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Republic Day of India celebrated in the Wash. state senate

February 29, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Washington state’s first Indian American legislator, Sen. Pramila Jayapal, (D–Seattle), offered a resolution in the Senate on Jan. 26 to celebrate Republic Day of India. Although India achieved its independence from British control in 1947, Republic Day marks the adoption of the country’s democratic constitution and is celebrated annually on Jan. 26. This year marks […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, Although India, Indian Americans, Pramila Jayapal, Republic Day, Vol 35 No 9 | February 27 - March 4, adoption

Tuan joins Alliance for Education board

February 29, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Jan. 27, The Alliance for Education Board of Directors added five community to its board, including Mia Tuan. Tuan is dean of the University of Washington (UW) College of Education. Prior to her arrival at the UW, Tuan was a professor of sociology and education studies at the University of Oregon (UO), where she […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, 2016, Andrea Foster, Bridget Perry, Education, Jaime Drozd Allen, Mia Tuan, Steven Gottlieb, UO, UW, Vol 35 No 9 | February 27 - March 4, adoption

Nepal struggles with challenges — Many residents, their lives at risk, face bleak existence

December 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Binaj Gurubacharya YA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Shiva Parwar has been camping on the pavement for five days, waiting in line for cooking gas. There are 521 gas cylinders ahead of his, and not even the dealer knows when more fuel will arrive, thanks to a two-month-long border blockade that shows no […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Communist Party, India, KATHMANDU, Madan Gautam, Nepali Congress, Pradip Gyawali, Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli, Ram Hari Khatiwada, Sundari Lama, Top Ten Momo Restaurant, Upendra Yadav, Vol 34 No 51 | December 12 - December 18, adoption

Humane Society rescues pups from South Korean meat farm

November 7, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sheila Hagar Walla Walla Union-Bulletin They have no names, yet. “I really want the families to be able to name them,” said Sara Archer, executive director of Blue Mountain Humane Society, dishing out a pet treat for the 80-pound dog in front of her. Archer is referring to four tosa inus, also called Japanese […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Adam Parascandola, Although Archer, Blue Mountain Humane Society, Bok Nal, HSI, Humane Society International, Olympics, San Francisco, Sara Archer, South Korean, Vol 34 No 46 | November 7 - November 13, Walla Walla, adoption

Top 10 scams targeting seniors

September 25, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Financial scams targeting seniors have become so prevalent that they’re now considered “the crime of the 21st century.” Why? Because seniors are thought to have a significant amount of money sitting in their accounts. Financial scams also often go unreported or can be difficult to prosecute, so they’re considered a “low-risk” crime. However, they’re devastating to […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: 2008, 2015, Adult Protective Services, Bernie Madoff, County Assessor, Eldercare Locator, FDA, IRS, San Diego, Vol 34 No 40 | September 26 - October 2, Western Union, adoption, letter

Facing deportation — Hearing begins for Korean American adoptee & abuse survivor Adam Crapser

April 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jenn Fang Northwest Asian Weekly After a month of increasing social media outrage over the plight of Adam Crapser, the Korean American adoptee and abuse survivor appeared in a US immigration court April 2 on what was also Crapser’s 40th birthday. His deportation hearing is being held in Oregon in front of immigration Judge Michael […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2015, AAPI, Adam Crapser, Asian American, Customs Enforcement, ICE, Jenn Fang, Korean American, Lori Walls, Northwest Asian Weekly, US, United States, Vol 34 No 16 | April 11 - April 17, adoption, blog, poverty, social media

Franchise Association will appeal judge’s rule about higher minimum wage

March 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gene Johnson Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Supporters of higher pay for minimum wage workers hailed a federal judge’s decision clearing the way for Seattle’s new minimum wage law to take effect as planned next month. U.S. District Judge Richard A. Jones rejected claims by franchises of big national chains that the law discriminates […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, CEO, City Council, International Franchise Association, Paul Clement, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, Steve Caldeira, Vol 34 No 14 | March 28 - April 3, adoption

Loophole in immigration law

March 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jenn Fang Northwest Asian Weekly By his own admission, Adam Thomas Crapser has had a difficult journey; but through it all, he has worked hard to create what he calls a “a semblance of a ‘normal’ life”. In 1979, Adam arrived in the United States with his older sister as a transnational and transracial […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Adam Crapser, Adam Thomas Crapser, Asian Americans, CCA, Child Citizenship Act, Gazillion Strong, Gazillion Voices Radio, Jenn Fang, Kevin Vollmers, Korean American, Shin Song Hyuk, US, United States, Vol 34 No 11 | March 7 - March 13, adoption, language

EDITORIAL: Finding answers — Adoptees return to homeland to discover heritage

January 29, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A recent article in the New York Times (Why a Generation of Adoptees Is Returning to South Korea, Jan. 14) brought to light an interesting topic. Apparently, many South Korean adoptees are returning to their homeland. There is a heavy number of adoptees returning to their native land to find their birth parents and also […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2015, South Korean, United States, Vol 34 No 6 | January 31 - February 6, adoption, culture

Reunited — A love story of two twins separated at birth

December 11, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Julie Ha KoreAM Painting each other’s nails, sleeping in the same bed, sometimes trying deliberately to annoy each other

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, Anais Bordier, Anais British-tinged French, France, Gerard Darel, Korean, Lindsay Lohan, London, Los Angeles Angels, Paris, Samantha Futerman, Separated Birth, So Anais, Vol 33 No 51 | December 13 - December 19, adoption, letter, reunion

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