By Peng Peng Associated Press YULIN, China (AP) — A city in southern China went ahead with an annual dog-meat eating festival June 21 despite heavy criticism and protests from […]
Shanghai Disneyland opens with hopes cash will rain down
By Paul Traynor and Joe McDonald The Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — Walt Disney Co. opened Shanghai Disneyland, its first theme park in mainland China, with a lavish celebration on […]
Refreshments beyond boba
Tucked in the middle of Chinatown is a new Vietnamese dessert establishment — the very first of its kind in Seattle.
COMMENTARY: Jenny Chen’s disappearance and the media’s hierarchy of empathy
By Jeff Dunsavage Director, The Missing Americans Project In the early 2000s, amid several highly publicized disappearances of women in the United States (including Laci Peterson, whose husband eventually was […]
LETTER: Re: Donnie Chin’s Legacy
Dear editor, I attended a ceremony [on June 16] for the renaming of a park in the Seattle Chinatown International District (CID) to the Donnie Chin International Children’s Park. I […]
Arry Yu turns hackathon win into social buying Giftstarter.com
When Arry Yu entered a hackathon contest at a Seattle Startup Weekend meet up, she may not have expected to create a growing dotcom business out of it.
Police: Progress being made in finding Donnie Chin’s killer
Sadness, anger, and frustration were just some of the emotions from a community meeting with the Seattle City Police, and state and city officials, to update citizens on the search for the killer of community activist Donnie Chin.
Reducing repeats among sex offenders: one API woman’s crime-fighting role
King County Det. Jessica Santos is the person sex offenders turn to when they don’t want to commit a crime. She’s one of the few Asian American faces at the King County Sheriff’s Office, and a single mother.
The making of a serial entrepreneur: Geekwire’s Jonathan Sposato
On June 13, at its E3 press conference this year, Microsoft announced the launch of new Xbox hardware, a litany of news on a handful of exclusive franchises and sequels — Gears of War 4, ReCore, Forza Horizon 3 — and more, amid a fever pitch of buzz leading up to announcement.
Green River College president quits amid turmoil
In a surprising twist to the ongoing conflict at the Green River College, Dr. Eileen Ely has resigned as president, effective June 16.