ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota woman has become the state’s first judge of Hmong descent. Gov. Mark Dayton named attorney Sophia Vuelo to the Ramsey County District Court […]
2 men arrested in Asian-owned business robberies
ATLANTA (AP) — The two men who FBI officials said are behind a recent series of violent armed robberies targeting Asian-owned businesses in metro Atlanta, appeared in federal court on […]
Bus line apologizes for racist ad
CHAMPAIGN, IL — A bus company that shuttles students from the main University of Illinois (UI) campus around the Chicago area is facing criticism from some for a promotional ad […]
Chinese actress Liu Yifei cast as Disney’s Mulan
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It took a year of searching and nearly 1,000 candidates, but the Walt Disney Studios has found its Mulan. The studio said on Nov. 29 that […]
Hangzhou aims to be China’s Seattle
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The 2017 “China Global Investment Forum: Hangzhou,” held in the capital city of Zhejiang province from Nov. 20-22 — drew nearly 1,000 experts, scholars, and […]
Fight over Trump travel restrictions back to appeals courts
Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — For most of the time Syrian refugee Mohammad Al Zayed has been in the United States, judges have been wrestling with the Trump administration’s efforts […]
Police: Group of restaurant patrons chase, restrain thief
SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities say a sizable crowd of restaurant patrons chased down a thief and held him for police near downtown Seattle. Police say a woman was sitting in […]
Pioneer Asian American actor Wood Moy dies
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The trailblazing Asian American actor Wood Moy died on Nov. 8 at the age of 99, according to an obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle. […]
The Layup Drill: Mariners court Japanese baseball star while another returns, and Tiger is back on the course
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly The Seattle Mariners are once again looking to sign a Japanese baseball star. Shohei Ohtani is a baseball phenom and at the age of […]
“The Swindlers” — A fast, fraught, frothy thief of your time
By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Chang-won Jang’s new caper thriller “The Swindlers” opens in a moment of deep pain. Overdone, operatic pain, as everything else in this film will […]
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