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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 32 No 40 | September 28 – October 4

Korean-American student from Tacoma wins statewide art contest

September 30, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Tacoma student Young-eon Kim won the top prize in the 2013 Washington Apple Education Foundation (WAEF) Year of the Apple Art Contest. A student attending Tacoma’s Charles Wright Academy, she was awarded the grand prize in a surprise ceremony in the middle of art class with teacher Brian Hutcheson on Sept. 12.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Charles Wright Academy, Vol 32 No 40 | September 28 - October 4, Young-eon Kim

Filipino Community of Seattle to host 78th Anniversary Gala and Fundraiser

September 30, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Nov. 2, the Filipino Community of Seattle (FCS) will be holding its 78th Anniversary Gala and Fundraising Event. Over 350 guests are expected to attend, including elected officials, community leaders and members, nonprofit agencies, and veterans.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Anniversary Gala, Brad Owen, Fanny Sumaong, Filipino Community Center, Former Rep, Gloria Adams, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, Velma Veloria, Vol 32 No 40 | September 28 - October 4, culture

Nintendo president and Mariners owner dies at 85

September 30, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Hiroshi Yamauchi, who ran Nintendo for more than 50 years and was majority owner of the Mariners, has died. He was 85.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Family Computer, Game Boy, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Seattle, Vol 32 No 40 | September 28 - October 4

CAPAC welcomes Karystal Ka’ai as new executive director

September 30, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) welcomed Krystal Ka’ai as its new executive director on Sept 12.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, AAPI, Asian American, CAPAC, Congresswoman Judy Chu, Executive Director, Karystal Ka, Krystal Ka, Pacific Islander, Vol 32 No 40 | September 28 - October 4

Chinese politician Bo Xilai gets life sentence

September 28, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Didi Tang and Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press JINAN, China (AP) — A court sentenced Bo Xilai to life in prison for corruption Sept. 22, burying the career of one of China’s most up-and-coming politicians and lowering the curtain on a scandal that exposed a murder and illicit enrichment among the country’s elite.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, Beijing, Bo Xilai, China, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Communist Party, Dali Yang, Han Deqiang, Hong Kong, JINAN, Jonathan Holslag, Joseph Cheng, Li Keqiang, Politburo Standing Committee, Vol 32 No 40 | September 28 - October 4, Willy Lam

IOC member says India running out of time

September 28, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By C. Rajshekhar Rao AP Sports Writer NEW DELHI (AP) — A top Indian Olympic official says the suspended Indian Olympic Association is running out of time to clean up its administration before next year’s major sporting events.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Abhinav Bindra, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, IOA, IOC, Indian Olympic Association, International Olympic Committee, Lalit Bhanot, New Delhi, Rajshekhar Rao, Randhir Singh, Suresh Kalmadi, Though Kalmadi, Vol 32 No 40 | September 28 - October 4, Winter Olympics

S Korea families let down by aborted reunions

September 28, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press NAMYANGJU, South Korea (AP) — Chang Choon didn’t get much sleep as he prepared to travel to North Korea this week to see his brother and sister for the first time in more than six decades. But the anticipation of what he called the wish of a lifetime was […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2013, Chang Choon, China, Diamond Mountain, Korean People, Korean War, Moon Jeong-ah, NAMYANGJU, North Korea, South Korean Red Cross, South Koreans, Unification Ministry, Vol 32 No 40 | September 28 - October 4, letter, reunion

FBI releases f iles on the late Hawaiian Sen. Inouye

September 28, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The FBI has released thousands of documents from its file on U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, some of which show the late Japanese-American lawmaker was the target of racially and politically motivated threats of violence.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Baltimore Morning Sun, Daniel Inouye, FBI, Hawaii Sen, Hawaiian Sen, Jennifer Goto Sabas, Marine Lt, Oliver North, Vol 32 No 40 | September 28 - October 4

Calif. mayor suspends plan to f ly Chinese f lag

September 28, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (AP) — The mayor of San Leandro, Calif. has suspended the city’s plan to raise China’s flag to mark the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, China, Chinese, City Hall, Councilman Benny Lee, San Leandro, Vol 32 No 40 | September 28 - October 4

More suspected tsunami debris washing ashore

September 28, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Becky Bohrer The Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Two-and-a-half years after an earthquake and tsunami devastated parts of Japan, suspected debris from the disaster continues to quietly wash ashore in Hawaii and along the West Coast of North America.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, Associated Press, California Coastal Commission, Chris Havel, Chris Pallister, Eben Schwartz, JUNEAU, Los Angeles, NOAA, North America, Seattle, Vol 32 No 40 | September 28 - October 4, West Coast, attention

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