By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly “Drawing from Memory” By Allen Say Scholastic Press, 2011 From the time he was a young boy growing up in Japan, Allen Say knew […]
Olympia Mayor Doug Mah bids farewell, though not ruling out return to politics
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly “This was an important project. It taught me that size matters,” Mah said, somewhat jokingly, at the Sept. 19, 2011 meeting of Rotary Club […]
BLOG: What our political leaders have taught us about failure
I am not insane. People will probably accuse me of being insane because I’m starting my 2012 blog by talking about failures. I can imagine some readers’ reaction. “Don’t you […]
COMMENTARY: Stereotyped impressions of North Koreans hurting Korean reunification
Dr. Vernasius T. Tandia By Dr. Vernasius T. Tandia For Northwest Asian Weekly Compared to about a decade ago, when there was widespread opposition to reunification, a growing number of […]
WWU prof sheds light on drastic climate change in Alaska, Sri Lanka, and Mongolia
By Jeffrey Osborn Northwest Asian Weekly The human race has been considered a race of hunter–gatherers. Groups that lived inland hunted wild animals and when the opportunity presented itself, they […]
Conrad Lee, Bellevue’s new mayor
By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly On the night of Jan. 3, Bellevue City Councilmembers unanimously voted for fellow Councilmember and Deputy Mayor Conrad Lee to serve as the city’s mayor. […]
Oakland mayor under fire over Occupy protests
By Terence Chea and Terry Collins The Associated Press Oakland Mayor Jean Quan at Oakland’s Lake Merritt OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland Mayor Jean Quan made history in January when […]