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A-pop! The Awards Season — An Asian American night at the Oscars, Grammys, and more

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By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly It may still be chilly and dreary, but Asians have been heating up the awards scene like no other this past month! From film […]

Michelle Rhee on charter schools, standardized testing, and being Korean American

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By Zachariah Bryan Northwest Asian Weekly There is no middle ground when it comes to national education reform figure Michelle Rhee. People either love her or they hate her.

Tensions linger over US ‘comfort women’ plaques

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By Staff The Associated Press HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — After noticing plaques at the local courthouse commemorating slavery, the Holocaust, and other atrocities, Korean American community leader Chejin Park had […]

Short stories for a fast new year

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By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly The Indignation of Haruhi Suzumiya By Nagaru Tanigawa Little, Brown and Company, 2012 The SOS Brigade is back. This time around, they’re up against […]

A-pop! Back to School Edition

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All things Asian in popular culture By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly It’s the ubiquitous question on everyone’s lips on the first day of school, “How did you spend your […]

A-pop! Controversy abound: plastic beauty queens and R-E-S-P-E-C-T for Pinkberry mogul

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All things Asian in popular culture! By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Do you hear that sizzle? No, it’s not the sound of an egg cooking on the sidewalk, as […]

Seattle Opera marries artistic visions of East and West — Part 1 of a 2 part series: Behind the scenes of Turandot

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By Samantha Test Northwest Asian Weekly Seattle’s latest opera, “Turandot,” is a love story.