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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 31 No 32 | August 4 – August 10

Nathan Adrian leads 100-meter freestyle at Olympics

August 6, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Nathan Adrian of Bremerton, Wash. won a gold medal for the 100-meter freestyle, beating out Australia’s James

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Australia, Cecilia Adrian, Hong Kong, James Adrian, James Magnussen, Nathan Adrian, Olympics, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Vol 31 No 32 | August 4 - August 10

Seattle Chinese Drill Team celebrates 60th anniversary

August 6, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

About 360 people attended the Seattle Chinese Drill Team’s 60th anniversary celebration at the Renton Pavilion

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Cheryl Chow, Renton Pavilion Event Center, Seattle Chinese Drill Team, Vol 31 No 32 | August 4 - August 10

Washington residents pay tribute to Korean War veterans in Olympia

August 6, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Washington residents gathered at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Olympia to commemorate the 59th anniversary of the armistice signing that ended the Korean War. A wreathlaying ceremony was held and included the unveiling of the name of Army Sgt. 1st Class Richard L. Harris of Spokane. Harris was captured during the Battle of the […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, American Korean War Veterans, Armed Forces, Army Sgt, Consul Chan-sik Yoon, Infantry Division, Korean War Veterans Memorial, North Korea, Seattle, Tahoma National Cemetery, Vol 31 No 32 | August 4 - August 10

Steve Hobbs host fundraising event before primaries

August 6, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Steve Hobbs and his supporters gathered at the home of Vera and Joey Ing for a last effort to fundraise and garner

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2010, 2012, Joey Ing, Karen Keiser, Steve Hobbs, Velma Veloria, Vol 31 No 32 | August 4 - August 10, Washington State Senate

India’s Olympic team abuzz about mystery woman

August 4, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jill Lawless The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A mysterious woman in red has caused an international incident at the London Olympics. Indian officials are mystified — and miffed — after an unknown young woman managed to march with the country’s athletes and officials during the opening ceremony Friday night.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Deccan Chronicle, Harpal Singh Bedi, India, Leaky London Unaccounted, London Olympics, Madhura Honey, Madhura Nagendra, New Delhi, Olympic Park, Olympic Stadium, Sebastian Coe, Sushil Kumar, TV, Vol 31 No 32 | August 4 - August 10, letter

Tokyo again wants Olympics to heal national crisis

August 4, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Graham Dunbar The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Tokyo wants to host a Summer Olympics for the second time, so that the games can again help speed up Japan’s recovery from a national crisis.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, European Championship, IOC, London Olympics, Masato Mizuno, Summer Games, Summer Olympics, Tokyo Olympics, UEFA, Vol 31 No 32 | August 4 - August 10, Yoshiro Mori, japan, turkey

Council to help with Asian American employment

August 4, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn has signed a new law that will create an employment council to help Asian Americans find state government jobs.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Asian American Employment Plan Advisory Council, Asian Americans, Chinatown, Pat Quinn, Vol 31 No 32 | August 4 - August 10

Indonesian forest savior among Magsaysay winners

August 4, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An Indonesian mountaineer, who faced death threats while battling illegal loggers, and a Bangladeshi lawyer, who fought to keep old, rusty ships from being dumped in her homeland, were named recipients of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards on Thursday. This year’s six honorees battled great odds […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2012, Ambrosius Ruwindrijarto, Bangladesh, Blind Chinese, Cambodia, Chen Guangcheng, Chen Shu-chu, Filipino, Integrated Village Development Project, Lawyer Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Nobel Prize, President Carmencita Abella, Ramon Magsaysay Awards, Romulo Davide, Vol 31 No 32 | August 4 - August 10, Yang Saing Koma, Yuan Weijing, poverty

APA Heritage Day with Mariners raises money for Nikkei Concerns and Kin On

August 3, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA) is cosponsoring APA Heritage Day with the Mariners. As part of

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2012, Bruce Lee, CACA, Kin On, Nikkei Concerns, Safeco Field, Seattle Mariners, Vol 31 No 32 | August 4 - August 10

Rooting for the underdogs in this month’s book selections

August 3, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly The Choke Artist: Confessions of a Chronic Underachiever By David Yoo Grand Central Publishing, 2012 Growing up, David Yoo hated everything that identified him as Asian: his slanted eyes, his slight frame, and others’ assumptions that he was academically gifted. So in an effort to buck the model minority […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2012, Cat Girl, Choke Artist, David Yoo, Day Off, Ferris Bueller, Grand Central Publishing, John Hughes, Kabul, Korean, Natalie Ng, PWG, Samantha Pak, Tu Books, Vol 31 No 32 | August 4 - August 10, Wrigley Field

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