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Word on the street: Local APIs react to Pew survey on Asian Americans

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By Evangeline Cafe Northwest Asian Weekly A recent Pew Research Center survey found that Asian Americans are the highest-earning and

Speak out or clam up? — Part 1 of 2: Why Black and Asian women respond differently when faced with racism

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By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly “Recently, I was hanging out in the library. Somebody came up to be and randomly asked <!–more–>me if I was Korean or Japanese or […]

A-pop! Color blind casting: to dye or not dye, that is the question

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A monthly column about all things Asian in popular culture By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly A media convergence for local Asian American In local and television news, Seattle web […]

BLOG: Celebrate Asia!’s success formula

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I was completely lost during the first half of Celebrate Asia! at Benaroya Hall last Friday. I was the problem. Pipa, a traditional Chinese instrument similar to a guitar (except […]

Elevating game — Social media bringing rock group New Heights new fans

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By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly A chance meeting at a mutual friend’s benefit event during high school spawned the birth of a young rock group that was originally a […]

Are Asian Americans immune to becoming overweight?

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By Nan Nan Liu Northwest Asian Weekly Asians don’t get fat…right? “Most Asians I encounter are smaller and thinner,” said Rebecca Kelley, a Korean American who is half white. She […]

Korean American teen gets online web searches to do offline lifesaving

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By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly After Larry Page and Sergey Brin created the precursor to Google in 1996, they paired it with a business plan that’s proven to be […]

EDITORIAL: Steven Kim will help reform South Korean’s judicial system, more like him needed

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The Year of the Dragon is turning out to be pretty good so far. This week, King County Senior Deputy Prosecutor Steven Kim boarded a plan to Seoul. He has […]

Top 10 local API community achievements

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By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly You don’t have to look farther than your own neighborhood or city to see amazing things happening for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. Here […]

A-POP! Jin breaking into the mainstream?

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By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Sometimes, when one person’s dream begins, the dream unfortunately ends for someone else. Such is the case for two Asian celebrities featured in this […]