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All about action — Book recommendations

December 5, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Tiger By Wesley Robert Lowe Wesley Lowe Media At 28, Micah Keating is fresh out of law school and traveling back to Hong Kong […]

EDITORIAL: More yay for Kenneth Bae! — And more good news

November 13, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Happy very early Thanksgiving! We’re already thankful, and here’s why—a summary of some good news for you: Everyone is celebrating Kenneth Bae’s return. Bae was finally released from North Korean […]

NKorean escapes kidnap attempt in Paris

November 9, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Elaine Ganley Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A North Korean student with family ties to the regime in his country escaped a kidnapping bid in Paris, where he was […]

Kerry says no apology to North Korea to free Americans

November 1, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday urged North Korea to release two detained Americans to build goodwill with the United States, […]

US man in North Korea given 6 years of hard labor

September 20, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s Supreme Court on Sunday sentenced a 24-year-old American man to six years of hard labor for entering the country illegally […]

North Korea preparing to try 2 American tourists

July 12, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Talmadge Associated Press TOKYO (AP) – North Korea said on June 30 it is preparing to try two Americans who entered the country as tourists for carrying out […]

Traveling cow moooves people to share stories

July 11, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Daria Kroupoderova Northwest Asian Weekly How can a cow suit lead to helping people and sharing their stories?

A-pop! June — Some dictators just can’t take a joke. Meanwhile, Glenn’s Soso brightens up OITNB

July 4, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Hollywood takes on North Korea A new movie poster and trailer for the irreverent comedy “The Interview” came out this past month to mixed […]

Local woman champions brother’s release from imprisonment in North Korea

March 27, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly “It’s hard. It’s all consuming. It overshadows everything. I’m always on the phone, always on the computer <!–more–>e-mailing someone, writing letters to someone. […]

Two Koreas agree to hold family reunions as planned

February 21, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North and South Korea agreed in a rare high-level meeting Friday to stop insulting each other and to go ahead […]