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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 – December 25

Herron takes oath as Hospital Board Commissioner

December 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Emma Herron took her oath as Hospital Board Commissioner for the Snoqualmie Hospital District 4, Position 3. The oath-taking was administered by Judge Peter Nault of the Eastside District Court in Issaquah on Tuesday, December 9. (end)

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Emma Herron, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25

“Slash and Burn” exhibition features local artists

December 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Kirkland Arts Center current exhibition, “Slash and Burn”, features Japanese artists Naoko Morisawa and June Sekiguchi among the eight local artists represented. The exhibit started on Dec. 12 and runs through Jan. 30. “Slash-and-burn” is an agricultural method that involves cutting and burning off all vegetation on a plot of land to regenerate the […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, June Sekiguchi, Naoko Morisawa, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25

Bellevue International School student Song exhibits his art

December 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

George Song, a junior at the Bellevue International School, has been intrigued by art since he was a child. Song held his first art exhibit at the Bellevue Downtown Library on Dec. 13. He plans to donate the art pieces or the proceeds of the sales to the organizations he would like to support. Song […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Bellevue International School, George Song, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25

Hou performs at reception for Emperor Akihito’s birthday

December 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Lena Hou has performed the National Anthem at numerous community events. This included last week’s invitation to the Japanese Consulate’s residence for the reception honoring Japanese Emperor Akihito’s birthday. Consul Omura was in attendance and congratulated Hou on a job well done. Over 200 people attended the event. Lori Matsukawa and Ralph Munro were recognized […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Consul Omura, Japan Consul General Masahiro Omura, Japanese Consulate, Japanese Emperor Akihito, Lena Hou, Lori Matsukawa, National Anthem, Ralph Munro, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25

Shimomura leaves chief of staff post to resume artwork

December 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Joby Shimomura, Gov. Jay Inslee’s current chief of staff, is stepping down to resume her work as a glass artist. Shimomura, who has served Inslee in multiple capacities since 1996, previously had a glass studio in Seattle’s Pioneer Square. She worked for Inslee as his congressional chief of staff for six years and managed several […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, 2015, David Postman, Jay Inslee, Joby Shimomura, Pioneer Square, Seattle, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25

Samsung aid for sick workers comes with conditions, secrecy

December 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Youkyung Lee AP Technology Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung’s hopes of ending years of acrimony over whether its computer-chip factories caused cancer have hit a hitch: Some sickened workers and their families say they’ll never accept its highly conditional offer of financial assistance. As recently as the middle of last year, it […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2012, 2015, Asia, Baik Sooha, Chinese, Europe, Hwang Sang-gi, LCD, Lee Jae-yong, SEOUL, Samsung Electronics, Son Sung-bae, South Korean, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25

Alibaba buys Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post

December 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kelvin Chan AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has announced that it’s buying Hong Kong’s leading English-language newspaper, the South China Morning Post, as part of a plan to create a global platform for news about China. Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd., founded by billionaire Jack Ma, said it signed […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Alibaba Executive Vice Chairman Joe Tsai, Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd, Bangkok Post, Beijing, Chinese, HK, Hong Kong, Jack Ma, Kerry Group, Robert Kuok, Rupert Murdoch, SCMP, South China Morning Post, Tiananmen Square, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25, editorial, technology

Prominent tycoon entangled in Chinese investigation

December 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Joe McDonald AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — One of China’s top entrepreneurs, the chairman of the Fosun conglomerate that owns Club Med and other businesses in Europe and the U.S., is assisting Chinese authorities with an investigation, his company said, a possible sign that an anti-corruption campaign is widening beyond state companies. Fosun […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Caixa Seguros, Cheng Boming, China, Chinese, Chinese University, Club Mediterranee, Fosun Group, Fosun International, Guo Guangchang, Guosen Securities Ltd, Haitong Securities Ltd, Hong Kong, Hurun Report, Ironshore Inc, Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc, Ronald Wan, Shanghai Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25, Wang Zongnan, Warren Buffett, Xu Xiang, Zhang Tianyu

Bollywood star Salman Khan acquitted in hit-and-run case

December 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MUMBAI, India (AP) — An appeal court acquitted Bollywood star Salman Khan last Thursday in a drunken-driving, hit-and-run case from more than a decade. The Bombay High Court threw out an earlier conviction and five-year sentence given to the 49-year-old actor. “The trial court’s verdict is quashed and set aside,” Justice A.R. Joshi said in […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, India, Mumbai, Salman Khan, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25

No consensus about legality of Trump’s idea of Muslim ban

December 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mark Sherman Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s no legal or historical precedent for closing U.S. borders to the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims, but neither is there any Supreme Court case that clearly prevents a president or Congress from doing so. Legal experts are divided over how the high court would react to Republican […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Associated Press, Donald Trump, Eric Posner, First Amendment, Kathleen Hennessey, Pearl Harbor, Peter Spiro, San Bernardino, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Suzanna Sherry, Syed Rizwan Farook, Tashfeen Malik, Temple University, United States, Vanderbilt University, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25

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