With Halloween just around the corner, we’re diving into a two-part series on Asian horror films. Are they scarier than their American counterparts? What makes them so chilling? And which ones should you check out this year—and every year?
Local bakers add their own twist to mooncakes
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Japan’s first female governing-party leader is an ultra-conservative star in a male-dominated group
In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democrats, and likely next prime minister, is an ultra-conservative star of a male-dominated party that critics call an obstacle to women’s advancement.
Movie Review: Dwayne Johnson has never been better in ‘The Smashing Machine,’ but the movie dodges
Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine” isn’t what you think it is, especially if you think it’s a movie about a British guy who thinks his typewriter is the tops.
Man says ride from Spokane turned into kidnapping, armed robbery in CID
A man who thought he was catching a ride from Spokane to Redmond instead ended up being robbed at gunpoint early Thursday morning in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID), according to police.
Theatre Off Jackson celebrates 20 years of Asian stage talent
When Susan Lieu, now Interim Executive Director of Seattle’s Theatre Off Jackson (TOJ), first stepped into the performance space, she wasn’t quite sure what to expect.
Data reveals serious mental health challenges amongst AANHPI students—but there is hope in cultural connection
As a young student, researcher and educator Jenn Nguyen both witnessed and felt the pressure of the “model minority” myth that weighed so heavily on both her and her fellow Asian and Asian American classmates. She’s carried those experiences with her ever since—and it’s part of what inspires her work as a researcher and educator.
