It only took 48 hours, but the scene shifted from Democrat to Republican, Taiwan to China at the House of Hong Restaurant. Gov. Christine Gregoire
Commentary: Encouraging Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to talk about HIV/AIDS
“Saving face can’t make you safe. Talk about HIV.” This was the slogan for the sixth annual observance of National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on May 19.
May 12: Questkids wins Microsoft and Seattle Chamber of Commerce contest
Upstart businesses competed against one another to show how Microsoft Office 2010 has helped their work in a viral video contest. In the end, local entrepreneur Binh Nguyen
April 26 to May 6: Chinese delegation visits Shoreline Community College
Representatives from four Chinese technical colleges came to Shoreline Community College as part of an ongoing five-year project between the American
April: The Fukuis win performance excellence award
Frank and Penny Fukui, owners of Woodburn Company, a Ricoh Copier dealer, accepted a performance excellence award at the Palazzo Hotel in Las Vegas
May 22: Northwest Asian Weekly wins six SPJ awards
The Society of Professional Journalists 2009 NW Excellence in Journalism Contest awards banquet was held at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue.
Hibukusha woman urges for nuclear disarmament
Tokie Mizuno said she was 5 years old when “Little Boy,” one of two atomic bombs used in warfare history, dropped.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Locke leads trade mission to China
SHANGHAI — U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke is leading an American trade mission to China, aiming to boost clean energy technology sales
Filipino former nurse seeks to do ‘extraordinary things’ in Olympia
Stability is important to many people, especially in tough economic times. For Sofia Aragon and her family, nursing has always been a job that provided financial stability.
Bacho delves into the young adult genre — and pulls no punches
Filipino American writer and teacher Peter Bacho, a longtime resident of the Pacific Northwest, won the American Book Award for his first novel “Cebu.”