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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 – July 10

RTDNA awards KUOW and Seattle Channel for diversity coverage

July 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) recognized both KUOW-FM and the Seattle Channel with 2015 Kaleidoscope Awards, which honors outstanding achievements in the coverage of diversity. Seattle Channel The winning documentary “Honor Totem” produced by photographer and editor Ian Devier, was produced as part of city-operated Seattle Channel’s Community Stories series, which offers a […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Carol Smith, Community Stories, Filipino, Ford Foundation, Honor Totem, Ian Devier, Japanese Americans, KUOW, Kaleidoscope Awards, Liz Jones, RTDNA, Seattle Channel, South India, Two Indias, Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 - July 10

Yay Team Seattle JACL!

July 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Team Seattle JACL participated in the annual the Walk for Rice this past weekend at Seward Park in South Seattle. The Walk for Rice raises funds for the Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) food bank, one of the largest in Washington state and the only food bank that regularly offers Asian food staples. The […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Bill Tashima, Paul Tashima, Seward Park, South Seattle, Toshiko Hasegawa, Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 - July 10, Walk for Rice

Gay activists in Asia upbeat about impact of US court ruling

July 5, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By The Associated Press Gay rights activists in Asia, where no country allows same-sex couples to legally marry, are upbeat about prospects for a change following the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing such marriages in every state of the nation. A look at some of the reactions and background on gay rights: SOUTH KOREA […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Asia, Beijing, China, Chinese, Conservative Christianity, Han Ga-ram, Hong Kong, Kazuyuki Minami, Li Yinhe, Michael Vidler, Natee Teerarojjanapongs, QT, South Koreans, Supreme Court, Though Japan, US, United States, Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 - July 10, culture

Cat stationmaster Tama mourned in Japan, elevated as goddess

July 5, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tama the stationmaster, Japan’s feline star of a struggling local railway, was mourned by company officials and fans and elevated into a goddess at a funeral Sunday. The calico cat was appointed stationmaster at the Kishi station in western Japan in 2007. Donning her custom-made stationmaster’s cap, […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, During Sunday, Follow Mari Yamaguchi, Kishigawa Line, Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 - July 10, Wakayama Electric Railway President Mitsunobu Kojima, japan

Familias Unidas negotiates new pay with Sakuma Farms — Work stoppage avoided

July 5, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Members of the board of the independent farmworker union, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, met June 23 with Ryan Sakuma owner of Sakuma Farms of Burlington Washington to negotiate a new pay rate. Farmworkers reported the most recent abuse against them to the union; Sakuma Farms imposed a new pay rate demanding farmworkers to pick […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Familias Unidas, Justicia Ramon Torres, Ryan Sakuma, Sakuma Farms Work, Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 - July 10

Cigarettes or spark suspected in Taiwan fire that burned 498

July 5, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ralph Jennings Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Investigators in Taiwan were focusing Monday on the possibility that a cigarette butt or spark caused the blaze that burned 498 people, killing one, at a weekend water park party when colored powder sprayed from the stage caught fire. More than 400 people remained hospitalized, including […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Beijing, Central News Agency, Chou Hui-fang, Formosa Fun Coast, Hong Kong, Liang Sheng-kai, Lin Chieh-yu, Lu Chung-chi, Malaysia, New Taipei City, Secretary Ko Wing-man, Tai Won, Taiwan Premier Mao Chi-kuo, Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 - July 10, Yan Bo-jen

Police investigate mob killing of school director in India

July 5, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service PATNA, India (AP) — Police are investigating the mob killing of a school director in northern India after two of the school’s students were discovered dead, officials said June 29. The mob attacked the boarding school’s director on Sunday after the bodies of two boys aged 10 and 11 were found in […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, India, PATNA, Superintendent Siddhartha Kumar Jain, Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 - July 10

First Indian-born player in the NBA draft

July 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Satnam Singh is the first player born in India to be selected in the NBA draft. He’s headed to Texas after the Dallas Mavericks took him with the 52nd pick.The 7-foot-2 Singh, who wears a size-22 basketball sneaker, has spent the last five seasons playing at IMG Academy in Florida. He came to the U.S. […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2015, Canada, Dallas Mavericks, First Indian-born, NBA, New Mexico State, Sim Bhullar, Texas Legends, Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 - July 10

SE Asian intrigue — Selections to cover those extra summer hours

July 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Singapore Noir Edited by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan Akashic Books, 2014 For many people, when they think of Singapore, a few words and phrases may come to mind: caning, chewing gum, no littering, fines, and new-money wealth. But as clean as people think the streets may be, there is more […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Akashic Books, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Down Syndrome, Lao Communist Party, Laos, Los Angeles, North Vietnamese, Northwest Asian Weekly, Siri Paiboun, Soho Press, South Vietnamese, United States, Viet Cong, Vietnam War, Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 - July 10

Welcoming 4,000 new citizens July 1-4 to celebrate Independence Day — Naturalization ceremonies across the country and at Seattle Center

July 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will celebrate the nation’s 239th birthday by welcoming more than 4,000 new U.S. citizens at over 50 naturalization ceremonies across the country July 1-4. “As we celebrate Independence Day, we welcome over 4,000 new Americans who will be able to enjoy all the rights, privileges and responsibilities of U.S. […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2015, George Washington, Independence Day Naturalization, Miami, Mount Vernon, New Orleans, New York Public Library, San Diego, Seattle Center, USCIS, Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 - July 10, social media

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