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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 – March 20

GSCCC annual banquet raises funds

March 16, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce celebrated Lunar New Year with its annual banquet at China Harbor on March 5. The GSCCC raised $2000 for Kin On Health Care Center and $1000 for the International District Emergency Center. May Wan also received a special award recognizing her dedication and service to the GSCCC. (end)

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, China Harbor, Donnie Chin, GSCCC, International District Emergency Center, Lunar New Year, Martha Lee, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20

Do resigns; will help development for Special Olympics

March 16, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Mary Do has resigned from Chinatown-International District Business Improvement Area CID-BIA to join the Special Olympics as Vice President of Development. Her last day as BIA’s marketing director will be March 13. (end)

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, BIA, Mary Do, Special Olympics, Vice President, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20

McDermott awarded by Japan Embassy

March 16, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA) was presented with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold & Silver Star award at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C. for his contribution to “promoting Japan-U.S. legislative exchange, and maintaining and deepening the Japan-U.S. alliance through the promotion of enhanced understanding of Japan in the U.S. Congress.” The Order of the […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Gold Silver Star, Japanese Government, Rising Sun, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20

Vigil protesting domestic violence

March 16, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  There was a rally and march around the King County courthouse last week in honor to remember the lives of Susanna Remerata Blackwell, her unborn child, baby Kristine, Phoebe Dizon, and Veronica Laureta, who were shot and killed at the Courthouse in 1995 by Susanna’s estranged and abusive husband. This year was the 20th anniversary […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, King County, Phoebe Dizon, Susanna Remerata Blackwell, Veronica Laureta, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20

Yoshitomi launches “Memories” program

March 16, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Karen Yoshitomi, the new Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington (JCCCW) executive director, has launched the “Omoide (Memories)”program series for 2015. She presented her organizational vision and goals in her first public appearance last week. The JCCCW resumes its series, at its cultural center at 1414 South Weller Street. A native Washingtonian, Karen is […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Community Center, JCCCW, Karen Yoshitomi, Omoide Memories, South Weller Street, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20

Survivor testifies about 2 friends stabbed, bound, drowned

March 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man who survived being beaten, bound, stabbed in the neck and kicked into the Schuylkill River took the stand in a hearing Tuesday and described the night his two friends lost their lives. Tam Voong, 20, said he used a submerged rock to cut his wrist ties and crawled up the […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Bich Vo, Christopher Phillips, Homicide Detective Shawn Leahy, Kelly Drive, New York, Schuylkill River, Tam Le, Tam Voong, Viet Huynh, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20, Vu Kevin Huynh

Lin loses for 1st time to Chen in All England Open badminton semis

March 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Lin Dan believes the decision to consign his semifinal with Chen Long to an outside court was one of the factors behind his defeat in the All England Open on Saturday. Chen, the world champion and world No. 1, won for the first time against Chinese teammate Lin, a five-time All […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, BIRMINGHAM, Carolina Marin, Chen Long, China, Chinese, Denmark, India, Indonesia, Saina Nehwal, Shahrukh Khan, Taiwan, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20, japan

Court to consider preservation of judge’s racist emails

March 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Brown Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Civil rights attorneys and lawyers for the judiciary are due in federal court Tuesday for arguments over whether hundreds of racist emails from Montana’s former Chief U.S. District Judge should be preserved as potential evidence in future lawsuits. Attorneys for the judiciary are seeking to dismiss […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, American Indians, Associated Press, Attorney Neill Tseng, BILLINGS, California Civil Rights Law Group, Circuit Court, Clifford Birdinground, Crow Indian Tribe, District Judge, Judge Richard Cebull, Judicial Council, President Barack Obama, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20

Bangladesh orders N. Korean diplomat out for smuggling gold

March 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Julhas Alam Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s government has ordered a North Korean diplomat to leave the country after discovering $1.4 million of unauthorized gold in his bag when he arrived at Dhaka’s airport, a Foreign Ministry official said Monday. The ministry summoned North Korean Ambassador Ri Song Hyon on Monday and […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Bangladesh, DHAKA, Foreign Ministry, Hazrat Shahjalam International Airport, North Korean Embassy, Rashidul Islam Khan, Singapore, Son Young Nam, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20

Indonesia executions show hurdles of death penalty diplomacy

March 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kristen Gelineau Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Inside a remote island prison in Indonesia, two Australians facing death by firing squad await word of their fate. To some, they are ruthless drug smugglers who deserve to die. To others, rehabilitated do-gooders who deserve to live. The question of which characterization is correct has threatened […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Carr, Arrmanatha Nasir, Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Brazil, Former Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, Geoffrey Miller, Humberto Leal, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Miles Kupa, Nadjib Riphat Kesoema, Rick Perry, Rodrigo Gularte, Singapore, Van Tuong Nguyen, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20, Wesley Kendall

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