry, Jen Psaki, John Burroughs, Marshall Islands, National Nuclear Security Administration, Netherlands, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Operation Castle, Paul Hirschson, Several Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi, Soviet Union, Tiny Pacific, United States, Vol 33 No 20 | May 10 - May 16

Indian spacecraft leaves Earth, headed to Mars

December 7, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ashok Sharma Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) – India’s Mars orbiter mission left Earth’s sphere of influence early Sunday, after performing a maneuver to put it on its way to orbit the red planet.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, Bangalore-based Indian Space Research Organization, Europe, Soviet Union, United States, Vol 32 No 50 | December 7 - December 13, poverty

New North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un gives first public speech

April 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jean H. Lee The Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s new leader addressed his nation and the world for the first time Sunday, vowing to place top priority on his impoverished country’s military, which promptly unveiled a new long-range missile.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Associated Press, Cha Myong Hui, Hajime Izumi, Kim Il Sung Square, Kim Jong-un, New North Korean, North Koreans, PYONGYANG, Punctuating Kim, Shizuoka University, South Korea, Soviet Union, TV, Vol 31 No 17 | April 21 - April 27, japan, technology

Turkey becomes global power in construction

July 22, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An army of Turkish cranes and bulldozers is at work across the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa, building dams, stadiums,

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, ANKARA, Africa, Algeria, Angola, ENR, European Union, Ilnur Cevik, International Monetary Fund World Economy Outlook, Iraq, Libya, Maldives, Middle East, Russia, Soviet Union, Turkish Airlines, Turkmenistan, United States, Vol 29 No 30 | July 24 - July 30, turkey

Around the world, how do fireworks differ? (And how are they the same?)

July 1, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

It’s said that fireworks were invented more than 2,000 years ago in China. But the fireworks in those days were quite different from the fireworks of today.

Filed Under: World News, Cultures Tagged With: 2010, Bara Din, British Indian Empire, Fourth of July, King Ravana, Lord Rama, Lunar New Year, Marco Polo, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Nazi Germany, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Soviet Union, Vietnamese, Vol 29 No 27 | July 3 - July 9, technology

Angry minority finds a voice on Chinese campus

January 7, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Every Friday afternoon, students pack a college classroom in Beijing to catch a glimpse of the sharply dressed professor punching the air as he speaks with surprising candor about the travails of his ethnic group, the Uighurs.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Beijing, Central Nationalities University, China, Chinese Communist Party, East Turkistan, Every Friday, Han Chinese, Harvard University, Huang Zhangjin, Ilham Tohti, Muslim Uighurs, Rian Thum, Soviet Union, Uighur Online, Vol 29 No 2 | January 9 - January 15, Wang Lixiong, Yet Tohti, culture

Pianist and tuner Yuri Melekh help 88 keys sound their best

October 8, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

While there are only 88 keys on a piano, its rich sounds can conjure up an infinite number of emotions within a listener. Although many Asian/Pacific Islander (API) parents dream that their child would become a classical prodigy, that notion seldom comes into fruition aside from a recital or three.

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2009, Asian American Pioneers, Lang Lang, Lithuania, New York, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Northwest, Ryan Pangilinan, Sherman Clay, Soviet Union, United States, Vol 28 No 42 | October 10 - October 16, Yuri Melekh

North Korea agrees to resume joint projects with South Korea

August 20, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s decision to restart tours run jointly with South Korea. Allowing reunions of families separated for decades by the peninsula’s war is aimed at obtaining much-needed foreign currency and leverage in negotiations with Washington and Seoul, experts said.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, Diamond Mountain, Dongguk University, Euna Lee, Hyundai Asan, Hyundai Group, Koh Yu-hwan, Korea University, Korean War, North Korean, President Bill Clinton, SEOUL, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak South Korea, Soviet Union, State Department, Yang Moo-jin, Yoo Ho-yeol, vol 28 no 35 | August 22 - August 28

Foreign companies eye India with cautious optimism

June 18, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“We think we can be partners with India in its growth going forward, but that depends on India’s policies and its continued reform process,” said Karan Bhatia, GE’s vice president for international law and policy and former deputy U.S. trade representative for Asia.

Filed Under: News, Business, World News Tagged With: Asia, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bharti Enterprises, Charlotte Lindgren, Cold War, Devesh Garg, Economist Saumitra Chaudhuri, GE, India, Karan Bhatia, Mumbai, New Delhi, Rajesh Relan, Ronald Smith, Soviet Union, Trinamool Congress, technology

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