By Carolyn Bick NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Describing herself in pieces makes Sharon Chang cringe. Chang is the mixed race child of a Taiwanese father and a white American mother of […]
Okazaki retiring from Neighborhood House
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY SEATTLE — Neighborhood House announced on April 15 that its executive director, Mark Okazaki, will retire in the fall of 2019 after 18 years of […]
N. Korea glorifies summit with South; analysts less sure
By FOSTER KLUG and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press GOYANG, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s state media trumpeted leader Kim Jong Un’s “immortal achievement’’ a day after he met South […]
BLOG: Diary of a spring day in the ID — Good and sad news juxtaposed each other
By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY On April 28, it rained as I peeked out the window in the morning. “Oh no,” I thought. It was the annual cleanup day […]
EDITORIAL: Inappropriate? Or re-appropriating?
Whole Foods sparked social media outrage after its newest store partnered with an Asian restaurant with the racially charged name of Yellow Fever. The independently owned and operated restaurant is […]
Karam Dana receives Distinguished Teaching Award
Karam Dana is the recipient of the 2018 University of Washington (UW) Bothell Distinguished Teaching Award, one of the University’s highest honors. A Palestinian American, Dana is an assistant professor […]
New manager at Seattle Kinokuniya bookstore
Naoya Morishita is the new manager at Seattle’s Kinokuniya bookstore. Born in Tokyo, Morishita joined Kinokuniya in 1999. He enjoys classical music, art, and hiking.
Scholarships awarded
Mary Knell, Wells Fargo Washington CEO awarded two Judith M. Runstad Wells Fargo Women’s Roundtable Scholarships at the 2018 Wine, Women and What’s Happening event on April 19 at the […]
Mona Das running for State Senate
Mona Das, who once ran to replace Rep. Dave Reichert in Washington state’s 8th Congressional District, then dropped out, now wants to challenge state Sen. Joe Fain. Born to Indian […]
Eiko Kadono wins international recognition
Eiko Kadono won the 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Award — considered the Nobel Prize for children’s literature. Kadono, a Japanese children’s author, used to work in the publishing department at […]
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