A survivor of child abuse, imprisonment and torture in Cambodia is now facing deportation, 44 years after she fled to the US.
First-time Kent City Councilmember Sharn Shoker plans to focus on inclusive governance, BIPOC communities
Following a tough race she won by little more than 200 votes, Sharn Shoker was sworn in on Jan. 6 to represent Position Six on the Kent City Council.
Padmanabhan to lead ACoM
American Community Media (ACoM), the first and largest association of ethnic news outlets nationwide, announced Jaya Padmanabhan as its new executive director, effective Feb. 1.
Starlux, Sorayama launch AIRSORAYAMA
Taiwanese airline Starlux and Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama unveiled AIRSORAYAMA this week—a collaboration that transforms two Airbus A350‑1000s into the largest artworks of Sorayama’s six-decade career.
New Carnegie Medal winners Megha Majumdar and Yiyun Li love libraries
Novelist Megha Majumdar, one of this year’s winners of medals presented by the American Library Association, doesn’t only visit libraries for the reading.
South Korea’s former first lady sentenced to 20 months in prison for corruption
The wife of South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced on Wednesday to 20 months in prison for corruption, as her husband awaits a verdict on a high-stakes rebellion charge that could result in the death penalty or life imprisonment.
Partial federal shutdown seems increasingly likely as Democrats demand major changes to ICE
Democratic senators are narrowing a list of demands for changes to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with a partial government shutdown looming by week’s end, hoping to pressure Republicans and the White House as the country reels from the deaths of two people at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis.
Fentanyl seized after brief chase in CID
Seattle police arrested a suspected drug dealer in the Chinatown–International District (CID) on Tuesday afternoon—following a short foot chase that ended with drugs and cash scattered in the street.
Investing in health access: A Lunar New Year gathering in support of community health
More than 210,000 people missed doctor appointments in King County in 2025, because they couldn’t afford the cost of their care.
Momoa and Bautista’s “The Wrecking Crew” needs more reality checks to make it consistently entertaining
Most movies about Hawai’i make me want to go back. Not “The Wrecking Crew.”