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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 – January 27

LETTER: Commentary about Korean unification isn’t realistic

January 24, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

To the Editor: Dr. Vernasius T. Tandia’s commentary (Jan. 7, 2012) regarding stereotypes harbored by South Koreans toward North Korean refugees among them, and the way that these stereotypes harm hope for reunification enlists the reader in the call for an idealizing and accommodating vision about North Korea that doesn’t seem at all realistic about […]

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: 2012, China, Cold Warrior, Harry Truman, Idealizing North Korea, Mac Crary, North Koreans, Saddam Hussein, Seattle, South Koreans, Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27

Ho Nam Association/Luke Family Association gets new officers

January 23, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Ho Nam Association recently announced its new officers for 2012. They are Sterling Luke, Bettie Luke, Andre Loh, and Marge Young.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Andre Loh, Bettie Luke, Chinese, East Kong Yick Building, Ho Nam Association, Luke Family Association, Marge Young, Sterling Luke, Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27, Wing Luke Asian Museum

Local woman participates in relay race in Kawamoto, Japan

January 23, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Jenn Doane, a Whitman College graduate, recently participated in the Kawamoto Ekiden — a 26-km, 8-leg relay race that loops around town — in an all-girls team. Kawamoto is a small town located in the Ochi District in Shimane, Japan.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2010, 2012, Jenn Doane, Kawamoto Ekiden, Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27, Whitman College, japan

Judith Fong-Bressler joins Seattle Symphony Board

January 23, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Dec. 30, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra added 18 new members to its board of directors. Among them is Judith Fong-Bressler, a retired hospital administrator. (end)

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27

LIHI breaks ground for new senior housing project in Central District

January 23, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Jan. 12, the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) celebrated the groundbreaking for a new senior housing project in Seattle’s Central District. Construction is underway on the 61-unit development, located at 2010 South Jackson Street. The building will provide permanent supportive housing for homeless and low-income seniors.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Alan Castle, Central District, Ernestine Anderson, LIHI, Seattle, Shelley Young, South Jackson Street, Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27

North Korea to issue special pardons for convicts around Lunar New Year

January 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea will issue special pardons for convicts to commemorate milestone birthdays of its two late leaders, state media said, in the first such dispensations in more than six years.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Justice Ministry, KCNA, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, Korean Central News Agency, Lunar New Year, North Korea, SEOUL, South Korea, Supreme People, Unification Ministry, Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27, japan

China’s dragon stamp deemed too ferocious and . . . ugly

January 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — A stamp designed to mark China’s upcoming Year of the Dragon is drawing unusual criticism for its fang-bearing monster.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Beijing, Chen Shaohua, China, Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year, Qing Dynasty, Sina Weibo, Tan Xudong, Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27, Zhang Yihe, blog

Women of color look to the past in order to inspire the future

January 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Compiled by Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly French author Andre Maurois famously wrote, “A man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body.” <!–more–> On Feb. 3, the Women of Color Empowered Luncheon will attempt to prove this adage true for women also, that the past and one’s […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2012, American Indian Women, Asia Pacific Cultural Center, Bharat Natyam, CEO, Chinatown International District, King County Council, Marianne Scholl, Mount Zion Baptist Church, Nargis Datt Cancer Foundation, Native Action Network, New Hong Kong Restaurant, Seattle Woman Magazine, Smithsonian Institution, Stacy Nguyen, Tulalip Tribes, Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27, Women Empowered, Women of Color Empowered

BLOG: How Nate Miles rocked the house at MLK event

January 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Keynote speaker Nate Miles rocked Mt. Zion Baptist Church with his fiery delivery, passionate cry for social, economic, and civil rights justices, and dramatic storytelling at “Leaders and Leadership” last Friday, an event in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday. Organized by the Seattle Community Colleges, the annual event brought together the young and […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2012, Adam Smith, Jay Inslee, King County Executive Dow Constantine, MLK, Martin Luther King Jr., Nate Miles, Publisher Ng's blog, Seattle Community Colleges, Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27, Zion Baptist Church

BLOG: Remembering Michael So’s kidnapping

January 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Michael So, Hong Kong opera star and former owner of Honey Court Restaurant, passed away recently. Most people are unaware that he was kidnapped in 1982. (The two criminals were Wah Mee killers in 1983.) They robbed him at gunpoint at his Queen Anne home and later locked him in his own car trunk, leaving […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2012, Honey Court Restaurant, Hong Kong, Publisher Ng's blog, Queen Anne, Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27, Wah Mee

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