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 […]
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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 […]
Indian American businessman charged with defrauding lenders
BOSTON (AP) — The former owner of a Boston-area chain of high-end jewelry stores is facing wire fraud charges after authorities say he created bogus inventory reports for lenders to […]
New Data shows positive impacts of foreign-born residents in Seattle — From the City of Seattle and New American Economy
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Immigrants paid $6.5 billion in state and local taxes and held $16.9 billion in spending power in 2014. That’s according to data released on Feb. […]
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