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Rooting for the underdogs in this month’s book selections

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By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly The Choke Artist: Confessions of a Chronic Underachiever By David Yoo Grand Central Publishing, 2012 Growing up, David Yoo hated everything that identified him […]

Intergalactica, bedazzle, dance, and JK POP! — DJs bring Japanese and Korean pop to Seattle’s dance floor

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By Samantha Test Northwest Asian Weekly At JK Pop!, a Japanese and Korean pop music dance party, the night was in full swing. The bar was

Q&A Rosetta Lee — Anti-bullying expert discusses the role that Asian communities can play in addressing bullying

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By Tiffany Ran Northwest Asian Weekly On April 10, Rosetta Lee, a national anti-bullying expert and science teacher at the Seattle Girls’ School, held a lecture that addressed ways that […]

Asian Latinos; two check boxes on Census form reveal complex identities

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By Sarah Yee Northwest Asian Weekly It was only a little more than a decade ago. The 2000 U.S. Census was a milestone because

Shooting devastates Christian school serving Korean community

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By Terry Collins the Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) ― A gunman opened fire at a Christian university in California Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding three more, […]

The Korean American Bar Association invites Supreme Court Justice Steven Gonzáles as guest speaker for 12th annual banquet

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Members of the Korean American Bar Association (KABA) came together last month for their annual banquet at the Palace Ballroom. Participants were treated to the keynote speaker, Steven Gonzáles, Washington […]

What the newspaper has taught me about interracial marriage — Part 4 of NWAW’s 30th anniversary series

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By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly “I just advise that your son marry a Chinese girl,” my friend said. “I am doing you a favor.” That happened a few years […]

EDITORIAL: For Lunar New Year, get out of the house and support your community!

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Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese, some Japanese, Tibetans, Mongolians, and other ethnicities are all celebrating the Lunar New Year this week. While the traditions of each culture differ somewhat, there is one […]

USPAACC holds focus group in Seattle

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On Dec. 16, the U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (USPAACC) held a focus group with about 12 American business owners based in Seattle at the Pike […]