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Happy gluttony day!

November 25, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

An interview with food show co-host Harry Yuan By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly In an episode of Day of Gluttony, food and travel host Harry Yuan and co-host compadre Bruce Aguirre hit a particular city and dine at 24 restaurants in 24 hours. For our Thanksgiving issue, the Northwest Asian Weekly speaks with Harry about […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features Tagged With: 2015, Bruce Aguirre, Chiang Mai, Harry Yuan, Kedai Makan, Montana Bar, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Thailand, Thanksgiving, Tiffany Ran, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4, Yuan Bruce

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

School hazing gets stern penalty in military-ruled Thailand

October 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jocelyn Gecker Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — At a military facility outside Bangkok, a drill sergeant barks orders at a group of film students learning the hard way that creative license has its limits in Thailand. “‘You are here to learn discipline,” the officer shouted. “‘Do you understand?” “‘Yes, sir!” shouted back the group […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Bangkok Post, Chin Tangtarntana, Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy, DROP, Kongsak Klaeiklang, Natdanai Kedsanga, Nattasuda Anusonadisai, Pongpat Puchiangdang, Prayuth Chan-ocha, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand, Vol 34 No 42 | October 10 - October 16, communication, editorial, social media

The Village Report — Bugged in Phnom Penh

October 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Dipika Kohli Northwest Asian Weekly “That was what I was most worried about when we got here,” Bicycle (yes, that is his name) confessed tonight, up on the terrace. “Every time you go to an insectarium, you know, there are those huge ones, those really, really giant bugs—and then you look to see where […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 2015, FOUR, Indonesia, Northwest Asian Weekly, Phnom Penh, Seattle, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vol 34 No 41 | October 3 - October 9

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

Who are Uighurs? — A look at group from restive China region

September 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Arrests made and details revealed about the Aug. 17 Bangkok bombing that killed 20 people have raised the question of whether members of an ethnic and religious minority from China’s far west were involved. A primer on the Uighurs, the repression they face in China and their presence abroad: ——— WHO ARE […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2014, Beijing, China, Chinese, Europe, Ilham Tohti, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Turkic-speaking Muslim, United Nations, United States, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 39 | September 19 - September 25, turkey

Bombing the latest of many challenges for Thailand’s junta

August 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Denis D. Gray Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — When a military coup last year ended months of political turmoil and violence in Thailand, even some democracy advocates welcomed the junta’s promise to restore stability and return “happiness to the people.” But 15 months later, a deadly bomb that ripped through a venerated shrine in […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2015, China, Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn, English-language Bangkok Post, International Civil Aviation Organization, International Crisis Group, Matthew Wheeler, Muslim Uighur, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Red Shirt, Reporters Without Borders, Songkran Grachangnetara, Southeast Asian, Thailand, Thongchai Winichakul, United Nations, Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 - September 4, World Bank

Former US foreign service officer sentenced in visa fraud

August 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former U.S. visa chief in Vietnam has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for accepting more than $3 million in bribes in exchange for visas for entry into the U.S. Michael T. Sestak, a former U.S. foreign service officer, was sentenced Friday in federal court in Washington. He […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2015, China, Ho Chi Minh City, Thailand, United States, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 35 | August 22 - August 28

Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors to end US production

August 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Alan Scher Zagier Associated Press NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Mitsubishi Motors confirmed Friday that it plans to stop production at its only U.S. factory and sell the plant in central Illinois that has more than 1,200 workers. The Japanese automaker reviewed its global supply chain and decided it was necessary to end production at […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Bill Brady, Dan Irvin, Europe, Indonesia, Kelley Blue Book, Mitsubishi Motors, NORMAL, Philippines, Tesla Motors, Thailand, UAW, US, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7, japan, technology

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

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