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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 30 No 31 | July 30 – August 5

July 23: Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot opens in Bellevue

August 1, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

At 1411 156th Ave. N.E., suite A, in Bellevue is a new restaurant, Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot. The location is the very first in the state and the seventh in the country. Little Sheep first opened in 1999 in Baotou, Inner Mongolia. Today it has more than 400 locations worldwide.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2011, Bellevue Deputy Major Conrad Lee, Brad Owen, Inner Mongolia, Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot, Vol 30 No 31 | July 30 - August 5, Washington General Warren Chinn

July 6: Maria Corinna Palanca-Wessels receives Kuni Scholar Award

August 1, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Maria Corinna Palanca-Wessels, M.D., Ph.D., a clinical researcher at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, received an award of $200,000 over two years provided by the Wayne D. Kuni and Joan E. Kuni Foundation of Vancouver, Wash., and the Kuni family. Palanca-Wessels is among three promising cancer researchers in the Pacific Northwest in the inaugural class […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2011, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Kuni Scholars, Pacific Northwest, Vol 30 No 31 | July 30 - August 5

New faces in new places: Salon Divas finds a new home

August 1, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Salon Divas, a hair salon, found a new home in Seattle’s Belltown at 2518 4th Avenue. It held its grand reopening last month on June 1.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2011, Dori Marbett, Jennie Schmidt, KING, Lisa Noji, Salon Divas, Seattle, Vol 30 No 31 | July 30 - August 5, Western Washington

Joan Stamm book wins 2011 Nautilus Award

August 1, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Joan Stamm’s book, “Heaven and Earth are Flowers: Reflections on Ikebana and Buddhism,” was selected as a 2011 Nautilus Silver Award Winner in the religion and spirituality category. Stamm lived in Japan in the early 1990s and became interested in Buddhism and traditional Japanese arts. She studied Zen and Tibetan Buddhism upon returning to the […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2011, Joan Stamm, Nautilus Silver Award Winner, Orcas Island, Tibetan Buddhism, Vol 30 No 31 | July 30 - August 5, japan

Fighting school violence, Asian immigrants find their voice

July 30, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Anjana Sundaram New America Media Wei Chen describes himself as the “quiet, academic type” when he first came to America in 2006. Upon entering South Philadelphia High School, he barely spoke English and hoped to disappear under the radar, while he adjusted to his new environment.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, 2011, African American, Bach Tong, Chinatown, Chinese American Student Association, Duong Nghe Le, Melanie Grimes, Persuading Asian, Principal Hackney, School Reform Commission, Shana Kemp, South Philadelphia High School, Superintendent Arlene Ackerman, Vietnamese, Vol 30 No 31 | July 30 - August 5, Wei Chen, Xu Lin, attention

North Korea food shortage worst in years despite farms

July 30, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jean H. Lee The Associated Press SUNAN, North Korea (AP) — It’s an unlikely sight: hundreds of ostriches, a bird native to sunny Africa, squatting and squabbling in the morning chill on a sprawling farm in North Korea. Even stranger: In winter, some wear quilted vests.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Africa, Kangwon National University, Katharina Zellweger, Kim Jin Ok, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, Kim Kyung-ryang, Kim Mi Hye, Kim Young-hoon, Leader Kim, North Koreans, Ostrich Alley, President Kim Il Sung, Pyongyang-based North Korea, SUNAN, South Korean, Stephan Haggard, Vol 30 No 31 | July 30 - August 5

China’s online population rises to 485 million

July 30, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — China’s online population soared to 485 million as of the end of June, as use of mobile phones to surf the web spreads, an industry group reported Tuesday.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2011, CNNIC, China, Chinese, Vol 30 No 31 | July 30 - August 5, World Bank

Malaysia, Australia sign refugee exchange pact

July 30, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia and Australia sealed a pact Monday, July 25, to swap refugees in a contentious new strategy aimed at deterring asylum seekers from undertaking perilous boat journeys to Australia. The deal will see Australia send 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia over the next four years in exchange for Australia resettling […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Afghanistan, Australia, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Southeast Asian, Sri Lanka, Vol 30 No 31 | July 30 - August 5

India’s eunuchs demand access to welfare programs

July 30, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KOLKATA, India (AP) — Eunuchs in India are demanding an end to discrimination against them and access to government welfare programs.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, India, Sobha Haldar, Vol 30 No 31 | July 30 - August 5, poverty

Research: Shift in education policy needed to provide greater support for AAPI students

July 29, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The face of American education from K-12 to higher education is quickly experiencing changes set by the fast-paced growth among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) — a population that is expected to reach nearly 40 million by 2050. 

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2010, 2011, AAPI, ACS, Among Southeast Asians, Asian Americans, Asian Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund, East Asians Chinese, Korean, Pacific Islanders, Research Shift, Vol 30 No 31 | July 30 - August 5

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