By Mark Lee Northwest Asian Weekly Editor’s note: This is the launch of a new monthly Northwest Asian Weekly opinion column by Mark Lee. Each month, Lee will raise topical […]
Editorial: You voiced your concerns and the bus route stayed!
Earlier this year, Metro Transit proposed cutting back bus service in Southeast Seattle, perhaps eliminating the bus route 42, the only route that goes from downtown through the ID, and […]
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Film reviews of the good, the great, and the ones you absolutely can’t miss “Daytime Drinking,” South Korea Reviewed by James Tabafunda Making bad decisions after drinking too much alcohol […]
The White House, people, and all that jazz!
By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Can ordinary folks see the White House? Yes, and it doesn’t even cost you a penny. You don’t need to have special connections with […]
Singapore’s gay community holds first-ever rally
SINGAPORE (AP) — The gay community in tightly controlled Singapore held its first-ever rally on Saturday, May 16, taking advantage of looser laws on public gatherings to call for equality.
Yet-to-open sex park demolished in China
By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — This investment turned out to be as risky as it was risque.
Officials: Philippines has 1.1M illegal firearms
By Jim Gomez The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines needs tougher laws to deal with the more than 1 million illegal firearms in the country, some of […]
Malaysian Indians stuck with dictionary’s ethnic slur
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — An ethnic Malaysian Indian group has lost a legal bid to remove a word considered offensive from a government-published dictionary, a lawyer said on Friday, […]
Sri Lanka says civil war over, rebel leader killed
By Ravi Nessman The Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Following three bloody decades of civil war, Sri Lanka faces the daunting task of trying to reconcile and rebuild […]
Miracle baby stuns the world again
By Kids Without Borders For Northwest Asian Weekly Dubbed the miracle baby, Vietnamese toddler Thien Nhan Phung, who was abandoned at birth and brutally mauled by wild animals, has once […]