The City of Seattle and King County proclaimed Feb. 26, 2017 to be Dr. Ming Xiao Day. Xiao, the president of the Cantonese Association of Washington, was honored the […]
Checks to Sugiyamas
The Northwest Asian Weekly (NWAW) presented a $3,000 check on Jan. 27 to the daughters of the late Al Sugiyama, to help with his recent memorial service. The community […]
Radical Walking Tours return
BAYAN-USA Pacific Northwest, an alliance of progressive Filipino groups, held a walking tour on Feb. 5 through the streets of Seattle. Host Joaquin Uy showed participants significant points in […]
Chamber of Commerce dinner
More than 400 people attended the Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce’s annual Lunar New Year dinner at China Harbor Restaurant on Feb. 9. VIP guests at the Year […]
Chinese Basketball Association elects Yao Ming as president
BEIJING (AP) — Yao Ming has moved into management in a bid to hasten China’s basketball development. The Chinese Basketball Association voted unanimously to appoint former Houston Rockets star as […]
Malaysia: Poisoning of Kim caused paralysis, quick death
By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s health minister said that the dose of nerve agent given to North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un’s exiled half […]
Fans in Japan rush to get Murakami book with esoteric title
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Fans of Haruki Murakami rushed to Japanese bookstores on Feb. 24 to get his latest work with an esoteric title. “Kishidancho Goroshi,’’ […]
Lee to review Trump’s Chinese trademark
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Sen. Mike Lee says he will look into whether President Donald Trump has violated the U.S. Constitution by being awarded valuable trademark […]
911 call: Bar shooting suspect said he’d killed ‘Iranians’
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A bartender at the restaurant where a man was arrested last week for an apparently racially motivated bar shooting of two Indian men told a 911 […]
Judge refuses to toss out bias claims over salon inspections
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — On Feb. 21, a federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses Louisiana state regulators of racially discriminating against […]