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BLOG: To mourn or not to mourn at a memorial… — Luther J. Carr Jr. remembered and celebrated

August 15, 2014 By Admin

By Assunta Ng This is supposed to be a sad blog. But Luther J. Carr Jr., a renaissance man, and a Seattle community leader and entrepreneur, reinvented the purpose of a […]

August reading recommendations

August 10, 2014 By Admin

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Pioneer Girl By Bich Minh Nguyen Viking, 2014 Ever since she received the box set from her grandfather when she turned 8, Lee Lien […]

BLOG: A Hawaiian wedding—recreated in Washington

August 7, 2014 By Admin

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly My niece Jennifer got married last Saturday. What was amazing was that the newlyweds were

BLOG: My list of summer delights is better than ice cream!

July 31, 2014 By Admin

By Assunta Ng What really cools you down during a hot day? It doesn’t have to be a cold beer or ice cream. Psychologically, beer and ice cream might give […]

BLOG: A silver lining for the Korean community

July 24, 2014 By Admin

By Assunta Ng Earlier this year, Sam Chung received bad news that he didn’t get Gov. Jay Inslee’s appointment for King County Superior Judge. But his friend John Chun did. […]

BLOG: The first Indian American judge in Washington state

July 24, 2014 By Admin

By Assunta Ng The other day, King County District Court Judge Ketu Shah, an Indian American judge, visited me at the Asian Weekly’s office. First, I assumed he was an […]

BLOG: Congratulations to Dow and Shirley!

July 24, 2014 By Admin

By Assunta Ng Recently, King County Executive Dow Constantine proudly showed me a lovely baby picture of his daughter,

BLOG: My Hong Kong diary — World’s highest bar, Ozone! (Part II)

July 17, 2014 By Admin

If you want to impress someone visiting Hong Kong, take him or her to Ozone, the world’s tallest bar.

When love doesn’t go the way it’s supposed to

July 4, 2014 By Admin

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly The Ballad of a Small Player By Lawrence Osborne Hogarth, 2014 Meet Doyle — or Lord Doyle, as he comes to be known among […]

BLOG: Ken Colling spreads Good will around

June 19, 2014 By Admin

By Assunta Ng Goodwill President Ken Colling is known for his fancy ties. What touches his friends and colleagues aren’t his ties, but his heart. At Ken’s retirement reception on […]