2011 – Page 89

Chinatown-ID Clean Streets Committee looking for members

April 21, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Chinatown-International District Business Improvement Area (CIDBIA) will be hosting a meeting of the Chinatown-ID Clean Streets Committee

Ex-Rep. Cao says he’ll seek AG job

April 21, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Joseph Cao, the Vietnamese American Republican who won, then lost a mostly Black, mostly Democratic

White House calls on more youth to become teachers

April 21, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders issued a call to action encouraging Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI)

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi welcomes U.S. envoy nomination

April 21, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi says she hopes that a new U.S. special envoy to Myanmar will be able to help

Ride of a life: Adventurers risk limbs to drive rickshaws in India

April 21, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KOCHI, India (AP) — Traditional drums rolled as hundreds of spectators bid farewell and good luck Sunday to scores of flimsy autorickshaws starting

Student suicides jolts nation and lead to soul-searching in South Korea

April 21, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A day after meeting the school psychiatrist, a 19-year-old mathematics student at South Korea’s most prestigious

NWAW’s April must-reads: laughs in honor of moms

April 21, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

For Asian Americans, the term “fob” is not new. If anything, it’s commonly used to refer to those moments we have that lean more toward

Happy New Year (in April)! — A spotlight on Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Cambodia’s new year celebrations

April 21, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Unlike the Gregorian calendars that start the year on Jan. 1, most South Asian countries use lunisolar calendars that start the year at the beginning of spring.

Editorial: Seattle Schools needs voices for diversity

April 21, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

This week, we learned that Seattle Public Schools (SPS) Interim Superintendent Susan Enfield announced that Ann Chan, head of human resources

Blog: What sets Uwajimaya apart from other groceries?

April 21, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Walking into the newest Uwajimaya supermarket in Bellevue, I noticed that many smart ideas have been incorporated into this fourth store.