By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A team of attorneys is seeking nearly $400,000 in fees and costs after successfully challenging a Louisiana law that blocked […]
3-year-old girl becomes Nepal’s new living goddess
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A 3-year-old girl became Nepal’s new living goddess on Sept. 28, revered by both Hindus and Buddhists in the Himalayan nation. […]
Vietnam resumes controversial water buffalo fighting
By HAU DINH Associated Press DO SON, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam’s annual water buffalo fighting festival resumed on Sept. 28 despite calls for an end to the traditional event because […]
“The Dalai Lama”
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Filmmaker Mickey Lemle first started filming the Dalai Lama in 1991, for a documentary he called “Compassion In Exile.” He’s back now with a […]
Lego Ninja … go home! You’re drunk.
By John Liu NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Just like my headline, the jokes in Ninjago try to be witty, but they just aren’t. What the heck is Ninjago and how do […]
LETTER: The sanitization process of our names
My community coordinator called me into his office, and he said, “You will need to tell the patron not to write his name in Chinese characters, on our sign-in sheet!” […]
DACA enrollees eligible for application fee assistance
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee has announced that Washington state residents currently enrolled in a federal program for young immigrants will soon be able to apply for financial […]
2nd lawsuit says big detention center must pay minimum wage
SEATTLE (AP) — A second lawsuit is challenging the failure of one of the nation’s largest private immigration jails to pay detainees minimum wage for the work they perform. Former […]
Hyeok Kim leaving City Hall Oct. 13
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Seattle Mayor Tim Burgess expressed his appreciation and gratitude for Deputy Mayor Hyeok Kim on Oct 2., after she announced her planned departure from City […]
Race to decide if West Coast keeps its only GOP-led chamber
By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state Senate is the only Republican-led legislative chamber on the West Coast, and a special election in Seattle’s […]