When former Federal Way Mayor Michael Park first heard local Korean American community members ask why the city didn’t have a Korean garden—while nearby cities had Chinese and Japanese ones—it sparked an idea that stayed with him for years.
Awareness about stomach cancer
By Suzanne Pak For Northwest Asian Weekly On Aug. 22nd, Cornerstone Medical Services hosted the first stomach cancer summit in Washington state’s history. A hundred health, human service, and community […]
Franchisees sue Seattle over $15 wage
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly A lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court of Western Washington earlier this month challenges the recent passage of an ordinance in the City […]
BLOG: What our political leaders have taught us about failure
I am not insane. People will probably accuse me of being insane because I’m starting my 2012 blog by talking about failures. I can imagine some readers’ reaction. “Don’t you […]
Michael Park, the new face of Federal Way?
In 1995, Washington state elected the first and only Chinese American governor in U.S. history. Sixteen years later