2011 – Page 73

May 20: Christine Chen, Hoan Do, and Julie Pham win awards at APA Heritage Bash

June 20, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Second Annual Verizon Wireless APA Heritage Bash was held at the Hard Rock Cafe in Seattle. The main feature of the event was the Asian Pacific American Community Roast […]

Minority youth have big media appetite, according to study

June 18, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By David Aguilar The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Minority youth spend more than half their day consuming media content, a rate that’s 4.5 hours greater than their white counterparts, […]

Burmese refugees seek new lives in Kentucky

June 18, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Myanmar refugees who fled military persecution and settled in America are finding new struggles with limited education and a stifling language barrier.

China says Vietnam put fishermen’s lives in danger

June 18, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — China demanded that Vietnam stop “all invasive activities” after accusing it of illegally entering its waters and endangering Chinese fishermen’s lives

Seattle University honoring land mine survivor and activist

June 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jack Broom The Seattle Times SEATTLE (AP) — One of his legs ends at the knee. The other, just below it. It’s a disquieting sight, but Tun Channareth, of […]

NAPCA releases a collection of 29 ‘Southeast Asian Voices’

June 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA) has released “Southeast Asian Voices,” a collection of stories from community leaders and elders of Southeast Asian descent served by the Senior Community […]

Reader’s Corner: Make a difference through Bellevue LifeSpring

June 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Shao Zhi Hurst For Northwest Asian Weekly I arrived, straight from China, in the Northwest on a sunny mid-September morning six years ago. My fiancée lived in Bellevue and […]

Restaurateur shares how he survived Killing Fields in memoir

June 16, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Irfan Shariff Northwest Asian Weekly Sam (Seng) Ung and Thomas McElroy have known each other for 15 years. They were neighbors in the same South Seattle neighborhood. Ung introduced […]

Ex-Blazers GM Rich Cho finds new home with the Bobcats

June 16, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Last Monday, June 13, it was announced that Burmese American Rich Cho, 45, will take over as general manager (GM) of the Charlotte Bobcats, […]

Before Locke confirmation, who’s manning the fort?

June 16, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tessa Sari Northwest Asian Weekly Robert S. Wang is a career Foreign Service officer with more than two decades of experience in the U.S. Department of State. He is […]