By John Pye AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa helped engineer
King County Civil Rights Commission to honor student essay contest winners — Three students from Open Window School take top marks in 16th annual contest
Three 8th grade students from Open Window School in Bellevue will be honored Thursday at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle for their winning submissions to the King County Civil Rights […]
After pioneering $15 wage, SeaTac sees few business, tax effects
The Associated Press KING-TV reports an estimated 1,500 total workers saw their minimum wage increase under the new law, including 400 who live in the city limits. City manager Todd […]
COMMENTARY: Jackie Chan’s son sentenced to 6 months prison for pot possession
By Reid Mukai For Northwest Asian Weekly On Friday January 9, Jaycee Chan, son of legendary martial artist Jackie Chan, was sentenced to six months in prison and fined $320 […]
COMMENTARY: RE: The Filipino Community Center
By Alma Kern For Northwest Asian Weekly We are at a pivotal juncture in the history of our beloved Filipino Community of Seattle. Whatever happens this year will determine the […]
Lan Pham — Connecting the dots with the Office for Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault
By Laura Ohata Northwest Asian Weekly Lan Pham was only nine-years-old when she left Vietnam. “The refugee <!–more–>experience really defined my passion and what I would like to do as […]
Mona Locke’s new appointment
Intellectual Ventures has hired Mona Locke, a former journalist best known as Washington State’s former first lady, as its new senior vice president of corporate communications and marketing.<!–more–> The hire was announced by the […]
Bellevue man arrested in Portland homicide — Questions of sex trafficking
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly A Bellevue man has been arrested in the murder of a woman at a hotel <!–more–>in Portland, Oregon. Tae Bum (“Chris”) Yoon, 27, is […]
Ousted Thai premier rejects charges at impeachment hearing
By Thanyarat Doksone Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra defended her role in a money-losing rice subsidy scheme Friday at the start of an impeachment […]
BLOG: 2014–Insanity in Chinatown, Seahawks mayhem, and even blackmail
By Assunta Ng Next week will be Northwest Asian Weekly’s 33rd anniversary. So how did 2014 fare for the newspaper?