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Japanese mountaineer Kei Taniguchi falls to her death from peak

January 3, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Elaine Kurtenbach Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Mountaineer Kei Taniguchi fell to her death while climbing this week in the snowy Daisetsuzan range in northern Japan’s Hokkaido. She was 43. Taniguchi, who climbed Mount Everest in 2007, became the first woman to win the prestigious Piolet d’Or (Golden Ice Axe) mountaineering award in 2009. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2016, Alpinist Magazine, Associated Press, China, Hiroshi Hagiwara, Kazuya Hiraide, Kei Taniguchi, Mount Everest, Nepal, Pakistan, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8, japan

SIFF 2015 *DID* represent — A recap of featured Asian and Asian American films

June 12, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tiffany Ran Northwest Asian Weekly Few film festivals in the country can rival the diversity and caliber of films than our own Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), which has for the past 41 years also spotlighted a wide range of Asian and Asian American films. This year, the themes touched on by Asian films […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2015, Asian American, Forgotten Cambodia, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, India, John Hughes, Nepal, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pakistan, SIFF, Satyajit Ray, Steve Liang, Taiwanese Tourism Board, Tiffany Ran, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19, culture, technology

Help for Nepal

June 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Uwajimaya customers helped raise over $20,000 for the American Red Cross to help with the relief efforts in Nepal.  Uwajimaya President and CEO, Tomoko Moriguchi-Matsuno along with two cashiers presented a check in the amount of $22,500 to the American Red Cross CEO, Terry Pollard on May19. (end)

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, American Red Cross, CEO, Nepal, Uwajimaya President, Vol 34 No 23 | May 30 - June 5

Fundraiser for Nepal

May 22, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NAAAP-Seattle had a unique celebration of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month and helped raise funds for the earthquake victims of Nepal on May 15. The event started off with a mixer at Eastern Café. Afterwards, Dr. Connie So, Senior Lecturer at the University of Washington’s American Ethnic Studies department, presented on stereotypes of API Americans in […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2015, American Ethnic Studies, Connie So, Nepal, US, Vietnam War, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 22 | May 23 - May 29

SIFF kicks off with some “Seoul Searching”

May 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

This year’s Seattle International Film Festival includes an impressive number of Asian American selections, which assembles a collection that includes a Korean replicate that evokes John Hughes feel-good, historical Taiwanese brothels, and Tibetan archery. Check out some initial rundowns of reviews and previews below: “Seoul Searching” Reviewed by Daria Kroupoderova The title of Seoul Searching […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2015, Allah Rakhi, Andrew Hamlin, Benson Lee, Bonus Lee, Daria Kroupoderova, Doze Niu Chen-zer, Golden Hill, Harvard Exit Monday, Harvard Exit Saturday, Hiroshi Abe, John Hughes, Klaus Kim, Korean, Kris Schultz, Lincoln Square Cinemas, Lo Pao-tai, Nepal, Ryoko Hirosue, SIFF, Seoul Searching, Sergeant Major Chang, Tiffany Ran, Vol 34 No 21 | May 16 - May 22

Damaged by deadly quake, fate of Nepal heritage unsure

May 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Todd Pitman Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Perched on a hilltop, the blue-rimmed eyes of Kathmandu’s gold-spired Swayambhunath stupa have long stared silently across this sprawling city nestled in the Himalayan foothills. But since Nepal was shattered by a mammoth earthquake a week ago, those eyes have gazed upon a nation in mourning […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Amrit Sharma, Associated Press, Basantapur Durbar Square, Empire State, Gaddi Durbar, KATHMANDU, King Pratap Malla, Lama Zoba, Laxmi Rimal, Nepal, Nipuna Shrestha, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, Supendra Buddhacharya, UNESCO, Vol 34 No 20 | May 9 - May 15, Washington Monument

Nepal quake death toll tops 4,000; villages plead for aid

May 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Katy Daigle and Binaj Gurubacharya Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — As the death toll from Nepal’s devastating earthquake climbed past 4,000, aid workers and officials in remote, shattered villages near the epicenter pleaded Monday for food, shelter and medicine. Help poured in after Saturday’s magnitude-7.8 quake, with countries large and small sending medical […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Army Green Beret, Associated Press, Bagmati River, Bhutan, Binod Basnyat, China, Ek Narayan Aryal, India, Lila Mani Poudyal, Matt Darvas, Nepal, Pashuputi Nath Temple, Prabina Mainali, Rajendra Dhungana, Steve Warren, Switzerland, Udav Prashad Timalsina, Vol 34 No 19 | May 2 - May 8, World Vision

Britain applies to join Chinese-led Asian bank

March 22, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Joe McDonald AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Britain has become the first major Western government to apply for membership in a proposed Chinese-led Asian regional bank that Washington worries will undercut institutions such as the World Bank. The British Treasury said Thursday it will join talks this month on the Asian Infrastructure Investment […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Africa, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Australia, Beijing, Brunei, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Laos, Nepal, South China Sea, Tokyo, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 13 | March 21 - March 27, World Bank, japan

The Village Report — From Phnom Penh to Palo Alto

August 15, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Dipika Kohli Northwest Asian Weekly My son Kush turned six, half a world away.

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 2014, Cambodia, China, Dipika Kohli, Eric Chuk, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Nepal, Northwest Asian Weekly, Palo Alto, Southeast Asia, Vol 33 No 34 | August 16 - August 22, attention

Students come from South Asia to study journalism in Seattle

July 7, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Twenty journalism students from Bangladesh, Nepal, India, and Sri Lanka arrived in Seattle on June 22. The students are here for five weeks and will be staying at the University of Washington for most of the period. They will be studying topics related to journalism and the media, along with working on community service projects, […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Seattle, South Asia, Space Needle, Sri Lanka, Vol 33 No 28 | July 5 - July 11

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