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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 – April 24

Bangladesh braces for protests after Islamist’s execution

April 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By  Julhas Salam Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP)—Bangladesh braced for protests and fresh violence Sunday after a senior official of the largest Islamist party was executed on charges of crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 independence war, the second man to be hanged since the government revived war crime trials that have sharpened political […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, 2015, Abdul Quader Mollah, Associated Press, Bangladesh, DD, Dhaka University, Forman Ali, Human Rights, Marie Harf, Mohammad Al Masum, Mohammad Qamaruzzaman, Ravina Shamdasani, Shabagh Square, State Department, Supreme Court, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24

No news is good news — On Carter’s first Asia trip as Pentagon chief, calm prevails

April 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HONOLULU (AP)—No news is good news. That might have been the bumper sticker for Ash Carter’s first tour of Asia as secretary of defense. It was mostly quiet on the Eastern front. Carter consulted with Japanese and South Korean leaders, gave pep talks to American troops, stressed the U.S. military’s stabilizing influence in the region […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Afghanistan, Ash Carter, Chuck Hagel, Defense Secretary William Perry, East Asia, Han Min Koo, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, North Korean, President Barack Obama, South China Sea, South Korean, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24, Yemen, japan

Cancer surge in China prompts rise of special patient hotels

April 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jack Chang Associated Press BEIJING (AP)—Li Xiaohe has set herself up for the long haul in a cramped but sunny room in western Beijing, about a block from China’s most renowned cancer hospital. Her laundry dries on hangers and her husband cooks in a communal kitchen as she embarks on an 84-day program of […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2015, Angela Pratt, Associated Press, Beijing Cancer Hospital, Chen Shuhong, China, Chinese, Cui Xiaobo, Guo Xinglan, United States, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24, WHO, World Health Organization

Thai junta links Samui island bombing to political opponents

April 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Thanyarat Doksone BANGKOK (AP) — A car bomb explosion that slightly injured seven people on the popular resort island of Samui in southern Thailand may be linked to the country’s political turmoil, a spokesman for the military government said Saturday. Initial reports indicated that the attack late Friday was carried out by the same […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Associated Press, Central Festival, Chatpong Chatputi, Criminal Court, Grant Peck, Poonsak Sophonpathumrak, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Sansern Kaewkamnerd, Surat Thani, Thailand, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24, Yingluck Shinawatra, parking

China says Taiwan won’t be among charter members of new bank

April 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Cross-strait frictions remerged Monday as China said Taiwan won’t be among the charter members of the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, apparently because of a dispute over what name the island should use in the institution. Taiwan is among more than 40 countries applying for membership in […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Asian Development Bank, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Chinese Cabinet, Chinese Taipei, Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Hong Kong, Nationalist Party, Speaker Wang Jin-pyng, Spokesman Ma Xiaoguang, Taiwan Affairs Office, Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24, japan

Boundless Steps Ahead — An internship with the Southeast Asian Education Coalition opened doors

April 17, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sam Le Northwest Asian Weekly As a closing of one chapter, an adventurous and thrilling internship with the Southeast Asian Education (SEAeD) Coalition nears its end, I was asked what are my next steps? My name is Sam Le and I am a current student at the University of Washington pursuing a Bachelor’s in […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2015, Asian American, HB, House Bill, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Islander, Sam Le, Social Welfare, Southeast Asian Education Coalition, Tony Vo, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24, Washington State

The Village Report — Vietnam: Coming to rest and search

April 17, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Dipika Kohli Northwest Asian Weekly “Where are you from?” he wants to know. The tour guide. It’s 7:45AM and I’m rubbing my eyes in the morning in Dalat. “Asia,” I say, mindlessly. It’s a lifelong question, this sense of fromness. Identity, the search for “who am I?” all that existential angst that only recently […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 2015, Cambodia, Dalat Vietnam, Dipika Kohli, India, Ireland, Nha Trang, North Carolina, Northwest Asian Weekly, Phnom Penh, South Asia, Thailand, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24

Remembering the Khmer Rouge Takeover and its aftermath 40 years later

April 17, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weeky Khmer Rouge Takeover Forty years ago on April 17, Pol Pot led the Khmer Rouge into Phnom Penh and took over with the goal of creating a purely agrarian-based Communist society. Over a span of four years, the Khmer Rouge government arrested, tortured and eventually executed anyone suspected of […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Cambodian Americans, Cambodian New Year Street Festival, Charles Nguyen, Khmer Americans, Khmer Rouge Takeover, Nina Huang, Northwest Asian Weeky, Pharin Kong, Pol Pot, Rajana Society, Sameth Mell, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24, White Center, attention, culture, poverty

The Layup Drill — Seasons change and so do the sports

April 17, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. In this edition, we take a look at the close of the NBA season, the start of baseball, and golf is always on our minds. Bhullar is first Indian born player in NBA Gursimran “Sim” Bhullar made his long-awaited debut in […]

Filed Under: Sports, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Although Suzuki, Bay Area Invite, Golf Today Northwest, Gursimran Sim Bhullar, India, Jason Cruz, Jennifer Yang, LPGA, Miami Marlins, NBA, NBDL, New Mexico State University, New York Yankees, Taiwanese American, UW, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24

Chief Court Musician, Hiroaki Tohgi on goodwill visit to Seattle

April 17, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Japan Arts Connection Lab (JACLab) will be bringing Noh + Opera as well as Jiuta (“Music of Kyoto’s pleasure quarters”) performances to Seattle audiences. This year, there will be a goodwill visit to Seattle by the Chief Court Musician of Japan’s Imperial Household Agency, Hiroaki Tohgi. He will be presenting through the week of May […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2015, Allen Library Auditorium, Brechemin Auditorium, DEMONSTRATION, Heian-era Japan, Hiroaki Tohgi, Imperial Household Agency, Japan Arts Connection Lab, LECTURE, New York, Puget Sound, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Silk Road, UW, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24, culture

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