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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 28 No 22 | May 23 – 29

Editorial: When searching for loved ones, never give up hope of finding them

May 28, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Last week, when we read the story about Earl Hicks, the Michigan man who reunited with his Vietnamese children after decades apart, we were touched and wanted to print the story and share it with our readers.

Filed Under: Opinion, Editorials Tagged With: Earl Hicks, Indonesia, Seattle Chinese Post, Though Hicks, Thu Pham, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 28 No 22 | May 23 - 29, Vol 28 No 23 | May 30 - June 5, technology

Column: Before voting for King County executive, consider a past racial discrimination lawsuit

May 21, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mark Lee Northwest Asian Weekly Editor’s note: This is the launch of a new monthly Northwest Asian Weekly opinion column by Mark Lee. Each month, Lee will raise topical questions and discuss issues that may be relevant to our readers. Note that, in writing for the NWAW, Lee is not representing the viewpoints of […]

Filed Under: Opinion, Column: You Talkin' to Me? Tagged With: 2009, KIRO, King County, Kristy Lee, Mark Lee, NWAW, Northwest Asian Weekly, Obama, Susan Hutchison, Vol 28 No 22 | May 23 - 29, gary locke, language

Editorial: You voiced your concerns and the bus route stayed!

May 21, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Earlier this year, Metro Transit proposed cutting back bus service in Southeast Seattle, perhaps eliminating the bus route 42, the only route that goes from downtown through the ID, and to Rainier Beach.

Filed Under: Opinion, Editorials Tagged With: 2009, ACRS, Columbia City Light Rail Station, Councilmembers Larry Gossett, Diane Narasaki, Dow Constantine, ID, Larry Phillips, Metro Transit, Rainier Beach, Southeast Seattle, Vol 28 No 22 | May 23 - 29

­Northwest Asian Weekly at SIFF!

May 21, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Film reviews of the good, the great, and the ones you absolutely can’t miss “Daytime Drinking,” South Korea Reviewed by James Tabafunda

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, At the Movies Tagged With: 2009, Andrew Hamlin, Auntie Mi-hyang Kim, Dancing Across Borders, Daytime Drinking, Egyptian Theatre, Harvard Exit Theatre, Hong Jing Nick Cheung, James Tabafunda, Korean, Neptune Theatre, Pacific Place Cinema, South Korea, Treeless Mountain, USA, Vivian Nguyen, Vol 28 No 22 | May 23 - 29, japan

The White House, people, and all that jazz!

May 21, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Photos taken by George Liu. Can ordinary folks see the White House? Yes, and it doesn’t even cost you a penny.

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Travel Tagged With: 2009, Asian Americans, Chinatown, Chinese, Congressman Jackson, Eleanor Roosevelt, International Forum, Jacqueline Kennedy, Nancy Reagan, Northwest Asian Weekly, Perhaps Mona Locke, President Obama, Seattle, Tipper Gore, United States, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Vol 28 No 22 | May 23 - 29, White House, Yale University

Singapore’s gay community holds first-ever rally

May 21, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SINGAPORE (AP) — The gay community in tightly controlled Singapore held its first-ever rally on Saturday, May 16, taking advantage of looser laws on public gatherings to call for equality.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2009, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng, LGBT, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, Pink Dot, Roy Tan, Singapore, Vol 28 No 22 | May 23 - 29, language

Yet-to-open sex park demolished in China

May 21, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — This investment turned out to be as risky as it was risque.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2009, China Daily, Chinese, Communist Party, Love Land, Lu Xiaoqing, Lu Yumin, Vol 28 No 22 | May 23 - 29, culture

Officials: Philippines has 1.1M illegal firearms

May 21, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines needs tougher laws to deal with the more than 1 million illegal firearms in the country, some of which may have been smuggled in from Afghanistan for use by Muslim guerrillas, officials said Monday, May 18.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2009, Abu Sayyaf, Afghanistan, Daniel Casabar Jr, Eid Kabalu, Jesus Versoza, Jolo Gov, Jolo Island, MANILA, Officials Philippines, Police Chief Superintendent Reynaldo Rafal, Sakur Tan, Vol 28 No 22 | May 23 - 29, culture

Malaysian Indians stuck with dictionary’s ethnic slur

May 21, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — An ethnic Malaysian Indian group has lost a legal bid to remove a word considered offensive from a government-published dictionary, a lawyer said on Friday, May 15.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2009, Chinese, Indian Malaysian, Indian Muslim, Malaysian Indians, Priya Darshini Nair, Vol 28 No 22 | May 23 - 29

Sri Lanka says civil war over, rebel leader killed

May 21, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ravi Nessman The Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Following three bloody decades of civil war, Sri Lanka faces the daunting task of trying to reconcile and rebuild after its troops routed the last Tamil Tiger separatist rebels on Monday, May 18, and killed their feared leader.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2009, Black Tigers, COLOMBO, Charles Anthony, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Jason Straziuso, Lal Hettige, Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Pottu Amman, Sarath Fonseka, Selvarasa Pathmanathan, Sri Lankans, State Department, Tamil Tigers, Though Rajapaksa, United States, Vishnu Prakash, Vol 28 No 22 | May 23 - 29

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