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Forced to f lee — Young Burmese refugees share their stories

May 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Lauren Pongan Northwest Asian Weekly Note: This article uses the name “Burma,” rather than its recognized name of “Myanmar,” in order to reflect the preferences of panelists and presenters from the event. “Before we start, can everyone please move down to the front?” Sumyat Thu asked the audience at last week’s event, April 22, […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Burma, Burmese American, Burmese Myanmar Student Association, Cynthia Maung, Erika Berg, Lauren Pongan, Northwest Asian Weekly, Saffron Revolution, Shwe Zin, Social Welfare, Sumyat Thu, Ta Kwe Say, Thai Burmese, UW, Vol 34 No 19 | May 2 - May 8, Vung It, Washington State, Young Burmese

Reader’s Corner: Forced to flee: voices and visions from the Thai-Burma border, put on paper

December 2, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Erika Berg For Northwest Asian Weekly In September 2007, the world’s attention was riveted by video footage of never-ending columns of saffron-robed monks streaming through the streets of Burma. Overnight, the government had removed all fuel subsidies, spiking food prices. Moved by the people’s despair, tens of thousands of Buddhist monks took to the […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2011, Aung San Suu Kyi, Erika Berg, Human Rights, Mae Sot, Metta Sutta, Reader Corner Forced, Seattle, Thai Burma, Thailand, Vol 30 No 49 | December 3 - December 9, attention

July 4: More than 500 people sworn in as U.S. citizens at Seattle Center

July 11, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Ethnic Heritage Council hosted the 27th Annual Naturalization Ceremony at Seattle Center. More than 500 people from 80 countries were sworn in by the Honorable Richard. C. Tallman, U.S. Circuit Court Judge.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2011, Annual Naturalization Ceremony, Circuit Court Judge, Erika Berg, Honorable Richard, Jim McDermott, Maria Cantwell, Seattle Center, Son Michael Pham, State Sam Reed, Vol 30 No 28 | July 9 - July 15

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