The Year of the Tiger may belong to the Gee How Oak Tin family association, representing members with last names of Chin, Chan, Chen, Tran, Woo, and Yuen. It’s Seattle’s only Chinese family association so far, able to host a Lunar New Year community banquet on April 24, even though it has long passed since Feb. 1, the first day of the lunar calendar.
EDITORIAL: When does the pain end?
Size matters—especially in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID). Especially now that the neighborhood is under threat again—this time by a Sound Transit project to expand a transit hub, and possibly shutting […]
Korean American female pastors push back against patriarchy
When the Rev. Kyunglim Shin Lee was ordained in 1988, it angered her in-laws for contravening long-held Korean cultural values subordinating women’s roles in society. Even her husband, a pastor, told her he understood intellectually “but his heart couldn’t accept it.”
Cambodia cuts quarantine for unvaccinated visitors to 7 days
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia has reduced the required quarantine period from two weeks to one for arriving travelers who are not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, acting after […]
Yoshinoya beef bowl chain executive fired over sexist remark
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A popular Japanese beef bowl chain, Yoshinoya Holdings Co., has fired an executive over sexist remarks he made about a marketing strategy […]
Report: Fake Twitter accounts spread Chinese propaganda
BEIJING (AP) — A U.S.-based intelligence company says it uncovered a network of more than 600 inauthentic Twitter accounts that spread a positive narrative of China’s far-western Xinjiang region, as […]
Harrell: All hands on deck—Mayor announces major community service initiative
On April 18 in Little Saigon, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, surrounded by community leaders, announced a major community volunteer effort called “One Seattle Day of Service,” and he’s looking for 2,200 volunteers to help pick up trash and clean up graffiti, among other things.
Eng building sold to a Korean company after a fire
Two years ago, a fire destroyed the Eng Suey Sun Plaza at 815 South Weller. The estimated loss of the property was about $2.5 million in addition to the loss of 13 businesses with heavy medical and baking equipment and one nonprofit inside the building.
Sound Transit mulls route that could kill the CID—Community: Only gate will survive
Community advocates say a construction project by Sound Transit (ST) to create a light rail hub in the Chinatown-International District (CID) threatens to leave nothing but the Historic Chinatown Gate intact.
Year of the Tiger Celebration
The Seattle Chinatown-International District (CID) Food Walk is back on Saturday, April 30. As part of the Year of the Tiger celebration, 38 vendor booths will line the streets, and […]
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