Seattle’s former deputy mayor Hyeok Kim and her husband Michael Parham welcomed the birth of their baby, Marc Edward Kim Parham, on Jan. 15, also the 89th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces, and he was 19.25 long. On Jan. 19, Kim wrote on her Facebook wall, “Baby […]
BLOG: Amazon Go, a blessing or curse?
By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY This week’s media spotlight is on Amazon. Its Go store, in downtown Seattle, needs no cashiers. You check your smartphone through the store’s entrance with an app, and you can buy groceries. I am not surprised that technology has brought us to this stage. But the advancement of technology […]
EDITORIAL: Diversity isn’t just Black and white
This year’s Oscar nominations, which were announced on Jan. 23, had some significant gaps. Headlines touted the nominations as “diverse,” as several Black actors received nominations — Mary J. Blige in Mudbound, Octavia Spencer in The Shape of Water, Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out, and Denzel Washington for his role in Roman J. Israel, Esq. […]