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Feds: 2 men traveled to Philippines for murder-for-hire plot

August 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Larry Neumeister Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two North Carolina men were arrested July 22 on charges that they carried out a contract killing, allegedly leaving a woman dead on a garbage pile in the Philippines before each collected a portion of their $35,000 fee. An indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court in […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, 2012, 2015, Associated Press, Attorney Preet Bharara, China, Congo, Drug Enforcement Administration, Filipino, Independent Contractor, New York City, North Carolina, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, United States, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7, technology

Asian groups file complaint over Harvard admission

May 23, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jesse J. Holland Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An alliance of Asian American groups on Friday filed a federal complaint against Harvard University, saying that the school and other Ivy League institutions are using racial quotas to admit students other than high-scoring Asians. More than 60 Chinese, Indian, Korean, and Pakistani groups came together […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Asian Americans, Associated Press, Chapel Hill, Chinese, Chunyan Li, Civil Rights, Education, Harvard University, Ivy League, Karen Narasaki, Korean, North Carolina, Robert Iuliano, Supreme Court, UNC, Vol 34 No 22 | May 23 - May 29, Yukong Zhao

The Village Report — Eloping…

May 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Dipika Kohli Northwest Asian Weekly “Did you change your hair?” I said, thinking out loud. “Yeah. There’s a place called the Chop Shop in Skibbereen.” “It’s interesting how the front of your hair flips up a little bit like that.” I was used to Yoshi Kayukawa’s wilder cuts, like the shaved look in his […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 2015, Baby Hannah, Chop Shop, Christy Moore, Dipika Kohli, Loch Oighinn, Michael Collins, North Carolina, Northwest Asian Weekly, Recalling Ireland, Reen Pier, Roaring Water Bay, Saint Stephen, Vol 34 No 21 | May 16 - May 22, West Cork, Yoshi Kayukawa, attention

The Village Report — Vietnam: Coming to rest and search

April 17, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Dipika Kohli Northwest Asian Weekly “Where are you from?” he wants to know. The tour guide. It’s 7:45AM and I’m rubbing my eyes in the morning in Dalat. “Asia,” I say, mindlessly. It’s a lifelong question, this sense of fromness. Identity, the search for “who am I?” all that existential angst that only recently […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 2015, Cambodia, Dalat Vietnam, Dipika Kohli, India, Ireland, Nha Trang, North Carolina, Northwest Asian Weekly, Phnom Penh, South Asia, Thailand, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24

Report offers stats on APIs in U.S.

May 3, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On the eve of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Center for American Progress (CAP) and AAPI Data released the first of a series of reports on the state of the Asian American and Pacific Islanders communities, featuring the most comprehensive research and analysis of its kind for what it calls “the fastest-growing […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, 2012, 2014, AAPI, Asian Americans, CAP, Georgia, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pacific Islanders, United States, Vol 33 No 19 | May 3 - May 9

COMMENTARY: Thank you, President Obama, for promising to help free Kenneth Bae

February 14, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By the Bae family Our family was delighted to hear President Obama advocate for the release of Kenneth Bae during his remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast this morning [Feb. 6]: “And finally, as we build the future we seek, let us never forget those who are persecuted today, among them Americans of faith. We […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2014, DPRK, John Conyers Jr, Kenneth Bae, Korean War Rep, National Prayer Breakfast, New York, North Carolina, North Korea, President Obama, US, United States, Vol 33 No 8 | February 15 - February 21, letter

Easing of China policy may not result in baby boom

November 24, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Didi Tang Associated Press BEIJING (AP) – Don’t expect a new Chinese baby boom, experts say, despite the first easing of the country’s strict one-child policy in three decades.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, Beijing, Cai Yong, Chapel Hill, China Nov, Chinese, North Carolina, Sina Weibo, Vol 32 No 48 | November 23 - November 29, Wang Feng, Wang Pei, Xia Gaolong

Men smuggled guns on Chinatown busses

August 31, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tom Hays The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A pair of gunrunners smuggled firearms into New York City by hiding them in luggage they carried on discount buses that offered cheap fares and lesser odds of getting caught, authorities said Aug. 19.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Chinatown, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City, New York Police Department, North Carolina, Rock Hill, South Carolina, Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget Brennan, Vol 32 No 36 | August 31 - September 6

Catherine Giudicci in final two of The Bachelor

March 11, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle native and Amazon graphic designer Catherine Giudicci is currently one of two finalists on the ABC show The Bachelor. The other finalist is Lindsay Yenter from North Carolina. Giudicci is the first Asian American contestant to make it this far in the competition. The Bachelor has had issues with diversity, having been sued for […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, ABC, Asian American, Catherine Giudicci, KOMO, North Carolina, Seattle, The Bachelor, Vol 32 No 11 | March 9 - March 15

Thousands protest in Japan against Osprey aircraft

September 15, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press TOKYO, JAPAN (AP) — Tens of thousands of people rallied on Sept. 9 against U.S. plans to deploy Osprey hybrid aircraft on a southern Japanese island amid renewed safety concerns.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Afghanistan, Atsushi Sakima, Ginowan City, Hirokazu Nakaima, Iraq, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Morocco, North Carolina, Okinawa Gov, Tokyo, Vol 31 No 38 | September 15 - September 21, japan

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