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Adopted kids become mini-ambassadors come Lunar New Year

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By Leanne Italie The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With its fireworks, family reunions, and feasts, Lunar New Year is the longest and most important celebration for millions around […]

International school immerses students in dual Mandarin and English program

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By Elizabeth Wang UW News Lab Beacon Hill International School (BHIS) is one of three elementary schools in the Seattle area offering a language-immersion program to students. While all three […]

WWU prof sheds light on drastic climate change in Alaska, Sri Lanka, and Mongolia

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By Jeffrey Osborn Northwest Asian Weekly The human race has been considered a race of hunter–gatherers. Groups that lived inland hunted wild animals and when the opportunity presented itself, they […]

In family horror, some see an East–West culture clash

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By Charmaine Noronha The Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — On a summer morning in 2009, in canal locks east of Toronto, police made a grisly discovery. In a submerged Nissan […]

Multicultural families with special needs children empowered through Open Doors

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By Janelle Wetzstein Northwest Asian Weekly Raising a child with special needs can be extremely difficult — especially when English is not your first

Dr. Youn shares the pratfalls (and joy) behind becoming a plastic surgeon

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By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Anthony Youn, a board-certified plastic surgeon, doesn’t believe that there was one moment when he realized his calling as a doctor. Rather, he explains […]