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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 32 No 38 | September 14 – September 20

CIDBIA hosts annual Night Market and Autumn Moon Festival

September 16, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Chinatown–International District Business Improvement District hosted its fifth annual Night Market and Autumn Moon Festival on Sept. 7 from 6 p.m. to midnight. This year’s festival was held in Union Station Plaza and 5th Ave. South.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Autumn Moon Festival, CIDBIA, International Dance Party, Night Market, Seattle, Union Station Plaza, Vol 32 No 38 | September 14 - September 20

First new construction for Yesler Terrace Redevelopment breaks ground

September 16, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Following years of planning and resident input, the first construction in the redevelopment of Yesler Terrace broke ground on Sept. 5. The groundbreaking ceremony featured local leaders and partners in the redevelopment, including Congressman Adam Smith, Deputy Mayor Darryl Smith, City Council President Sally Clark, and others, turning the first shovels of earth to kick […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Baldwin Apartments, City Council President Sally Clark, Congressman Adam Smith, Deputy Mayor Darryl Smith, East Fir, Head Start, SHA, Spectrum Development Solutions, Steam Plant, Vol 32 No 38 | September 14 - September 20, Yesler Terrace Redevelopment

Vovinam holds international summit in Florida

September 16, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The 2nd Conference of the Masters, an international summit of Vovinam masters, took place in Orlando, Fla. from Aug. 21 to 23. Vovinam is a Vietnam martial arts style. It was founded in 1938.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Seattle, United States, Vietnam, Vol 32 No 38 | September 14 - September 20

Susan Lee named president of Seattle chapter of National Reunification Advisory Council

September 16, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Susan Lee, currently the president of the Korean American Chamber of Commerce, has been named the president of the Seattle chapter of the National Reunification Advisory Council. The National Reunification Advisory Council was created to support one of the tenants of the constitution of South Korea, the unification of the Korean peninsula. Previously, Lee founded […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Korean American Chamber, Korean American Coalition, Korean Women Realtor, National Reunification Advisory Council, Seattle, South Korea, Susan Lee, Vol 32 No 38 | September 14 - September 20

S Korea bans Japanese fish due to radiation fears

September 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eun-Young Jeong The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea announced Sept. 6 that it was banning all fish imports from along Japan’s northeastern coast because of what officials called growing public worry over radioactive water leaking into the Pacific Ocean near the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, Energy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi Sept, Fukushima Dai-ichi, Hiroshi Kishi, Hisashi Hiroyama, Japan Fisheries Cooperatives, Japanese Fisheries Agency, Pacific Ocean, SEOUL, South Korea Vice Fisheries Minister Son Jae-hak, TEPCO, Tokyo Electric Power Co, Vol 32 No 38 | September 14 - September 20, Yoshihide Suga

Miss World opens in Indonesia after protests

September 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BALI, Indonesia (AP) — The 63rd edition of the Miss World pageant opened Sept. 8 after protests by Muslim hard-liners confined the event to Indonesia’s predominantly Hindu resort island of Bali.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Indonesia, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Morley, Lady Gaga, Miss World Organization, Vol 32 No 38 | September 14 - September 20

Rodman says he met N Korean leader again

September 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Aritz Parra The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Retired NBA star Dennis Rodman left North Korea Sept. 7, professing his affection for autocratic leader Kim Jong Un and angrily rejecting calls to lobby for the release of imprisoned American citizen Kenneth Bae.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Ask Hillary Clinton, Ask Obama, Beijing, China, Dennis Rodman, KCNA, Kenneth Bae, Kim Jong-un, North Korea Sept, United States, Vol 32 No 38 | September 14 - September 20

Police arrest 21 at LA Chinatown protest

September 14, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police arrested 21 people protesting Wal-Mart’s working conditions and firing practices, including seven company workers and 12 members of the clergy, in a LA Chinatown rally Sept. 6.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Anthony Goytia, Brooke Buchanan, Chinatown, Duarte Walmart, Los Angeles, Officer Rosario Herrera, Vol 32 No 38 | September 14 - September 20, poverty

New flavor for remote Wyo.: Vietnamese coffee

September 14, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mead Gruver The Associated Press BUFORD PHINDELI TOWN, Wyo. (AP) — A Vietnamese businessman has raised a few eyebrows among Wyomingites by buying the remote outpost of Buford and tacking the name of a new coffee brand onto a place named 147 years ago for a civil war hero.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Brazil, CEO, Ellie Prince, Fort Collins, Fred Patzer, Huntington Beach, John Buford, Pham Dinh Nguyen, Transcontinental Railroad, Vietnamese, Vol 32 No 38 | September 14 - September 20

COMMENTARY: No Justice For Jeff Chen

September 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Doug Chin Special to the Northwest Asian Weekly The decision by federal Judge Thomas Zilly to overturn the unanimous verdict of an eight-person jury that the City of Medina and City Manager Donna Hanson fired Police Chief Jeff Chen because of racial discrimination and to order a new trial was atrocious.

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2013, Bill Russell, Chinese Americans, City Manager Donna Hanson, City Manager Hanson, Doug Chin, Judge Thomas Zilly, Judge Zilly, Marianne Jones, Police Chief Jeff Chen, Rick Barry, Sergio Garcia, Thanksgiving, Tiger Woods, Vol 32 No 38 | September 14 - September 20, turkey

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