The Seattle Asian Art Museum will close its doors starting Feb. 27. The original home of the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), the Asian Art Museum building has not been substantially […]
Special delivery: US-born panda cub Bao Bao back in Central China
After a 16-hour flight, American-born panda celebrity Bao Bao landed at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Sichuan Province at 7:10 p.m. local time on Feb. 22. Quarantine officials cleared Bao […]
Man at head of Bay Area prostitution ring sentenced
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Mateo man at the head of a Bay Area prostitution ring that trafficked women from overseas has been sentenced to nearly four years in […]
TV footage appears to show deliberate attack on North Korean
By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Security camera footage obtained by Japanese television appears to show a careful and deliberate attack last week on the exiled […]
China closes live poultry markets amid deadly H7N9 flu outbreak
BEIJING (AP) — China is ordering the closure of live poultry markets in its south-central regions as it grapples with the worst outbreak of bird flu in years that has […]
PICTORIAL: The Asia Pacific Cultural Center’s 19th annual New Year event featuring Guam
Photos by Arlene Dennistoun/NWAW
Guam honors its Chamorro culture at the 2017 new year’s celebration
The Asia Pacific Cultural Center’s 19th annual New Year event featured Guam this year, and Guamanians cheerfully shouted, “Hafa Adai!” which means ‘welcome’ in the Chamorro language.
AAPIs to rally in Olympia
SEATTLE — More than a thousand Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community members from across Washington State are expected to gather at the Capitol Building in Olympia on Feb. […]
Filmmaker mixes multiracial folks for life-saving matches
By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Canadian director Jeff Chiba Stearns, of mixed Japanese and European heritage, shot a feature documentary, “One Big Hapa Family,” and a number of […]
University of Washington marks 75th anniversary of injustice and American concentration camps
By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly When race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership combine to cause the removal of University of Washington (UW) students, professors, […]
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