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North Korean ex-POWs hope to return home before they die

June 7, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After the Korean War ended in 1953, Kim Myeong Bok and 75 other North Korean prisoners of war detained in South Korea opted to live abroad rather than risk hostile welcomes in either half of their homeland. Now he wants to come home, though he […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Argentina, Associated Press, Brazil, Cho Kyeong-duk, India, Korean People, Korean War, MBC, Mato Grosso, North Korean, POW, Return Home, San Francisco, Seoul National University, South Korean, Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 - June 12

Top Contributor: Dr. Jai Jun Byeon — Helping the underserved community

December 4, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly Dr. Jai Jun Byeon is the CEO and Chief Medical Officer for Cornerstone Medical Services. He is a strong advocate of health equity for immigrants and minorities, and received the 2013 Molina Healthcare Champion award. As a family physician, Byeon is a certified civil surgeon who can perform immigration physical […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2014, Affordable Care Act, Asian Americans, CEO, Cornerstone Medical Services, Dr. Jai Jun Byeon, Governor Jay Inslee, Korean, Molina Healthcare Champion, Northwest Asian Weekly, Radio Hankook, Samsung Medical Center, Seattle, Seoul National University, South King County, South Korea, Top Contributors 2014, Vol 33 No 50 | December 6 - December 12

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 with planned reunions of Korean War-divided families next week despite a dispute over upcoming U.S.-South Korean military drills.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Authoritarian North Korea, Chief South Korean, Kim Jong-un, Kim Kyou-hyun, Kim Yong Nam, Korean War-divided, Kyungnam University, Martin Nesirky, North Korean, Olympics, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Seoul National University, Two Koreas, United Nationspot, United States, Yun Byung-se

Korean artist creates lit multimedia piece using SAM’s historical materials

December 1, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason J. Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly “It was never my goal to be successful,” explains Do-Ho Suh. Yet, the 49-year-old, originally from Seoul, is a rising star in the art community, with his exhibits showing all over the world. He recently stopped in Seattle to discuss his new piece at the Seattle Art Museum […]

Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: 2011, Catherine Roche, China, Do-Ho Suh, East Coast, Fine Arts, India, Jason Cruz, Korean American, New York, SAM, Seattle Art Museum, Seoul Home, Seoul National University, United States, Vol 30 No 49 | December 3 - December 9, West Coast, Zen Buddhism

Student suicides jolts nation and lead to soul-searching in South Korea

April 21, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A day after meeting the school psychiatrist, a 19-year-old mathematics student at South Korea’s most prestigious

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, 2011, Choi Jin-sil, Chung Doo-un, Grand National Party, KAIST, Kwak Keum-joo, Last October, OECD, President Suh, Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik, Seoul National University, South Koreans, Suh Nam-pyo, Vol 30 No 17 | April 23 - April 29, attention

Ban Ki-moon receives honorary degree from the UW and is ‘finally a Husky’

November 5, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Ban Ki-moon, the eighth United Nations Secretary-General, is a dawg. He’s a University of Washington (UW) Husky, that is. The university awarded him a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Oct. 27 at Meany Hall for the Performing Arts.

Filed Under: Education, Community News Tagged With: 2009, AIDS, Austria, Ban Ki-moon, China Studies, Eumseong County, General Assembly President Han Seung-soo, International Relations, Iraqi High Tribunal, Meany Hall, Middle East, Saddam Hussein, Seoul National University, South Korean President Park Chung-hee, UW, United Nations, Vol 28 No 46 | November 7 - November 13

Disgraced cloning expert convicted in South Korea

October 29, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean stem cell scientist once hailed as a hero for bringing hope to people with incurable diseases and creating the world’s first cloned dog was convicted on Monday, Oct. 26, on criminal charges related to faked research, but avoided jail.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, Associated Press, Choi Bu-am, Hwang Woo-suk, Judge Bae Ki-yeol, Korean Air, Seoul National University, South Korean, Vol 28 No 45 | October 31 - November 6, YTN, Yewon Kang, Yoo Chul-min

Ban Ki-Moon to receive honorary degree from UW

October 8, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Washington (UW) on Oct. 26 at a formal convocation. The ceremony will be presided over by UW President Mark Emmert and will take place in Meany Hall for the Performing Arts on the UW Seattle campus.

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2009, Harvard University, International Relations, Kofi Annan, Korean, Marjorie Severyns Ravenholt, Meany Hall, Myanmar, Northwest Asian Weekly, Public Administration, Seoul National University, UWTV, Vol 28 No 42 | October 10 - October 16

South Korean experts claim to have cloned glowing dogs

May 2, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean scientists say they have engineered four beagles that glow red using cloning techniques that could help develop cures for human diseases.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: DNA, Europe, Gyeongsang National University, Hwang Woo-suk, Lee Byeong-chun, Seoul National University, South Korean, vol 28 no 19 | May 2 - May 8

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