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Editorial: Why is it important to learn history?

May 7, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Many will say that we learn history so that we won’t repeat our missteps. It’s an easy statement to make but is hard to back up with action …

Filed Under: Opinion, Editorials Tagged With: Arab Americans, Asian Americans, Executive Order, Fred Korematsu, Iraq, Japanese Americans, Justice Hugo Black, Manifest Destiny, President Roosevelt, Seattle University, Supreme Court, United States, WWII

Seattle Public Library Web site now in more languages

May 2, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Seattle Public Library has expanded its Web site to offer more information for its Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese, and Spanish-speaking readers.

Filed Under: News, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: Chinese, Seattle Public Library Web, United States, Vietnamese, vol 28 no 19 | May 2 - May 8

Cambodian consulate opens in Massachusetts

May 2, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — The third Cambodian consulate in the United States has opened in Massachusetts.

Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: Cambodian Ambassador Hem Heng, Cambodian Americans, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong, LOWELL, Los Angeles, Seattle, United States, Vesna Nuon, vol 28 no 19 | May 2 - May 8

Gates Foundation gives $57 million to libraries across the ocean

May 2, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEATTLE (AP) — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will spend $57 million to improve Internet access at public libraries in Poland, Romania, and Vietnam.

Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: Africa, Bill Gates, Botswana, Deborah Jacobs, Eastern Europe, Gates Foundation, Global Libraries, Latvia, Lithuania, Microsoft Corp, Poland, United States, Vietnam, technology, vol 28 no 19 | May 2 - May 8

Filipino court overturns U.S. Marine rape conviction

May 2, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine court has overturned the rape conviction of a U.S. Marine from Missouri whose case became a rallying point for activists demanding American forces leave the country.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Associated Press, Daniel Smith, Filipino, Jose Justiniano, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez, Lance Cpl, MANILA, Oliver Teves, Philippine Appeals Court, Philippine Supreme Court, Philippines, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Renato Reyes, United States, Visiting Forces Agreement, vol 28 no 19 | May 2 - May 8

New book: In the Kitchen

May 2, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“Cooking from the Heart: The Hmong Kitchen in America,” by Sami Scripter and Sheng Yang, is the first cookbook of its kind. Simple, earthy, fiery, and fresh, Hmong food is still a fairly unknown Southeast Asian cuisine in the United States.

Filed Under: News, Names in the News, Community News Tagged With: Laos, Southeast Asian, United States, vol 28 no 19 | May 2 - May 8

Never too old to learn a new trick: Nonprofit helps seniors find new careers

April 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Evangeline Cafe Northwest Asian Weekly Lucita Principe knows how lucky she is to have a job these days. She spent most of last year unemployed after two local restaurant chains laid her off. “I was so sad because on Valentine’s Day, I didn’t even have a card for my husband,” said Principe.

Filed Under: News, Features, Community News Tagged With: Asian Pacific Islander, CSC, Catholic Seaman, Danny Principe, Donovan Lam, Evangeline Cafe, Lindberg High School, Lucita Principe, NAPCA, Northwest Asian Weekly, Philippines, SCSEP, Seattle, UW, United States, communication

Trafficking victims try to remake lives

April 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Monica Rhor The Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Like dozens of other workers from Vietnam and China, Tiep Ngo had been lured to the Daewoosa clothing factory in American Samoa by promises of good pay. She left behind her child, her husband and her parents and paid $5,000 for her job contract only to […]

Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: American Samoa, China, Chris Rhatigan, Good Samaritans, Immigration Services, Last March, Minh Leu, One Daewoosa, Thang Nguyen, Tiep Ngo, Trafficking Victims Protection Act, United States, Vietnamese, poverty

Chain Salons? No thanks — Asian go to specialty salons to style their tresses

April 11, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ryan Pangilinan NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Whether it’s a carefully disheveled thick mane or a sleeker, longer style, Asian hair has evolved into a unique cultural force. Across the United States — and definitely here in Seattle — many salons have specialized in styling Asian hair and providing cuts that are native to trends in […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Fashion Tagged With: Asian Americans, Chain Salons, China, Euri Song, Filipino American, Gene Juarez, George Clooney, Great Clips, International District, North Seattle, Ryan Pangilinan, Salon Juno, South Korea, Taiwan, United States, Uwajimaya Village

CLASSIC.ELEGANT.KIKO. — Filipino designer dresses up brides

April 11, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Growing up in the Philippines, Designer Kiko Rodriguez never thought he’d be making wedding gowns in America. However, he is currently living out his dream. (Photos provided by Kiko Rodriguez) By Vivian Nguyen NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY He designs his white dresses so they symbolize destiny and fate, but the way Kiko Rodriguez fell into the […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Fashion Tagged With: Although Kiko, Although Rodriguez, CLASSIC, Designer Kiko Rodriguez, ELEGANT, Filipino, First Avenue, Kiko Couture, Philippines, Salvacion Lim Higgins Fashion School, Seattle, United States, Vivian Nguyen

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