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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 31 No 42 | October 13 – October 19

Third Kollaboration Seattle features local APA talent

October 15, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The third annual Kollaboration Seattle showcase will take place Friday, Oct. 12, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in downtown Seattle at the STG Moore Theatre. Six local competitors will be competing for a grand prize of $1,000 and an opportunity to perform in a live-broadcast Kollaboration all-star show in Los Angeles on Nov. 16.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, APA, Ariel Yang, Audience Freestyle Vocal Competition Seattle-based Hip Hop, Bruce Lee, Cathy Nguyen, GOWE, Hannah Hipolito Nate Vibez, J-Pros, James Sun, Joseph Vincent, Kollaboration, Kollaboration Seattle, Kona Kitchen, Los Angeles, Mimi Jung, One Day, Shannon Lee, Vol 31 No 42 | October 13 - October 19, Yuji Okumoto

Florence Chang promoted to executive VP of MultiCare

October 15, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Florence Chang, one of our 2010 Asian American Pioneers in Healthcare, has been promoted to executive vice president of the not-for-profit MultiCare Health System, based in Tacoma.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Asian American Pioneers, California State University, Dearborn Advisors, Dominguez Hills, Florence Chang, Information Services, Senior Vice President, VP, Vol 31 No 42 | October 13 - October 19, technology

Vancouver-based Wanting Qu starts North American tour

October 15, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Vancouver-based, Chinese-born singer-songwriter Wanting Qu began her North American tour this week, opening with a show in Vancouver on Sunday, Oct. 7, before moving on to shows in Los Angeles, New York, and Toronto.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Mercedes Benz, Nettwerk Music Group, New York, North American, Vol 31 No 42 | October 13 - October 19

Verizon sends four to California for Korean culture convention

October 15, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Verizon Wireless announced the winner of its KCON Flyaway Sweepstakes last Friday, Oct. 5. Nancy Lee and three of her friends will be flying to Irvine, Calif. to experience KCON, the first convention of Korean culture in North America.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Amir Sadeghi, Associate Director, KCON, Korean, Madeleine Manzano, Nancy Lee, North America, VIP, VIXX, Verizon Bellevue Store Manager Photo, Verizon Wireless, Vol 31 No 42 | October 13 - October 19

Supreme Court looks at race in college admissions again

October 13, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mark Sherman The Associated Press Washington, D.C. (AP) — Nine years after the Supreme Court said colleges and universities can use race in their quest for diverse student bodies, the justices have put this divisive social issue back on their agenda in the middle of a presidential election campaign.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2012, Abigail Fisher, African American, Asian American, Century Foundation, Justice Anthony Kennedy, Justice Samuel Alito, Los Angeles, Richard Kahlenburg, Richard Sander, Stuart Taylor, Sugar Land, Supreme Court, Thomas Goldstein, UCLA, UT, Vol 31 No 42 | October 13 - October 19

Delta to expand Asia service from Seattle

October 13, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Bomkamp The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Delta Air Lines wants to expand service to Asia through its partnership with Alaska Airlines. Delta plans to add a flight between Seattle and Shanghai starting on June 17, 2013. Delta, which is based in Atlanta, is also proposing a flight between Seattle and Tokyo-Haneda, […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, Africa, Alaska Air Group Inc, Alaska Airlines, Asia, Beijing, Business Elite, Delta, Europe, Latin America, New York, Seattle, Tokyo, Vol 31 No 42 | October 13 - October 19, japan

US to allow South Korea to have longer-range missiles

October 13, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Kin Kim The Associated Press Seoul, S. Korea (AP) — The United States has agreed to allow South Korea to possess longer-range ballistic missiles that could strike all of North Korea, South Korean officials said Sunday, Oct. 7. Under a 2001 accord with Washington, Seoul has been barred from developing and deploying ballistic missiles with a range of more […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Chun Yung-woo, Guam, North Korea, South Korean, US, Vol 31 No 42 | October 13 - October 19, japan, technology

Foxconn denies worker unrest slows iPhone assembly

October 13, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Didi Tang The Associated Press Beijing, China (AP) — Foxconn Technology Group denied on Saturday, Oct. 6 that production was affected at a Chinese factory that makes Apple’s iPhones, although both state media and an overseas labor watch group said some workers halted production lines on Friday, Oct. 5 apparently over higher quality control […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Beijing, Chinese, Monday Oct, National Golden Week, New York-based China Labor Watch, Vol 31 No 42 | October 13 - October 19, Xinhua News Agency, Xinzheng Comprehensive Bonded Area

Philipines, Muslim rebels agree on peace pact

October 13, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jin Gomez and Eileen Ng The Associated Press Manila, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government and the country’s largest Muslim rebel group have reached a preliminary peace deal that is a major breakthrough toward ending a decades-long insurgency that killed tens of thousands and held back development in the south.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2016, Al Haj Murad Ibrahim, Ameril Umbra Kato, Filipino Muslims, Ghadzali Jaafar, Hrvoje Hranjski, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Marvic Leonen, Mohagher Iqbal, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Moro National Liberation Front, Philippines, State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Supreme Court, Teresita Deles, Vol 31 No 42 | October 13 - October 19, poverty

British and Japanese scientists win Nobel

October 13, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Malcolm Ritter and Karl Ritter The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two scientists from different generations won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for the groundbreaking discovery that cells in the body can be reprogrammed into completely different kinds, work that reflects the mechanism behind cloning and offers an alternative to using embryonic […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Doug Melton, Elaine Kurtenbach, George Daley, Gladstone Institute, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, John Hardy, Karl Ritter, Karolinska Institute, Kyoto University, Magdalene College, Nobel Prize, President Barack Obama, San Francisco, Shinya Yamanaka, University College London, Vol 31 No 42 | October 13 - October 19, japan

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