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Trump-Kim summit: After initial cancellation, it is back on

June 8, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sophia Stephens NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY On May 24, President Donald Trump abruptly cancelled the June 12 North Korea and United States summit in Singapore via a letter addressed to His Excellency Kim Jong Un, a move that has been largely condemned by the international community as a continuation of Trump’s bizarre approach to foreign […]

Filed Under: Community News, Politics Tagged With: Donald Trump, Kim Jong-un, North Korea, VOL 37 NO 24 | JUNE 9 – JUNE 15

Jeb Bush sees similarities in his foreign policy and his dad’s

January 23, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Jeb Bush believes he’s got the best prescription for American foreign policy, from his strategies for deterring North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, to destroying the Islamic State.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, AIDS, Afghanistan, CORALVILLE, Iraq, Islamic State, Israel, Jeb Bush, Middle East, North Korea, Persian Gulf War, President Barack Obama, South Carolina Sen, Syria, Ted Cruz, United States, Vol 35 No 4 | January 23 - January 29, White House

South Korea, Japan settle deal on wartime Korean sex slaves

January 3, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim and Foster Klug Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan on Monday reached a deal meant to resolve a decades-long impasse over Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels during World War II, an important breakthrough for the Northeast Asian powers. The deal, which […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2016, Associated Press, China, Foster Klug, Japanese Embassy, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Korean Peninsula, Mari Yamaguchi, North Korea, Northeast Asian, SEOUL, South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Tokyo, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8

Paradox of Place — Glimpses of modern Korea at SAM’s Asian Art Museum

November 19, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jocelyn Moore Northwest Asian Weekly Walking into the Seattle Art Museum’s (SAM) Asian Art Museum from now through March, you find yourself immersed in the paradox of modern Korean society. The “Paradox of Place: Contemporary Korean Art” at the museum showcases new media art in diverse forms from six prominent Korean artists. The common […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, 2016, Carol Witte, Jocelyn Moore, Korean, Lee Yongbaek, Lim Minouk, North Korea, Northwest Asian Weekly, Prospect St, SAM, Seattle Art Museum, South Korea, Valerie Nagle, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27, Xiaojin Wu

Bae’s N.K. ordeal to be told in book

November 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEATTLE (AP) — Kenneth Bae, a U.S. citizen who was detained in North Korea for two years before his release last November, plans to tell his story in a book. The W Publishing Group, an imprint of the Christian publishing firm Thomas Nelson, says “Not Forgotten: The True Story of My Imprisonment in North Korea” […]

Filed Under: Briefs, On the Shelf Tagged With: 2010, 2012, 2015, China, James Clapper, North Korea, Seattle, Thomas Nelson, Vol 34 No 47 | November 14 - November 20

The Layup Drill — Local favorites Lee, Pan make US Open Field, FIFA Women’s World Cup Opens

June 19, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Pan, Lee set to compete at U.S. Open There’s a lot of pressure in your last quarter of college. It’s filled with anxiety and pressure. University of Washington senior, and men’s golfer, Cheng-Tsung Pan had a lot of both as he tried to qualify for the U.S. Open Golf […]

Filed Under: Sports, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2015, Although Thailand, Brazil, Canada, Chambers Bay, China, FIFA, Hao Wei, Homare Sawa, New Zealand, North Korea, Philippines, South Korea, Team Japan, United States, University Place, Unlike Tiger Woods, Vol 34 No 26 | June 20 - June 26, War Elephants, Womens World Cup

US, China budge not a bit over South China Sea

May 24, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Lee AP Diplomatic Writer BEIJING (AP) — China and the United States budged not a bit Saturday over Beijing’s assertive development in disputed parts of the South China Sea, with Foreign Minister Wang Ji politely but pointedly dismissing Washington’s push for a diplomatic solution to ease tensions. Wang and U.S. Secretary of State […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, 2015, ASEAN, Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Foreign Minister Wang Ji, Iran, North Korea, South China Sea, Spratly Islands, State John Kerry, US, United States, Vol 34 No 22 | May 23 - May 29

500 Rohingya from Myanmar land in Indonesia

May 17, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Margie Mason and Robin McDowell Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP)  — Boats carrying more than 500 members of Myanmar’s long-persecuted Rohingya Muslim community washed ashore in western Indonesia on Sunday, with some people in need of medical attention, officials and a nonprofit organization said. They warned that thousands more are believed to be stranded […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Ali Kotarumalos, Arakan Project, Associated Press, Chris Lewa, Indonesia, JAKARTA, Malacca Straits, Malaysia, Muhammad Juned, Myanmar, North Korea, Rashid Ahmed, Risky Hidayat, Steve Hamilton, Syria, Thailand, Vietnam War, Vol 34 No 21 | May 16 - May 22, attention

Key US military command’s Twitter, YouTube sites hacked

January 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP)  — Hackers claiming to work on behalf of Islamic State militants seized control of the Twitter and YouTube sites of the military’s U.S. Central Command on Monday. The Pentagon swiftly suspended the sites and said it appears that no classified material was breached.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Central Command Twitter, China, FBI, FOUO, Iraq, Islamic State, Joshua Campbell, Lincoln Laboratory, New Mexico, North Korea, Steve Warren, Syria, US, Vol 34 No 4 | January 17 - January 23, social media

EDITORIAL: North Korea is all over the news — Or maybe not…

January 8, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

There were no stories about the controversial Sony hack from the Associated Press (AP) Pyongyang bureau in North Korea. You can refer to page 5 and the last three issues for background information if you have been hiding from mass media.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2014, 2015, AP, KCNA, Kenneth Bae, Kim Jong-un, North Korea, Vol 34 No 3 | January 10 - January 16, censorship

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