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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 32 No 18 | April 27 – May 3

JACL hosts 91st Annual Banquet and Fundraiser

April 29, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Seattle chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League hosted it 91st Annual Banquet and Fundraiser on Saturday, April 20, raising funds for the organization’s community programs.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Annual Banquet, Award Winners Jasmit Singh, JACL, Japanese American Citizens League, Sam Shoji Unsung Hero Award Beth Takekawa, Sikh Coalition, Vol 32 No 18 | April 27 - May 3, Wing Luke Museum

Korean Orchestra visits Benaroya Hall, performs

April 29, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Daejeon Yeonjeng Municipal Orchestra and Morning Star Korean Cultural Center presented a performance of Korea Fantasy at Benaroya Hall on Monday, April 22 to a near capacity audience. Daejeon and Seattle are sister cities.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Benaroya Hall, Korean, Morning Star Korean Cultural Center, Seattle, Vol 32 No 18 | April 27 - May 3

Cheryl Chow remembered at memorial ceremony

April 29, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Approximately 800 people gathered to celebrate the life of Cheryl Chow on Saturday, April 20 at Town Hall Seattle.  Chow, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2011, passed away on March 29 at the age of 66.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, Cheryl Chow, China Gary Locke, Chris Gregoire, Fifth Avenue South, Lori Matsukawa, Mona Locke, Sarah Morningstar, Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team, Vol 32 No 18 | April 27 - May 3

LeHama Jewelry closes its doors after 33 years

April 29, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

LeHama Jewelry closed it doors on Saturday, April 20, after 33 years of serving the Asian community in Seattle.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Angie Ma, Bush Asia Center, Danielle Luc, Francis Ma, Seattle, Sirdana Ma, Vol 32 No 18 | April 27 - May 3

Trial starts for aides of Asian NYC mayoral hopeful

April 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tom Hays The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The trial of two former associates of a candidate seeking to become New York City’s first Asian-American mayor began Monday, April 15 with jury selection in federal court in Manhattan.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Attorney Preet Bharara, City Comptroller John Liu, Hudson County, Jia Jenny Hou, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City, Vol 32 No 18 | April 27 - May 3, Xing Oliver Wu Pan

US, Vietnam far apart on human rights

April 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Brummitt and Matthew Pennington The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities seeking to stop a well-known democracy activist from meeting an American diplomat last weekend deployed an unusual weapon — a group of elderly ladies.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, American Embassy, Asia, BBC, China, Communist Party, Daniel Baer, Father Ly, HANOI, Human Rights Watch, Phil Robertson, Several Vietnamese, South Vietnamese, United States, Vol 32 No 18 | April 27 - May 3, Washington DC

Condition of raped 5-year-old Indian girl improves

April 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nirmala George The Associated Press NEW DELHI, India (AP) — The condition of a 5-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped, raped, and tortured by a man and then left alone in a locked room in India’s capital for two days has improved, a doctor said Sunday, April 21 as protests continued over the authorities’ […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress Party, India Gate, Meenakshi Ganguly, New Delhi, New York-based Human Rights Watch, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, South Asia, Vol 32 No 18 | April 27 - May 3

South Koreans hope to return to Kaesong factories

April 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Youkyung Lee AP Business Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean entrepreneurs who invested up to 10 years and millions of dollars in the Kaesong industrial complex, a symbol of economic collaboration between the Koreas that is now shuttered by the North, have little more than hope to cling to as assembly […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, CEO, Chinese, Choi Dong-jin, Daemyung Blue Jeans Inc, Foxconn Technology Group, Han Jae-kwon, Korean Peninsula, North Koreans, Sam Kim, South Koreans, Unification Ministry, United States, Vol 32 No 18 | April 27 - May 3, Yoo Byung-ki, communication

Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month coming to Seattle Center

April 26, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Seattle Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration will be taking place from 11:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 5 at the Seattle Center Armory.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2012, 2013, Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration, Filipino, Massive Monkees, Nisei Veterans Committee, Seattle Center Armory, Vol 32 No 18 | April 27 - May 3

Following the ‘13 Assassins’

April 26, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly When director Eiichi Kudo went into pre-production for his 1963 samurai film “13 Assassins,” he had no way of knowing that he would help pioneer a new age in samurai cinema.  Kudo worked with screenwriter Kaneo Ikegami, who’d written another film, “Seventeen Ninja,” released earlier that same year, and […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 13 Assassins, 2010, 2013, Akira Kurosawa, Andrew Hamlin, DVD, Eiichi Kudo, Eleven Samurai, Jubei Suzuki, Kinema Jumpo Japanese, Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira, North America, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seventeen Ninja, Shinzaemon Chiezo Kataoka, Shudan Jidaigeki, Vol 32 No 18 | April 27 - May 3

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