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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 33 No 14 | March 29 – April 4

Tong promotes book on KING 5

March 31, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle’s Collin Tong was on KING 5’s New Day Northwest program March 18 to talk about his book “Into the Storm: Journeys Through Alzheimer’s.” The book details his and others’ experiences caring for people with Alzheimer’s Disease. Tong’s wife died in 2011, after a 12-year struggle with early-onset Alzheimer’s.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2011, 2014, Bob Le Roy, Collin Tong, KING, Margaret Larson, NBC, New Day Northwest, Seattle, Vol 33 No 14 | March 29 - April 4

VFA honors 2 people, 1 church

March 31, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Two people and a church were awarded in the March 20 Vietnamese Friendship Association’s 2014 benefit dinner at the UW HUB Ballroom.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, Puget Sound Blood Center, Rifka Bahaman, South Seattle College, Sri Lanka, Thanksgiving, Trang Tu, United States, University Unitarian Church, VFA, Vietnamese Friendship Association, Vol 33 No 14 | March 29 - April 4

Dalai Lama thanks Wong

March 31, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Dalai Lama was an honored guest at a luncheon event at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, China, Dalai Lama, Education, His Holiness, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nga Gyur Shed Dup Cho Ling, Ritz Carlton Hotel, San Francisco, Sonam Rinpoche, Tibetan Buddhist, United States, Vajrayana Dharma Foundation, Vol 33 No 14 | March 29 - April 4, Wendy Wong, culture, poverty

Taiwanese dance group debuts

March 31, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan made its Seattle debut with “Songs of the Wanderers,” a modern dance by choreographer Lin Hwai-min, on March 8 at the University of Washington’s Meany Hall. The performance featured 39 dancers and 3.5 tons of rice. It was part of the UW’s “World Series” 2013-14 season, bringing “extraordinary performances […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Lin Hwai-min, Meany Hall, Michelle Witt, Seattle, Taiwan, UW, Vol 33 No 14 | March 29 - April 4, World Series

US schools add Vietnamese to dual immersion

March 29, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Amy Taxin Associated Press GARDEN GROVE, California (AP) – When Thuy Vo Dang came to the United States as a young girl, her English took off. Her parents sent her to Vietnamese school on the weekends to learn her native language, but she eventually had to study it in graduate school to become fully […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Bao Nguyen, Garden Grove, Southeast Asian Archive, Southern California, US, United States, Vietnam War, Vietnamese American, Vo Dang, Vol 33 No 14 | March 29 - April 4, language

Life of Fukushima nuke worker recorded in comic-book style

March 29, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press TOKYO (AP) – First off, no one who works at Japan’s wrecked nuclear power plant calls it Fukushima Dai-ichi, comic-book artist Kazuto Tatsuta says in his book about his time on the job. It’s ichi efu, or 1F.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2014, Associated Press, Fukushima Dai-ichi, Kazuto Tatsuta, Kodansha Ltd, Koichiro Shiraki, Osamu Tezuka, Spirited Away, TEPCO, Tokyo Electric Power Co, Vol 33 No 14 | March 29 - April 4, japan

Behind jet’s passenger list is rich human tapestry of life

March 29, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Rod McGuirk and Stephen Wright BANGKOK (AP) – Numbered 1 to 227, the passenger manifest for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is an outwardly unremarkable document.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Australia, Beijing, Chandrika Sharma, Chinese, Daniel Liau, Hadrien Wattrelos, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Ju Kun, Malaysia Airlines Flight, Malaysian Airlines, Meng Gaosheng, Sina Weibo, Stephen Wright, Vol 33 No 14 | March 29 - April 4, Weinstein Co, Zhao Yan

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban wins Pritzker Prize

March 29, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jocelyn Noveck Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) – The Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, who has combined a talent for innovative design and experimental use of everyday materials with extensive humanitarian efforts around the globe, has won the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2014, Associated Press, Chinese, Cooper Union, Metal Shutter House, New York, Paper Church, Paris, Pritzker Architecture Prize, Rwanda, Shigeru Ban, Taiwan, Tokyo, United States, Vol 33 No 14 | March 29 - April 4, japan

Zumbathon to raise funds for Beacon Hill students’ visit to China pen pals

March 28, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Evangeline Cafe Northwest Asian Weekly Victoria Lum-Nye is a proud alumna of Beacon Hill Elementary School, which is now Beacon Hill International School (BHIS). She recently attended the 50-year reunion of her sixth-grade class, where she was able to reminisce and reconnect with old friends.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, 2015, BHIS, Beacon Hill Elementary School, China, Evangeline Cafe, Hong Kong, Jefferson Community Center, Mandarin Immersion Program, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Vol 33 No 14 | March 29 - April 4, poverty, reunion

Calif. Sen. Leland Yee accused of wire fraud and conspiracy

March 28, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Paul Elias Associated Press A California state senator who was lauded for his efforts to make government more transparent was arrested March 26 during a series of raids by the FBI in Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area, authorities said. Federal officials are accusing a California State Senator State Leland Yee of conspiracy […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, California State Senator State Leland Yee, Chinatown, Chinese, FBI, Ghee Kung Tong, Hong Kong, Leland Yee, Raymond Chow, San Francisco Bay Area, Shrimp Boy, Vol 33 No 14 | March 29 - April 4

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