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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 29 No 11 | March 13 – March 19

Chang-rae Lee: On being Korean American, a novelist, and his family

March 10, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Born in Seoul, acclaimed novelist Chang-rae Lee immigrated to the United States at age 3. Lee knew from a young age that he wanted to be a writer.

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2010, Asian Americans, Chang-Rae Lee, Fine Arts, Korean American, Korean War, Native Speaker, North Korea, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Public Library, Stacy Nguyen, Though Lee, United States, Vol 29 No 11 | March 13 - March 19, Wall Street, Yale University, Young Yong Lee

Qing Hong Wu pardoned, won’t face deportation

March 10, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. David Paterson pardoned a Chinese immigrant on March 6 who faced deportation after disclosing on an application for U.S. citizenship that he had convictions for robbery going back nearly 15 years to when he was a teenager.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, 2010, Asian American, China, Chinese Americans, David Paterson, GED, Jorge Guttlein, Michael Corriero, New Jersey, New York City, Police Benevolent Association, Qing Hong Wu, United States, Vol 29 No 11 | March 13 - March 19, letter

First Asian American woman appointed as Shoreline judge

March 10, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Secretary, teacher, or nurse.

Being a woman, these were the only choices that counselors gave Marcine Anderson when she graduated from an Oregon high school in a small town in 1973.

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2010, Ethnic Studies, First Asian American, Helen Frye, International District Legal Clinic, It Judge Frye, King County Council, King County District Court Judge, Marcine Anderson, Northwest Women, Office Civil Division, Oregon Circuit Courts, Seattle Anderson, Shoreline District Court, Suffolk University Law School, Vol 29 No 11 | March 13 - March 19, WSBA, Washington State Bar Association, Washington State Supreme Court Justice Susan Owens

Liu drops out of state senate race

March 10, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

About a month after announcing his intention to run for the ethnically diverse 37th district seat in the Washington State Senate, Eric Liu has made the tough decision of stepping down. Liu is an acclaimed author, former speech writer and politic adviser, and a civic activist.

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2010, Adam Kline, Education, Eric Liu, Guiding Lights Network, Heidi Park, Julia Liu, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Public Library, Sharon Tomiko Santos, Stacy Nguyen, State Rep, Vol 29 No 11 | March 13 - March 19, Washington State Legislature, Washington State Senate

Diversity Makes a Difference – Part 3

March 10, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Northwest Asian Weekly’s Diversity Makes a Difference scholarship program celebrates young people who are committed to reaching out across cultural lines. Students are nominated by their school as being champions of diversity.

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: 2010, Ballard High School, Dan Jurdy, Eleanor Ledbetter, ILC, Juanita High School Multicultural Club, Julie Kratzig, Karen Anastasio, Kaycee Keegan, Lori Box, MTHS, Matt Grant, Mike Navalinski, Northern Uganda, Ruth Kutrakun, Seattle Public Schools, Sehome High School, Squalicum High School, Vicki Gezon, Vol 29 No 11 | March 13 - March 19, World Vision, culture

Attention: Local U.S. Census jobs offer good pay, flexibility, and community service

March 10, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

King County is gearing up for the 2010 U.S. Census, which, for many area residents, translates to well-paying temporary jobs while helping out the community and the country.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2010, Census Bureau, King County, Seattle, Social Security, Vol 29 No 11 | March 13 - March 19

Attention: New visa rules for visits to India

March 10, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

1. In respect of foreign national holding tourist visas with a multiple entry facility, there should be gap of at least two months between two visits to India.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2010, Attention New, India, Vol 29 No 11 | March 13 - March 19

Georgia’s MARTA Yellow Line to be renamed Gold

March 10, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Last month, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) CEO Beverly Scott said that the transit agency would change the name of its Yellow train line, which goes to Doraville, home to a large Asian American community. The line will now be called Gold. MARTA serves the Atlanta area.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2010, Asian American, Georgia, Helen Kim, MARTA, Vol 29 No 11 | March 13 - March 19

UN: Asia–Pacific lags on women’s rights

March 10, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEW DELHI (AP) — Nearly 100 million women across Asia have “disappeared” because of a huge and growing gender gap that has fatally deprived them of access to health care and food. This has led to widespread abortions of female fetuses, according to a U.N. report released on March 8.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Anuradha Rajivan, Bangladesh, China, East Asian, India, International Women, Iran, Nepal, New Delhi, Pakistan, South Asia, South Korea, United Nations Development Program, Vol 29 No 11 | March 13 - March 19, japan

Japanese princess bullied at elementary school

March 10, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Princess Aiko, granddaughter of the emperor, has missed several days of classes because of bullying by boys at her elementary school, a spokesman for the royal family said on March 5.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Africa, Crown Prince Naruhito, Emperor Hirohito, Imperial Household Agency, Motomasa Higashisono, Prince Akishino, Princess Aiko, Princess Kiko, Princess Masako, Tokyo, Vol 29 No 11 | March 13 - March 19

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