By Youkyung Lee AP Technology Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Every evening, 14-year-old Kim Sung-jin orders fried chicken, delivery pizza or Chinese food to eat in a small room […]
Yum Brands names new CEO of China business
NEW YORK (AP) — Yum Brands, the parent of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, is naming a new CEO of its China division as it works to reverse a […]
Grand jury indicts man in church stabbing
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a northern Virginia man on murder and attempted murder charges in the stabbing last month of a South Korean couple at […]
Calling Samsung for responsibility
In 2007, 22 year-old Hwang Yu-mi, who had been working at a Samsung semiconductor plant in South Korea, died of leukemia. Shortly after Yu-mi’s death, her co-worker who she shared […]
Hitting high notes — Jazz round-up
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Make a joyful noise onto the tape. Failing that, make a noise, any noise, onto the tape. It doesn’t have to be music, it […]
Hing Hay will expand (and celebrate!)
Hing Hay Park is a focal point and one of the premier gathering spaces in the Chinatown-International District. Hing Hay literally translates to “pleasurable gatherings.” On Saturday, Sept. 5 from […]
Newspaper publisher killed in Philippines
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A motorcycle-riding gunman has killed the publisher of a small newspaper in the southern Philippines, police said Wednesday. Colleagues of Gregorio Ybanez, publisher of Kabuhayan News […]
Foreign coins from six continents show up in fare boxes
By Eric Stevick The Everett Herald EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Fiji showed up the other day. It is the latest currency to land in the Everett Transit fare box. The […]
Family reunification for Filipino “veteranos”
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and Deputy Mayor Hyeok Kim participated in a community forum about a new federal policy allowing the adult children of Filipino World War II veterans to […]
The Travel Report — Navigating through weather and nostalgia in Cambodia
By Dipika Kohli Northwest Asian Weekly The rainy season in Cambodia is definitely moody, but to the point. It’s punctual, at times, but always loud. Irreverent. It doesn’t give two […]