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Spotlight on Sri Lanka — 10th Annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival

October 9, 2015 By Andrew Hamlin

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The 10th Annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival (SSAFF), opening on October 15th, showcases Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), an island country near southeast India. The Tasveer organization, parent organization of the SSAFF, chose Sri Lanka to showcase for several reasons, according to Dr. Alka Kurian, co-director of the Festival.  […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, At the Movies Tagged With: 2015, Alka Kurian, Andrew Hamlin, Annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival, Hemal Trivedi, Human Rights, India, Mister Comes Tomorrow, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pakistan, Prasanna Vithanage, Rucha Humnabadkar, SSAFF, Shamas Nawab Siddiqui, Sri Lankan, USA, Vol 34 No 42 | October 10 - October 16, technology

Pacquiao seeks mercy for Filipino on death row

July 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Oliver Teves Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao prayed with a Filipino woman on death row in Indonesia and promised to appeal for clemency in the latest bid from her country to save her. Pacquiao and his wife, Jinkee, spent about an hour with Mary Jane Veloso early Friday at […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2015, Associated Press, Dwi Prasetyo Santoso, Filipino, Floyd Mayweather, Human Rights, Indonesia, MANILA, Malaysia, Manny Pacquiao, Mary Jane Veloso, Philippine Congress, President Joko Widodo, Vol 34 No 30 | July 18 - July 24, Zaenal Arifin

LETTERS: Shock over Charleston church murders

July 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

I am just shaken by the killing at the Charleston AME Church. Having lived in South Carolina, I visited Charleston often and I loved that church for its beautiful courageous history. It was one of the holiest places I have experienced—not the kind of holy associated with quiet and humility. Rather, it was about the […]

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: 2015, African Americans, Carla Everhart, Civil War, Deep South, Human Rights, Leonard Zeskind, SC, South Carolina, South Carolinians, US, Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 - July 10

Bangladesh braces for protests after Islamist’s execution

April 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By  Julhas Salam Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP)—Bangladesh braced for protests and fresh violence Sunday after a senior official of the largest Islamist party was executed on charges of crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 independence war, the second man to be hanged since the government revived war crime trials that have sharpened political […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, 2015, Abdul Quader Mollah, Associated Press, Bangladesh, DD, Dhaka University, Forman Ali, Human Rights, Marie Harf, Mohammad Al Masum, Mohammad Qamaruzzaman, Ravina Shamdasani, Shabagh Square, State Department, Supreme Court, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24

UW Korea Studies Program named for Hon. Paull Shin

June 26, 2014 By Vivian Nguyen

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly For Paull Shin, fighting to survive has long been part of his DNA.<!–more–> The University of Washington’s (UW) College of Arts and Sciences, in conjunction with the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, recently celebrated the former Washington State senator for his unwavering commitment to the school’s Korea […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2014, Brigham Young University, GED, Human Rights, International Studies, Jackson School, Korea Studies Program, Korean American, Korean Studies Program, Korean War, Paull Shin, Ray Paull, Salt Lake City, Seattle Central, UW, Vol 33 No 27 | June 28 - July 4, Young Sook Lim, culture, language

Cambodia opposition pressures with rally

September 21, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sopheng Cheang and Justine Dreannan The Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s main opposition leader kicked off a new wave of demonstrations against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government Sept. 15, warning the protests would not stop until the nation’s post-election deadlock is resolved. The mass rally comes one day after Cambodia’s king […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Cambodia National Rescue Party, Human Rights, King Norodom Sihamoni, National Assembly, Ou Virak, Phnom Penh, Prime Minister Hun Sen, Sam Rainsy, Vol 32 No 39 | September 21 - September 27

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

China media says human rights pressure from U.S. will fail

May 7, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — China will never allow the United States to dictate political reforms and any American pressure over human rights will torpedo talks on such issues

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China, Chinese, Communist Party-run, Foreign Ministry, Global Times, Hong Lei, Human Rights, Middle East, North Africa, United States, Vol 30 No 19 | May 7 - May 13, Zhang Xiaodan, Zuoxiao Zuzhou, editorial, language

Filipino TV show goes off air due to forcing crying child to dance like stripper

April 14, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines’ most popular TV game show was pulled off the air last Monday amid a public uproar over the host letting a crying 6-year-old boy

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Del Monte Pacific Ltd, Human Rights, Jollibee Foods Corp, MANILA, Monique Wilson, Philippines, Procter Gamble Co, Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman, TV, Vol 30 No 16 | April 16 - April 22, Willie Revillame, Willing Willie, language

Top North Korean defector Hwang Jang-yop dies at 87

October 14, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — He was the intellectual force behind the philosophy of self-reliance that guided North Korea and a top official in the Workers’ Party

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Beijing, China, Grand National Party, Human Rights, Hwang Jang-yop, Hyung-jin Kim, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong-il, Kim Young-sam, North Koreans, Philippines, SEOUL, South Koreans, Two North Korean, Two South Korean, Vol 29 No 42 | October 16 - October 22, Workers Party, japan

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