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Americans increasingly see China as a threat, according to survey

May 5, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

By David Rising and Ken Moritsugu Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Americans are increasingly seeing China as a world superpower and a threat, though growing numbers perceive it more as a competitor than an enemy, according to a survey released on April 28. The Washington-based Pew Research Center said that negative views of China reached […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 19 | MAY 7 - MAY 13

Hong Kong actor Kenneth Tsang dies in quarantine hotel

May 5, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

HONG KONG (AP) — Veteran Hong Kong actor Kenneth Tsang has died while in a COVID-19 quarantine hotel in the southern Chinese city, local media reported. Tsang was best known internationally for his action roles in the 2002 James Bond film “Die Another Day,” John Woo’s “The Killer” in 1989, “Rush Hour 2” in 2001 […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 19 | MAY 7 - MAY 13

World’s oldest person, a Japanese woman, dies at 119

April 28, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By MARI YAMAGUCHI TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese woman recognized as the world’s oldest person, Kane Tanaka, has died at age 119, just months short of her goal of reaching 120. Born on Jan. 2, 1903, Tanaka loved playing the board game Othello and had a penchant for chocolate and fizzy drinks. She was certified […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 18 | APRIL 30 - MAY 6

Leaders of 2 Koreas exchange letters of hope amid tensions

April 28, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The leaders of the rival Koreas exchanged letters expressing hope for improved bilateral relations, which plummeted in the past three years amid a freeze in nuclear negotiations and North Korea’s accelerating weapons development.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 18 | APRIL 30 - MAY 6

Korean American female pastors push back against patriarchy

April 28, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

When the Rev. Kyunglim Shin Lee was ordained in 1988, it angered her in-laws for contravening long-held Korean cultural values subordinating women’s roles in society. Even her husband, a pastor, told her he understood intellectually “but his heart couldn’t accept it.”

Filed Under: World News, Feature stories Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 18 | APRIL 30 - MAY 6

Cambodia cuts quarantine for unvaccinated visitors to 7 days

April 28, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia has reduced the required quarantine period from two weeks to one for arriving travelers who are not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, acting after recording consistently low numbers of new infections in recent days. The Health Ministry also said that travelers arriving by air who have not been fully […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 18 | APRIL 30 - MAY 6

Yoshinoya beef bowl chain executive fired over sexist remark

April 28, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A popular Japanese beef bowl chain, Yoshinoya Holdings Co., has fired an executive over sexist remarks he made about a marketing strategy aiming to get young women “hooked” on its products as though turning “virgins into drug addicts.” Masaaki Ito, a managing director at Yoshinoya, known for […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 18 | APRIL 30 - MAY 6

Report: Fake Twitter accounts spread Chinese propaganda

April 28, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — A U.S.-based intelligence company says it uncovered a network of more than 600 inauthentic Twitter accounts that spread a positive narrative of China’s far-western Xinjiang region, as Beijing was being accused of human rights abuses and locking up hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities there. According to a report […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 18 | APRIL 30 - MAY 6

Kim gives North Korea’s most famous newscaster a luxury home

April 21, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Ri Chun Hi, North Korea’s most famous state TV anchor, has announced major events for decades, including nuclear and missile tests and the death of a leader, with an instantly identifiable, passionate voice.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 17 | APRIL 23 - APRIL 29

Nobel laureate demands justice for sexual violence victims

April 21, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In Ukraine, allegations mount of sexual violence against women by Russian soldiers. In northern Ethiopia, a woman taken to an Eritrean Defense Forces camp was raped by 27 soldiers and contracted AIDS.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 17 | APRIL 23 - APRIL 29

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