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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 – September 4

Chung appointed teaching artist

August 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Larine Chung is a Gage teaching artist and graduate of Gage’s Aristides Atelier – an Atelier is an advanced artistic workshop – she is native of Shanghai, China. She trained as a classical pianist in her childhood, but decided to pursue art in college. After she completed her BFA in the Chinese University of Hong […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, BFA, Capitol Hill, China, Chinese University, Hong Kong, Larine Chung, Seattle, Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 - September 4

Wong awarded at Boeing

August 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Jason Wong was awarded the 747-8 Production Engineering Employee of the Month at The Boeing Company. This nomination was given to him for working an outstanding job on a specific critical issue, while continually making significant contributions in his day-to-day work. Several of Jason’s peers who nominated him said he went above and beyond the daily […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Jason Wong, Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 - September 4

Nikkei Concerns health fair

August 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Nikkei Concerns health fair was held at the Blaine Memorial Church on July 25. The fair offered a variety of nutritious food samples, cooking demonstrations, and health-related exhibitors. There were even free massages offered. This year’s turnout exceeded expectations. (end)

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Nikkei Concerns, Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 - September 4

Fun at Little Saigon Festival

August 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The annual Little Saigon Festival in the International District was filled with food, fun, and its popular annual pho-eating contest. Held Aug. 22, visitors were treated to food specials, informational booths, traditional dances and performances (including a performances from popular Quoc Thien and Son Tuyen), and pho-eating gluttony. Daniel Bello was award the prize of […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Akiko Photo, Daniel Bello, Held Aug, International District, SCIDPDA, Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 - September 4

Chinatown JamFest 2015

August 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The annual Chinatown Jam Fest was held July 16 and Aug. 20. It featured live music by Jim Wulff, Tess Guerzon, and Soul Food. There were also cabaret performances, art, food and more. A single cover charge gains entry to all music venues and free admission to The Wing Luke Museum. The Sun May Gift […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Bruce Lee, Canton Alley, Chinatown Jam Fest, Donnie Chin, Jim Wulff, Seattle, Soul Food, Tess Guerzon, Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 - September 4, Wing Luke

Bombing the latest of many challenges for Thailand’s junta

August 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Denis D. Gray Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — When a military coup last year ended months of political turmoil and violence in Thailand, even some democracy advocates welcomed the junta’s promise to restore stability and return “happiness to the people.” But 15 months later, a deadly bomb that ripped through a venerated shrine in […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2015, China, Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn, English-language Bangkok Post, International Civil Aviation Organization, International Crisis Group, Matthew Wheeler, Muslim Uighur, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Red Shirt, Reporters Without Borders, Songkran Grachangnetara, Southeast Asian, Thailand, Thongchai Winichakul, United Nations, Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 - September 4, World Bank

Rival Koreas restart talks, pull back from brink — for now

August 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Talmadge and Foster Klug Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — For the moment, North and South Korea have pulled back from the brink and on Sunday resumed a second round of talks that temporarily pushed aside vows of imminent war on the peninsula. The first round of marathon talks on Aug. 22 […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Defense Ministry, Foster Klug, Hwang Pyong So, Kim Jong-un, Kim Kwan-jin, Kim Yang Gon, Korean People, Korean War, Min Kyung-wook, North Korean, PYONGYANG, Rival Koreas, South Korean, Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo, Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 - September 4, Workers Party

Top woman leader of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge dies at 83

August 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sopheng Cheang Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Ieng Thirith, a Khmer Rouge leader who was the highest-ranking woman in the genocidal regime that oversaw the death of nearly 2 million Cambodians in the late 1970s, died Aug. 22, her family and U.N. officials said. She was 83 years old. Ieng Thirith was […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, 2015, Associated Press, Cambodia, Documentation Center, Ieng Sary, Ieng Thirith, Ieng Vuth, Khieu Ponnary, Khieu Samphan, Khieu Thirith, Khmer Rouge, Nuon Chea, Paris, Phnom Penh, Pol Pot, United Nations-backed, Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 - September 4

A meal and a webcam form unlikely recipe for S. Korean fame

August 29, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Youkyung Lee AP Technology Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Every evening, 14-year-old Kim Sung-jin orders fried chicken, delivery pizza or Chinese food to eat in a small room in his family’s home south of Seoul. He gorges on food as he chats before a live camera with hundreds, sometimes thousands, of teenagers watching. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Ahn Joon-soo, Ahn Won-jun, China, Chinese, Cho Young-min, Lee Yeon-joo, Meok Bang, SEOUL, Sool Bang, South Koreans, Study Bang, Taiwan, Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 - September 4, YYTV, attention

Yum Brands names new CEO of China business

August 29, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEW YORK (AP) — Yum Brands, the parent of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, is naming a new CEO of its China division as it works to reverse a sales skid in a key market. The company said Tuesday that Micky Pant, 60, is now the CEO of its China division. He replaces longtime […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, 2015, CEO, China, India, KFC, Micky Pant, Pizza Hut, Roger Eaton, Sam Su, Taco Bell, Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 - September 4, Yum Brands Inc

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