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KCSC plans on growth, expansion

April 18, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Zachariah Bryan Northwest Asian Weekly On August 19, 1983, the Korean Community Service Center (KCSC) was a vision shared by five

EDITORIAL: What past tragedies have taught us

April 18, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Shortly following the bombing of the Boston Marathon on April 15, thousands of Muslims rushed to social media in hopes of the perpetrator not being a Muslim.

BLOG: Who will be the next Port Commissioner?

April 18, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Will the next Port Commissioner be a male or female? Maybe a person of color? A labor advocate or community college trustee? Will it be someone from […]

BLOG: A dinner to remember

April 18, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng What’s the most appropriate gift for a Japan expert’s retirement party? Sixty haikus and to let him pick your pocket?

Michael Itti appointed as executive director of the Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs

April 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Governor Jay Inslee appointed Michael Itti as the executive director of the Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs in early April. Itti is a second generation Thai-Chinese American […]

InterIm CDA hosts annual Refresh Gala, honors Norm Rice

April 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

InterIm Community Development Association hosted their annual Refresh Gala on Saturday, April 6, raising funds to support their low-income housing programs. In total, the event raised over $130,000, which will […]

Former Taiwan vice president visits University of Washington

April 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Former Taiwan Vice President Annette Lu Hsiu-lien visited the University of Washington on Friday, April 5, giving a lecture entitled, “A New Perspective on the Asia Pacific.” Her talk covered […]

Tule Lake Committee receives grant for prison restoration

April 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

National Park Service director Jonathan B. Jarvis announced on April 6 that the NPS Japanese American Confinement Sites Program awarded the Tule Lake Committee with a $192,467 grant to begin […]

Japanese fish hitch ride on boat to Washington beach

April 14, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press LONG BEACH, Wash. (AP) — What a long and strange trip it’s been for a small striped fish native to Japan that apparently hitched a […]

California governor looks to China for investments

April 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Juliet Williams The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown has designs on building some of the most expensive public works projects in the nation and […]