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Top dads help raise money for diabetes research

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By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly About 9 percent of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have been diagnosed with diabetes, according to a 2014 statistics report issued by the Centers for […]

Festival brings South Asian films to Chinatown/ID

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By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The Tasveer South Asian International Documentary Festival takes place on June 28 and June 29, sponsored by the local Tasveer organization. All films will […]

“Above the China Sea” explores Okinawa then and now

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By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Novelist and magazine writer Sarah Bird’s latest novel, “Above the East China Sea,” is a study of two young girls, separated by 60 years, […]

COMMENTARY: What I have learned from Mary Yu

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By Jamie Sun Northwest Asian Weekly Mary Yu is an inspiring role model. On June 13, I was one of the guests at a conversation with the newly appointed Washington […]

UW Korea Studies Program named for Hon. Paull Shin

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By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly For Paull Shin, fighting to survive has long been part of his DNA. The University of Washington’s (UW) College of Arts and Sciences, in […]

Alex Tizon: One Asian man in search of self

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By Daria Kroupoderova Northwest Asian Weekly In the dimly lit basement of Seattle’s Elliott Bay Book Company on the evening of June 18, Alex Tizon, author of “Big Little Man: […]

After cancer, 2 transplants, she still runs half marathons

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Maggie Kim is a 43-year-old Seattleite of Korean descent who has had two liver transplants due to liver cancer. She now lives an active and healthy lifestyle. She shares her […]

And the Emmy goes to….

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The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awarded Emmys to Norm Ohashi, Kyle Iboshi, Kiyomi Taguchi, Susan Han, Tracy Wong, and Aaron Levine on June 7 in its Northwest […]