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Duck Boat crash lawsuit filed

October 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle attorney Charles Herrmann of the Herrmann Scholbe law firm filed the first lawsuit arising out of the Duck Boat crash on the Aurora Bridge in Seattle Sept. 24. The plaintiff victim Na Ra Yoon is a 21-year old Korean student who had just arrived in the USA to attend North Seattle College. She was […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Aurora Bridge, Charles Herrmann, DUKW, Duck Boat, Georgia, Herrmann Scholbe, King County Superior Court, Korean, Na Ra Yoon, North Seattle College, RTDI, USA, Vol 34 No 42 | October 10 - October 16, WWII

Spotlight on Sri Lanka — 10th Annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival

October 9, 2015 By Andrew Hamlin

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The 10th Annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival (SSAFF), opening on October 15th, showcases Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), an island country near southeast India. The Tasveer organization, parent organization of the SSAFF, chose Sri Lanka to showcase for several reasons, according to Dr. Alka Kurian, co-director of the Festival.  […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, At the Movies Tagged With: 2015, Alka Kurian, Andrew Hamlin, Annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival, Hemal Trivedi, Human Rights, India, Mister Comes Tomorrow, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pakistan, Prasanna Vithanage, Rucha Humnabadkar, SSAFF, Shamas Nawab Siddiqui, Sri Lankan, USA, Vol 34 No 42 | October 10 - October 16, technology

Yes, Pope Francis, we will walk in others’ shoes

October 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Evelyn P. Yenson Northwest Asian Weekly We all are pilgrims, and that is why we were going to Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection. When the Holy Father stated that he is the son of immigrants, I felt the same gratitude to be an American as the third-generation South African Chinese […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2015, Argentina, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, City Hall, Colombia, DEA, El Salvador, Evelyn Yenson, Holy Father, Linda Moran, MS, Mexico, Nicaragua, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pope Francis, SEPTA, Secret Service, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation, State Patrol, TSA, USA, Vol 34 No 42 | October 10 - October 16

Plowing the Killing Fields — The need to discuss after 40 years

September 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Greg Young Northwest Asian Weekly On August 29th, the Seattle-Sihanoukville Sister City Association held an event at North Seattle Community College, “Remembering the Past & Welcoming the Future: 40 Years Since the Killing Fields.” This year marks the 40th anniversary since the breakout of the Cambodian genocide conducted by the Khmer Rouge, a period […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Australia, Baxter Center, Councilmember Larry Gossett, Councilmember Tom Rassmussen, Hok Teng, Khmer Rouge, Killing Fields, North Seattle Community College, North Star, Northwest Asian Weekly, Northwest Washington State, Sam Waterston, Skype American, USA, United States, Vol 34 No 37 | September 5 - September 11

Get back to normal life — Chui Wan on their first American tour

May 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The Chinese psychedelic band Chui Wan, named from a passage written by Taoist philosopher Zhuangzi, brings a particular brooding spin to explorations of the macrocosm-as-microcosm and occasionally vice versa.  On their first American tour, to promote their second, self-titled album, they’re playing at Seattle’s Lo-Fi on Wednesday, May 27th.  […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2009, 2010, 2015, China, Chinese, Europe, La Monte Young, Li Zichao Go, Liu Xinyu Japanese, NWAW, Northwest Asian Weekly, USA, Velvet Underground, Vol 34 No 21 | May 16 - May 22, Yan Yulong Actually, Yan Yulong Generally, Yan Yulong One, Yan Yulong Wu Qiong, Yan Yulong Yes

Herrmann Scholbe representing victims

March 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Charles Herrmann of the Herrmann Scholbe law firm, with offices in Chinatown and Tacoma, is leading an international team of lawyers representing 33 Hispanic victims of the crash of TACA flight 390 that overshot the runway while attempting to land at Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Five survivor cases filed in the USA, the largest of which settled […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Charles Herrmann, Chinatown, Costa Rica, Herrmann Scholbe, Honduras, TACA, USA, Vol 34 No 10 | February 28 - March 6

Racially insensitive remarks heat up ‘Big Brother’

July 20, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By David Bauder AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Racially insensitive language hurt some cast members’ reputations in the CBS game “Big Brother,” but it may not have been bad for television ratings.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, ABC, Big Brother, Blue Bloods Friday, CBS, CW, Howard Overby, July Fireworks Thursday, July Fourth, NBC, NCIS, News Corp, Rizzoli Isles, TNT, USA, Vol 32 No 30 | July 20 - July 26, Warner Bros

Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office hosts Lunar New Year celebration in Seattle

March 4, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, San Francisco hosted a reception in Seattle on Feb. 20 to celebrate the Year of the Snake.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Chinese New Year, Donald Tong, Hong Kong, Lunar New Year, San Francisco, Seattle, Subrina Chow, USA, United States, Vol 32 No 10 | March 2 - March 8, West Coast

BLOG: Watching new citizens for 22 years

July 13, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng I have attended the Fourth of July naturalization ceremony every year for the past 22 years.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2012, China, Ellen Ferguson, Fourth of July, Hoang Yen Thi Dang, Immigration Courthouse, Publisher Ng's blog, Seattle Center, USA, Vol 31 No 29 | July 14 - July 20, Vy Dang Gochanouk

Stories of war and survival

June 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly “Burmese Refugees: Letters from the Thai-Burma Border” Edited by T. F. Rhoden and T. L. S. Rhoden Digital Lycanthrope LLC, 2011 From former student activists and a monk escaping persecution, to a politician’s son and a typical teenage girl caught in a bad situation, the people who reside in […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2012, Balzer Bray, Burma, Burmese Refugees, Cambodian American, Carl Heine, Island County Courthouse, Kabuo Miyamoto, Khmer Rouge, Killing Fields, Samantha Pak, San Piedro Island, Small Town, USA, Vintage Contemporaries, Vol 31 No 24 | June 9 - June 15

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