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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 – December 4

Sung honored for contributions regarding suicide prevention

November 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Sue Eastgard Training Excellence Award was presented to Jeffrey Sung, M.D., an acting instructor with the UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and president-elect of the Washington State Psychiatric Association. More than 400 suicide prevention advocates came together Nov. 18 in the University of Washington’s HUB Grand Ballroom to attend Care, Connect, Build […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Jeffrey Sung, Social Work, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4, Washington State Psychiatric Association

Presentation highlights climate and oppression

November 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A public presentation, “Women of Color Speak Out – Climate Change and the Systems of Oppression” was held by the Ethiopian Community of Seattle on Nov. 18. “Women of Color Speak Out” is a collective of activists in Seattle who are working to educate communities about the climate crisis. The discussion highlighted how systems of […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Afrin Sopariwala, England, India, Mumbai, Sarra Tekola, Seattle, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4, Yin Yu, Zarna Joshi

Twisp Mayor Soo Ing-Moody honored as Woman of Valor

November 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Twisp mayor Soo Ing-Moody, who helped guide the city through the devastating Washington fires in 2014, was honored at the Women of Valor ceremony held at the Westin Seattle hotel on Nov. 23 and hosted by U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell. The event also  featured special guest, the Honorable Sally Jewell, secretary of the U.S. Department […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Honorable Sally Jewell, Janet True, Joanne Harrell, Leslie Chihuly, Senator Maria Cantwell, Soo Ing-Moody, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4, Westin Seattle

Lindy Li to make election bid as candidate for U.S. Congress

November 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Lindy Li will be running for the U.S. Congress in 2016 in Philadelphia. If she wins, Li, now age 24, will be the youngest woman elected to the U.S. Congress. The average age is 57 and the youngest serving in Congress is 30. Her Republican opponent is Patrick Meehan. She has been endorsed by Al […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, 2016, Al Gore, China, Dianne Feinstein, La Salle University, Lindy Li, Madeleine Albright, Patrick Meehan, Seattle, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4

Sia video features child karate master with Olympic dreams

November 28, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press NAGAOKA, Japan (AP) — She has a soft spot for Duffy the Disney Bear and her favorite food is chocolate. She does her homework before dinner but really loves skateboarding, playing video games and bouncing on her trampoline. If Mahiro Takano sounds like any 9-year-old, think again: The third grader […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Justin Bieber, Mahiro Takano, Masayo Takano, NAGAOKA, Takako Kikuchi, Taylor Swift, Tokyo Olympics, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4, japan

Singapore jails church leader who funded wife’s music career

November 28, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Annabelle Liang Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — A Singapore court has sentenced the founder of a popular church to eight years in jail for misappropriating more than $35 million in donations to support his wife’s singing career. Kong Hee, the founder and senior pastor of City Harvest Church, was found guilty last month on […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, City Harvest Church, Crossover Project, Edwin Tong, Ho Yeow Sun, Kong Hee, Singapore, Taiwan, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4

China breaks up $64-billion illegal banking network

November 28, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Erika Kinetz Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — Authorities in China have cracked the country’s biggest-ever underground banking network, which handled illegal foreign exchange transactions worth 410 billion yuan ($64 billion), police said. The bust comes amid a month-long crackdown on illicit outflows, which officials say disrupt China’s financial management, facilitate corruption and help terrorists […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Beijing, Brian Jackson, China, Chinese, Communist Party, Fu Ting, Hong Kong, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4, Yin Zhongli, Yu Bing, Zhao Mouyi

Kim Young-sam, former president of South Korea, dies

November 28, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service By Hyung-jin Kim SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former President Kim Young-sam, who formally ended decades of military rule in South Korea and accepted a massive international bailout during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, died Nov. 22. He was 87. The chief of Seoul National University Hospital, Oh Byung-Hee, announced Kim’s death […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2015, Chun Doo-hwan, Former President Kim Young-sam, Geoge Island, International Monetary Fund, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, Korean War, Koreas South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, North Korean, President Park Chung-hee, Roh Tae-woo, Seoul National University Hospital, South Koreans, Syngman Rhee, United States, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4

Singapore woman, son reunited after AP’s ‘McRefugee’

November 28, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kelvin Chan Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — After being tricked into selling her Singapore home and traveling to China to invest the proceeds, Mary Seow eventually found herself homeless in Hong Kong, having lost touch with her family. Nearly five years after she was reported missing, and after her story was told this […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, China, Edward Goh, Hong Kong, Mary Seow, Singapore, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4, attention, reunion

LETTER: There are options for non-immigrant survivors of violence

November 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Minal Ghassemieh Attorney at Law (WA State) In 2015 women and children are still being forced into dark corners due to domestic violence. As a child survivor of domestic violence, I am all too familiar with the feeling that a certain violent incident was so bad that it can never get worse, and then […]

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: 2015, Board Chair Elect, Minal Kode Ghassemieh, South Asian, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4

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