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America wages a new war in Vietnam — on AIDS

December 3, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“They told him, ‘There’s nothing we can do for you. Just go home and wait to die,”’ said Do Thi Phuong. When she contracted AIDS, she didn’t seek help, fearing that she would also be shunned. Instead, like her husband, she went home to die.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, AIDS, Cambodia, Chau Thi Anh Loan, Emergency Plan, Family Health International, HIV, International Development, Mai Hoa Center, Mai Hoang Anh, PEPFAR, South Vietnamese, Steve Mills, Tinh Bien, Tran Van Nhan, USAID, United States, Vol 28 No 50 | December 5 - December 11

Volunteers band together to help typhoon victims

November 12, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Providing a light of hope in the Philippines ­­ — where floods, poverty, and despair combine to cause tremendous human suffering — is no easy task.

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2009, Cambodia, Christine Umayam, Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Filipino, Laos, Maureen Francisco, Mother Nature, Northwest Asian Weekly, Philippines, South China Sea, Tropical Storm Ketsana, Typhoon Parma, United Nations World Food Program Executive Director Josette Sheeran, Vietnam, Vol 28 No 47 | November 14 - November 20, poverty

Cultural clash

August 12, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“Can you speak the language?”

“Is your dad white?”

“You don’t eat that, do you?”

Filed Under: News, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2009, API, American-born Asians, Asian Americans, Cambodia, Filipino American, Japanese Americans, Kimberly Koba, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Islanders, Philippines, Rose Holbrooks, Though Cabanilla, United States, culture, language, vol 28 no 34 | August 15 - August 21

Out of a temple in remote Cambodia, a world-class ballet dancer is discovered

May 28, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ninette Cheng Northwest Asian Weekly While visiting Cambodia in 2000, American arts patron Anne H. Bass witnessed a rising star. Then 15 years old, Sokvannara “Sy” Sar performed a dance at Cambodia’s famous Preah Kahn temple and caught Bass’ eye.

Filed Under: News, Arts & Entertainment, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: Anne Bass, Cambodia, Dancing Across Borders, Olga Kostritzky, Pacific Northwest Ballet Company, Peter Boal, Preah Kahn, Roland Eng, SAB, Seattle International Film Festival, Sokvannara Sar, Sokvannara Sy Sar, United States, Vol 28 No 23 | May 30 - June 5, Wat Bo School, letter

Want to learn more about Laos? SAIL will help you

April 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Center for Lao Studies has launched the first U.S.-based study abroad program in Laos. Organizers of the Summer Study Abroad in Laos (SAIL) program are looking for Lao American students and others interested in visiting the Lao-American College in Vientiane, Laos. They will experience cultural immersion through travel, language lessons, country-specific course offerings, and […]

Filed Under: News, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: Cambodia, Lao Americans, Laos, SAIL, Vietnam, Vinya Sysamouth, culture, language

Cambodia war survivors turn to music

April 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Denis D. Gray The Associated Press SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AP) — By the walls of ancient temples, survivors of Cambodia’s killing fields and minefields drop their crutches, put aside their artificial limbs, and blindly grope for their instruments — and then play music.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Cambodia, Kak Vy, Khieu Sarath, Khmer Rouge, Nov Rey, Phun Ath, Phun Saroeun, United Nations

Take the road less traveled

September 27, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On a warm Thursday night, Aug. 28, a dimly light Toi club was abuzz with unexpected conversations. Amid the happy hour well drinks, unlikely people from all walks of life gathered in celebration of the party’s occasion, the one-year debut of Earthwalkers Magazine.

Filed Under: News, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: Amy Phan, Attendee Noah Davis, Cambodia, Caroline Li, Earthwalkers Magazine, Hong Kong, Lonely Planet, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Metropolitan, Southeast Asia, censorship, culture, vol 27 no 40 | September 27 - October 3

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