The city’s escalating problems with public safety, larceny, mental illness and drug addiction continue to be felt in the Chinatown-International District (CID).
Firearm recovered after CID shooting
Seattle Police officers arrested a 39-year-old man for firing a handgun near the intersection of 8th Avenue South and South King Street Monday.
Panel discussion highlights importance of local AAPI voices in politics
As part of Asian American and Pacific Islander Month in May, and of an ongoing panel series in partnership with Microsoft, Assunta Ng, the Weekly’s publisher, met with six “rising”—or already highly risen!
June 20 is World Refugee Day
Seattle restaurants Phở Bắc Sup Shop and Musang are hosting a culinary partnership with Tacoma Community House to celebrate World Refugee Day on June 20.
Bill Gates meets Chinese president Xi Jinping on China visit
Microsoft’s co-founder Bill Gates has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping just days after a visit to Beijing by Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Rally mourns Korean mother and baby, fatally shot in car
Over 100 people gathered on Fourth Avenue and Lenora Street on Sunday morning, the site of a fatal shooting of Eina Kwon and her unborn baby, while she sat in her car.
Stop talking and stop the violence in our Emerald City
On Tuesday, June 13, Eina Kwon, restaurant owner, mother, wife, Asian, was shot “execution-style” while in the car with her husband. She was 32 weeks pregnant. The shooter, Cordell Goosby, 30, Black, with a prior record, has since been charged with murder.