By Jill Lawless The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A mysterious woman in red has caused an international incident at the London Olympics. Indian officials are mystified — and miffed […]
Tokyo again wants Olympics to heal national crisis
By Graham Dunbar The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Tokyo wants to host a Summer Olympics for the second time, so that the games can again help speed up Japan’s […]
Council to help with Asian American employment
By Staff The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn has signed a new law that will create an employment council to help Asian Americans find state government jobs.
Indonesian forest savior among Magsaysay winners
By Jim Gomez The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An Indonesian mountaineer, who faced death threats while battling illegal loggers, and a Bangladeshi lawyer, who fought to keep old, […]
APA Heritage Day with Mariners raises money for Nikkei Concerns and Kin On
The Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA) is cosponsoring APA Heritage Day with the Mariners. As part of
INFUSION calls for API artists to showcase work
INFUSION, the largest Asia Pacific festival in the Northwest, is calling for API artists to apply to showcase their work. The Asia Pacific Infusion festival will take place on Nov. […]
Chinese city kills project after pollution protest
By Eugene Hoshiko The Associated Press QIDONG, China (AP) — Authorities in eastern China dropped plans for a waste water discharge project Saturday after thousands of protesters angry about pollution […]
Creativity abound at NWAW’s newspaper fashion contest
For the last few weeks, our newsroom turned catwalk housed the many creative entries that came pouring in for
Local businesses look to next phase of plastic bag ban
By Tiffany Ran Northwest Asian Weekly When July 1 rolled around, the Viet-Wah Supermarket in the International District still had
Army sergeant sentenced in Danny Chen abuse case
By Staff The Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — An Army sergeant was sentenced