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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 30 No 8 | February 19 – February 25

Legally chic: Should fashion designs receive copyright protection? – Local Asian American experts, designers weigh in on the debate

February 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Laotian American designer Banchong Douangphrachanh buzzes with excitement as she prepares to launch her 2011 fall/winter menswear collection.

Filed Under: Profiles, Fashion Tagged With: 2011, Banchong Douangphrachanh, Binh Nguyen, Capitol Hill-based, Evangeline Cafe, India, Jaeil Lee, Kiko Couture, Kiko Rodriguez, Laotian American, Last August, Northwest Asian Weekly, Rebecca Luke, Seattle Pacific University, United States, Vol 30 No 8 | February 19 - February 25

People for sale? – Part 1 of 2: What’s often left unsaid and unreported in the world of modern slavery

February 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In the mid 90s, advocates at the Asian & Pacific Islander Women & Family Safety Center (APIWFSC) were alarmed by a disturbing trend in domestic violence cases.

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: 2011, APIWFSC, Anne Ko, Emma Catague, International Labor Organization, Mexico, Northwest Asian Weekly, Operation Traffick Jam, Palermo Protocol, ReWA, Refugee Women, Seattle Police Department, Tiffany Ran, Trafficking Victims Protection Act, United Nation, United States, Vol 30 No 8 | February 19 - February 25

Cobalt moves into the ID, but will it fill the void Amazon left behind?

February 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

John Holt had a hard time getting acquainted with all of his 800 employees on a daily basis. Now, with new office spaces in the International District, not only does

Filed Under: Profiles, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2011, ADP, Blue Nile Co, Cobalt, Cobalt Group, GLY, ID, International Architects, International District, John Holt, Northwest Asian Weekly, Olympics, Ryo Izawa, SODO, Samurai Noodles, Union Station, Vol 30 No 8 | February 19 - February 25, culture

Second recent case of food stamp fraud casts shadow over Viet Wah

February 17, 2011 By Stacy Nguyen

This week, KING 5 Investigators reported on incidences of food stamp fraud at Viet Wah Supermarket in the International District (ID).

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2011, Agriculture Department, Assunta Ng, Chris Ingalls, Duc Tran, ID, KING, Kellie Cheadle, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Northwest, Seattle Chinese Herb Grocery, Viet Wah, Viet Wah Group, Viet Wah Supermarket, Vol 30 No 8 | February 19 - February 25

APIA workers among the fastest growing groups in the union workforce

February 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A new report by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) documents a large wage and benefit advantage for Asian American and Pacific Islander

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2009, 2011, AAPI, APIA, Asian Americans, CEPR, Census Bureau, Domestic Policy, Nicole Woo, Pacific Islanders, Vol 30 No 8 | February 19 - February 25

Former House candidate sentenced to a year in prison

February 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SANTA ANA, California (AP) — A former California congressional candidate accused of sending a mailer to Latino voters in 2006 warning that immigrants could not vote was sentenced Monday

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, Dean Steward, Democratic Rep, FBI, Former House, Greg Staples, Loretta Sanchez, Orange County, Tan Nguyen, Vietnamese American, Vol 30 No 8 | February 19 - February 25, letter

Slain man’s family opposes inmate’s death

February 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The family of an Ohio storekeeper fatally shot in the head during a 1994 robbery opposes the upcoming execution of the man convicted of the crime

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, COLUMBUS, Chonggi Mah, Jeffrey Hill, Jin Ju Mah, Johnnie Baston, Ohio State University, Peter Mah, South Korean, Ted Strickland, Vol 30 No 8 | February 19 - February 25

Japanese women fight to keep surnames

February 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TOKYO (AP) — A group of Japanese citizens filed a lawsuit Monday, Feb. 14 challenging a civil law that effectively stops women from keeping their surnames when they marry.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2011, China, Civil Code, Emie Kayama, Kyoko Tsukamoto, Prime Minister Naoto Kan, South Korea, Tokyo, Vol 30 No 8 | February 19 - February 25, Yoko Sakamoto, attention, japan

Thai airline trains first-ever transsexual flight attendants

February 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BANGKOK (AP) — Four Thai “ladyboys” have been recruited as flight attendants for a start-up charter airline that says it will be Thailand’s first to include transsexuals among its cabin crew.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Company President Peter Chan, Dissanai Chitpraphachin, Miss Tiffany, Phuntakarn Sringern, Thailand, Vol 30 No 8 | February 19 - February 25

Japan confirms China surpassed its economy in 2010

February 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TOKYO (AP) — Japan confirmed that China’s economy surpassed its own as the world’s second largest in 2010 and said a late-year downturn was its first quarterly contraction in more than a year.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2011, Cabinet Office, China, GDP, Kaoru Yosano, Masaaki Shirakawa, Masayuki Kichikawa, Prime Minister Kan, Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Standard Poor, Tokyo, Toyota Motor Corp, Vol 30 No 8 | February 19 - February 25, japan

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