By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Most people know me as a journalist. But my most unusual title is: First Chinese female Rotarian in the world, thanks to a group […]
EDITORIAL: Meryl Streep, don’t knock martial arts
In her heartfelt speech at the Golden Globes on Jan. 8, Meryl Streep took the opportunity to attack President-elect Donald Trump and defended the diversity that has made Hollywood, and […]
Chongqing mayor resigns
The mayor of Chongqing, Seattle’s sister city in China, resigned on Dec. 30, during the last session of 2016 of the Chongqing Municipal People’s Congress Standing Committee. According to People’s […]
Asian American leads Seattle’s newest charter school
Walter Chen, an Asian American educator who grew up in the Seattle area, is now the founding principal of Green Dot Public Schools’ second middle school in Washington state. The […]
Attorney’s poem selected
A poem written by Seattle attorney Dennis Lam has been selected by the Poetry on Buses project to be shared on public buses and online. A partnership between 4Culture, the […]
Citizenship certificates
On Dec. 20, 20 young people, ranging in age from 14 to 18, received certificates of citizenship, designating them as U.S. citizens. Each had a parent naturalize, and received their […]
Morisawa traffic box art
Crews finished installing street art work created by Seattle artist Naoko Morisawa on Dec. 22, at Aurora Avenue North and 205th Street Southwest in the city of Shoreline. Traffic control […]
Bambi artist Tyrus Wong dies
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Tyrus Wong, the artist whose works inspired the Disney film Bambi, died at the age of 106 on Dec. 30. Wong’s death was announced on […]
Crime against Asians heads north in South Seattle
It seems like South Seattle’s Asian community can’t rest easy with criminals targeting them both on the streets and in their homes.
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