By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The month of May is Hepatitis Awareness Month and the International Community Health Service (ICHS) wants to you take action, especially if you are part […]
Julie Locke remembrance
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 20 for Julie Locke (Bo Kam Ng), the mother of former Washington governor Gary Locke. She […]
FBI: Seattle officer, Laotian community leader, helped run marijuana to Baltimore
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle police officer has been charged with helping to smuggle hundreds of pounds of marijuana to Baltimore. Alex Chapackdee, a 44-year-old […]
Broken promises torment Filipino Veterans — 75 years to right a tragic wrong
By Arlene Kiyomi Dennistoun Northwest Asian Weekly Four-hundred-fifty people filled the Renton Pavilion on Saturday, May 13 for a fundraiser with a $25,000 goal to buy replicas of Congressional Gold […]
Blue Compass’ Christine Jung talks Seattle Hackathon and humanitarianism
By Tim Gruver NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY We have only 24 hours each day to choose what news we read and that includes our country’s decision makers. Each morning, American officials […]
Quiet Washington teen finds confidence, award from governor
By LYNN THOMPSON Seattle Times BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) — Moses Shiong didn’t feel supported at home. His parents, Hmong refugees from Laos, didn’t seem to understand their American son. He […]
Christopher Chen of Sammamish named U.S. Presidential Scholar
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced on May 5 the selection of Christopher Chen of Sammamish, Wash. as a 2017 U.S. Presidential Scholar. Chen attends The Overlake School in Redmond […]
Asian Hall of Fame exhibit at SeaTac Airport
The Asian Hall of Fame exhibit opened on May 3 at SeaTac Airport, presenting a collection of images and memorabilia representing current honorees inducted in the Seattle-based Robert Chinn Foundation’s […]
Helen Gym wins Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star Award
Helen Gym, the first Asian American woman to serve on the Philadelphia City Council, received the Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star Award on April 17. She is the first Asian American […]
Unsettled/Resettled: Seattle’s Hunt Hotel
Yoshiko Tokita-Schroder points to herself in a photo of her and her family in the “Unsettled/Resettled: Seattle’s Hunt Hotel” traveling exhibition at Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. She was […]
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