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You are here: Home / Archives for VOL 38 NO 49 | NOVEMBER 30 – DECEMBER 6

Trailblazing basketball player of Japanese descent dies

December 2, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Wataru “Wat” Misaka, the first player of Japanese descent to play in the league that was the predecessor to the NBA, has died. He was 95. The University of Utah athletics department said in a Nov. 21 news release that Misaka died on Nov. 20 in Salt Lake City. He grew up in Ogden, Utah. […]

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Inslee meets with Nepal delegation

December 2, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Nov. 14, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee met with a delegation from Nepal led by Chief Minister of Gandaki Province Prithvi Subba Gurung and Attorney General Rajendra Ghimire. Gurung proposed to establish sister-city relations between Washington state and Nepal’s Gandaki province. “There are many commonalities between Washington state and our province,” Gurung said, stating the […]

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UW team wins award at inventors competition

December 2, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A student team from the University of Washington (UW) won the Graduate Runner-Up award at the Collegiate Inventors Competition last month. Finalist teams (five undergraduate and five graduate), consisting of 23 students from 11 colleges and universities across the United States, received an all-expenses-paid trip to the competition held in Alexandria, Va. The UW team […]

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Xinh Dwelley honored with 2019 Flame Award

December 2, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Xinh Dwelley was honored at a gala in Shelton on Nov. 23, when the Mason General Hospital Foundation (MGHF) presented her with the 2019 Flame Award. MGHF Board President Whitney Jones called Dwelley “one of those people who has given so generously and so joyously to the Mason County community.” Dwelley’s talent for food and […]

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K-Pop star Goo Hara found dead at her Seoul home

November 30, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — K-pop star and TV celebrity Goo Hara was found dead at her home in Seoul on Nov. 24, police said. Police said an acquaintance found the 28-year-old dead at her home in southern Seoul and reported it to authorities. The cause of death wasn’t immediately known. Police refused to provide […]

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Ang Lee says China boycott of Taiwan awards show a loss

November 30, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) _ Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee says China’s boycott of Taiwan’s Golden Horse film awards demonstrates how politics can take its toll on the arts. Beijing’s order to give the Nov. 23 awards show the cold shoulder was part of its campaign to rachet up economic and political pressure on the island it […]

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Sumatran rhino is extinct in Malaysia as lone survivor dies

November 30, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The Sumatran rhinoceros has become extinct in Malaysia, after the last of the species in the country succumbed to cancer. The Wildlife Department in eastern Sabah state on Borneo island said the rhino, named Iman, died of natural causes on Nov. 23 due to shock in her system. She had […]

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US-born Bei Bei settles into new home at Chinese panda base

November 30, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By YANAN WANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — After an intercontinental flight on the “Panda Express,’’ a furry American darling arrived in his new Chinese home on Nov. 21. Giant panda Bei Bei was a beloved figure at the National Zoo in Washington, where he was born and spent the first four years of his […]

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$15,000 reward in shooting deaths of 4 Hmong American men

November 30, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A $15,000 reward is being offered for tips leading to the arrest of two suspects who fatally shot four men at a party as grieving family and friends prepare for funerals. Several fundraisers have been organized for the victims, who were killed when unknown gunmen entered a home on Nov. 17 […]

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Chinese woman sentenced to 8 months for Mar-a-Lago trespass

November 30, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge on Nov. 25 sentenced a Chinese businesswoman to eight months in prison for trespassing at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club and lying to Secret Service agents. Judge Roy Altman also ordered that 33-year-old Yujing Zhang be turned over to immigration officials for deportation upon […]

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