By Elaine Kurtenbach The Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Authorities in China and Myanmar are failing to stop the brutal trafficking of young women, often teenagers, from the conflict-ridden Kachin […]
Vietnam orders monks to stop profiting from karma rituals
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities have ordered monks at a popular Buddhist pagoda to stop “soul summoning” and “bad karma eviction” ceremonies after an investigation found the rituals were […]
Concern raised over South Korean treatment of reporter
By Kim Tong-Hyung The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — International journalists’ organizations are criticizing the status of press freedom in South Korea after the country’s ruling party singled […]
Mayor Durkan signs mandatory housing affordability into law
On March 20, Mayor Jenny A. Durkan signed into law the ordinance to implement Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) in Seattle’s 27 urban villages and all other commercial and multifamily residential […]
PSE to work on natural gas main connection project in Seattle, may cause road disruption
Puget Sound Energy will be working to prepare the natural gas system to connect the planned Louisa Hotel development at 669 South King Street. This work entails installing a new […]
PICTORIAL: The Wing celebrates the many faces of Americana, raises record-breaking $580K
The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience (the Wing) had its 2019 dinner and auction, Faces of Americana, on March 23. The program featured keynote speaker Monyee […]
Scholarship available to Thai college students, deadline in May
On March 19, 2019, the Angels Wings Foundation International (AWF), which is dedicated to providing assistance to underserved Thai children and empowering them with the essential gift of education by […]
CCTV to be installed in Chinatown?
By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Nora Chan is a woman on a mission. At age 72, she said she wants to retire. But she tells the Northwest Asian Weekly […]
Remembering Mich Matsudaira, champion of redress
Martin “Mich” Matsudaira passed away on March 24, 2019.Matsudaira was born in 1937 to parents Thomas and Theresa, and had 13 siblings.
Ichiro walks off into history in ‘sayonara’ at Tokyo Dome
By Stephen Wade and Tim Booth The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — At times, it seemed as if he’d go on hitting forever. But on March 21, a player who […]
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