By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s environment minister became father to a boy and is going ahead with his planned paternity leave —still a rarity in Japan […]
Future of Hong Kong protests uncertain: panel
With a backpack and a matching sweat suit, the Chinese man in his late 20s or early 30s did not act like a student.
Washington man is 1st in U.S. to catch new virus from China
By CARLA K. JOHNSON and MIKE STOBBE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. reported its first case on Jan. 21 of a new and potentially deadly virus circulating in […]
Bellevue Lunar New Year celebration
The Bellevue Collection’s day-long Lunar New Year celebration will be held on Feb. 1. Expect a day filled with numerous traditional and contemporary cultural demonstrations, including martial arts, music, dance, […]
USPS unveils stamp celebrating the Year of the Rat
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has unveiled its Year of the Rat forever commemorative stamp. Luke T. Grossmann, senior vice president of finance and strategy for the USPS, shared […]
Spring Festival Blooms
While the sea of glowing red lanterns, drums, dragon dances, and red envelopes are some of the first images in people’s minds of Lunar New Year, a more understated and humble symbol of the Spring Festival are its celebrated and iconic flowers.
Living tales through food and culture
All across the world, including in the Pacific Northwest, Vietnamese communities gather together to celebrate Tết, otherwise known as Vietnamese Lunar New Year.
Sofia Aragon sworn-in
Sofia Aragon was sworn-in on Jan. 13 to the Burien City Council. Residents voted her in last November and this is Aragon’s first time holding a political office. She began […]
National Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2020 inductees
Ming-Jun Li, Pushkar Tandon, and Margaret Wu are among 22 inductees in the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF). Li and Tandon, along with a third person, invented the bend-insensitive […]
View from Gold Mountain
The monument “View from Gold Mountain,” created by Seattle artists Cheryll Leo-Gwin and Stewart Wong, was installed outside the Bernalillo County Courthouse in Albuquerque, N.M. on Jan. 11. The monument […]
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