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You are here: Home / Archives for VOL 38 NO 29 | JULY 13 – JULY 19

Asian Secret Service officer

July 15, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Secret Service officer Alta Lauren Gunawan is the first female and first Asian American on the service’s motorcycle division. Yes, THAT Secret Service. The next time you see President Trump’s or Vice President Pence’s motorcade, Gunawan might well be riding alongside them on her motorcycle. Gunawan, 30, is the first female officer in the U.S. […]

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Sy Pharmacy opens

July 15, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Sy Pharmacy and Wellness held its grand opening celebration on June 29, with appearances from state Sen. Bob Hasegawa, state Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Director Andres Mantilla, former Chief Community Engagement Officer of Providence Health & Services Dan Dixon, Ethnic Chamber President Martha Lee, and Chinese Chamber President Dennis Su. Founder […]

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Jessica Guh honored

July 15, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Dr. Jessica Guh of International Community Health Services (ICHS) earned the Brent Oldham Teacher of the Year Award at the Swedish Cherry Hill Family Medicine Residency graduation on June 21. The award recognizes exceptional physician teachers who positively contribute to family medicine education. Guh was recognized for her outstanding teaching style, as well as her […]

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New Rotary president

July 15, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Kim Moore took over as president of the Rotary Club of Seattle on July 10. Former president Cindy Runger passed the gavel to Moore in the club’s most recent meeting. For the past 100 years, the Rotary Club of Seattle has played an instrumental role in helping to develop the international organization and to meet […]

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Justice Department presses for census citizenship question

July 13, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By MARK SHERMAN and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says it will press its search for legal grounds to force the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 census, hours after President Donald Trump said he is “very seriously’’ considering an executive order to get the question on the […]

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Seized North Korean ship sought for American student’s death

July 13, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The parents of Otto Warmbier have filed a claim for a seized North Korean cargo ship, seeking to collect on a multimillion-dollar judgment awarded in the American college student’s death. The Warmbiers filed court papers on July 3 in New York federal court saying they have […]

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Orange fireball lighting Florida sky was Chinese space junk

July 13, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Conspiracy theorists took to social media in a flurry of excitement on July 3 after a mysterious flying object resembling an orange fireball streaked across the Florida sky. The American Meteor Society reported two dozen sightings from Jacksonville to Key West after midnight and tweeted there’s “no […]

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Chinese official: Pig fever outbreak ‘complicated and grim’

July 13, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By SAM McNEIL Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The death toll from a disease outbreak in China’s pig herds that has pushed up global pork prices has risen to 1.2 million animals, but its spread has “significantly slowed,’’ a deputy agriculture minister said. Authorities are stepping up efforts to contain African swine fever but the […]

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‘Wolf of Wall Street’ producer charged in Malaysian scandal

July 13, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — “The Wolf of Wall Street’’ producer and stepson of Malaysia’s former prime minister pleaded not guilty on July 5 to laundering $248 million from a state investment fund, becoming the third person in his family charged in the 1MDB scandal that helped end Najib Razak’s government last year. Riza Aziz […]

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District 2 candidate forum

July 12, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Advisory Council for the International District Chinatown Community Center hosted a candidates forum for District 2 Seattle City Council candidates on June 27. All seven current candidates for District 2 attended, including Ari Hoffman, Chris Peguero, Henry Clay Dennison, Mark Solomon, Omari Tahir-Garrett, Phyllis Porter, and Tammy Morales. About 75 people attended. There were […]

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