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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 – May 21

In pursuit of the American Dream: Refugees risk life and family escaping from war-torn countries in order to carve out new lives in the United States

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

After the fall of Saigon in 1975, Choy Vong had many things working against him. His father was the staff sergeant in the fifth infantry of the defeated South Vietnamese army.

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2010, American Dream Refugees, CBS, Cambodia, Choy Vong, International Dis, Khmer Rouge, Phnom Penh Noodle House, Pulau Bidong, Seattle, South Vietnamese, Thailand, Tiffany Ran, United Nation, United States, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21, Wing Luke Museum

Hip hop dreams: Asian Americans artists on the difficulties they face breaking out into mainstream rap

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“Right now, we’re at a time when we’re just bubbling. When all Asian artists come together and start to realize each other’s work ethics, it’s going to be great,”

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Profiles Tagged With: 2010, Asian Americans, Billboard Top, Black Entertainment Television, Blue Scholars, Chinese American, Gordon Tsai, Laotian Ameri, Oliver Wang, Phone Phreak, Ruff Ryders, Seattle, Snoop Dogg, Sonny Bonoho, Sonny Thongoulay, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21, West Coast, attention, language

Reunion for Philippine Scouts honors those who defended freedom during WWII

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Capt. Felipe Fernandez of the 26th Cavalry kept it in mind as Japanese mortar shells landed around him. He and his platoon were stranded in his homeland, the Philippines, during World War II.

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2010, Anthony Zendejas, Bataan Death March, Felipe Fernandez, Filipino, Forgotten Soldiers, James Tabafunda, Japanese Army, John Patterson, Klahowya Secondary School, Margot Zendejas, Oscar Hillman, POW, Philippine Army, Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Philippines, United States, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21, WWII, reunion

Attention: Construction on South Dearborn Street May 17

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

During the week of May 17, Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) and its contractor, Gary Merlino Con­struction Company, will begin work to repave a major section

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2010, Avenue South, Gary Merlino Con, South Dearborn Street, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21

New data on minority-owned businesses compiled by the Foster School released

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The University of Washington Foster School’s Business and Economic Development Center released the Washington Minority Small Business Survey. Now in its fourth year of publication, this is the only index of its kind aimed at tracking the financial health of small and minority owned-businesses in Washington.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2008, 2009, 2010, Foster School, GDP, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21, Washington Minority Small Business Survey

White House task force on minority contracting good for AAPIs

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

President Barack Obama signed an executive order that will benefit Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities and AAPI business owners.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2010, AAPI, Asian American Justice Center, President Barack Obama, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21, White House, poverty

Chinese AIDS activist flees to United States after harassment

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Wan Yanhai is used to being harassed by authorities, but the un­wanted attention got steadily worse this year for the founder of a prominent Chinese AIDS advocacy group.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, AIDS, Aizhixing Institute, Beijing-based Ai, China, Chinese, HIV, Health Ministry, Hong Kong, Hu Jia, Kin-man Chan, United States, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21, Wan Yanhai, Zeng Jingyan, attention, social media

Sen. Benigno Aquino III promises a lean and graft-free Philippine government

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine president-apparent and nominees to what he pledged would be a lean, graft-free Cabinet prom­ised last Wednesday to travel over­seas less, investigate corruption and renew peace talks on ending decades-long insurgencies.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Associated Press, Benigno Aquino Jr, Corazon Soliman, Ferdinand Marcos, Hrvoje Hranjski, MANILA, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, New People, Oliver Teves, President Corazon Aquino, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President Joseph Estrada, Social Welfare, Teresa Cerojano, Teresita Deles, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21

Taiwan’s unlikely hero: vegetable seller of market

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Described by Taiwan­ese President Ma Ying-jeou as Taiwan’s “am­bassador with a loving heart,” 61-year-old Shu-chu Chen was selected as one of the

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Ang Lee, Chinese New Year, Korean, NTD, New America Media, New York, President Ma Ying-jeou, San Francisco, TIME, Taiwan, United States, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21, poverty

Korean Olympic medalists banned in fix scandal

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Two South Korean Olympic medalists in short-track speed skating have been banned from competing for three years for their alleged involvement in a race-fixing scandal, a Korea Skating Union (KSU) official said on May 6.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2010, Coach Jeon, Jeon Jae-mok, KSU, Korea Times, Korean Olympic Committee, Lee Jung-su, Park Sung-hyun, SEOUL, Vancouver Olympics, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21

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