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A-pop! #NotTheSame and “The Big Sick”

December 11, 2015 By Vivian Nguyen

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly With the holidays officially underway, we’re counting down the final days of 2015. Take a second to reflect on what has happened this year including November’s latest events with Asians and Asian Americans in the media. #NotTheSame awareness campaign The Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund, a nonprofit […]

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2015, Asian Americans, Catch Sanjay, Comedy Central, Finding Nemo, Joy Yoo, Judd Apatow-produced, Kumail Nanjiani, PSA, Pacific Islander, Pacific Islanders, Pakistani American Nanjiani, Pixar Animation Studio, Sanjay Patel, Silicon Valley, Super Team, Toy Story, Vol 34 No 51 | December 12 - December 18, culture, social media

Taylor Hoang awarded Courage Award

November 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Crosscut.com Taylor Hoang is the recipient of Crosscut’s 2015 Courage Award for business. This year’s winners were honored at the annual Courage Awards Breakfast on Oct. 29 at Benaroya Hall. In the heat of last year’s debate over raising Seattle’s minimum wage, it became clear to Hoang that minority and immigrant business owners were largely […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Benaroya Hall, Ethnic Business Coalition, Ethnic Seattle, Huong Binh, Little Saigon, Niv Cousins, Pho Cyclo Caf, Rainier Valley, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, Taylor Hoang, United States, Vietnam War, Vol 34 No 46 | November 7 - November 13, West Seattle, attention, social media

School hazing gets stern penalty in military-ruled Thailand

October 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jocelyn Gecker Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — At a military facility outside Bangkok, a drill sergeant barks orders at a group of film students learning the hard way that creative license has its limits in Thailand. “‘You are here to learn discipline,” the officer shouted. “‘Do you understand?” “‘Yes, sir!” shouted back the group […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Bangkok Post, Chin Tangtarntana, Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy, DROP, Kongsak Klaeiklang, Natdanai Kedsanga, Nattasuda Anusonadisai, Pongpat Puchiangdang, Prayuth Chan-ocha, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand, Vol 34 No 42 | October 10 - October 16, communication, editorial, social media

China journalist refuses to confess despite police pressure

October 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Didi Tang Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Journalist Liu Hu says that once he was detained by police the pressure for him to confess was unrelenting. They told him that, unless he confessed, he would stay behind bars longer and his wife would abandon him. They cajoled him, deprived him of sleep, and kept […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, 2014, 2015, Associated Press, CCTV, Charles Xue, China, Chinese, Communist Party-led, Gao Yu, Peter Humphrey, Shang Baojun, Vol 34 No 42 | October 10 - October 16, attention, social media

Here’s 8 Ways Asian Americans can stand up to racist presidential candidates

September 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush and Donald Trump this week unleashed a string of racist insults against Asian Americans and Latinos. Trump pulled a “ching chong” at a rally and earlier called for the deportation of all undocumented immigrants. He then threw out a renowned Latino journalist from a press conference just for asking questions. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AAJA, Asian American Journalists Association, Carly Fiorina, Donald Trump, FEC, IRS, Jason Fong, Jeb Bush, Los Angeles, President Trump, UPDATE, Vol 34 No 38| September 12 - September 18, Ways Asian Americans, blog, letter, social media

Mothers, students join Japan’s protests over security bills

September 4, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Mothers holding their children’s hands stood in the sprinkling rain, holding up anti-war placards, while students chanted slogans against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his defense policies to the beat of a drum. Japan is seeing new faces join the ranks of protesters typically made up of […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Abe Cabinet, Associated Press, China, Daisuke Motoki, Etsuko Matsuda, International Christian University, Mothers Against War, Nobusuke Kishi, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Self Defense Force, Senshu University, Stephen Nagy, TV, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 37 | September 5 - September 11, Yukio Okamoto, attention, japan, social media

Malaysian leader silences critics, media to survive scandal

August 23, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eileen Ng Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s prime minister has a problem: He can’t explain away a $700 million bank account to a skeptical public. His response? A crackdown on critics and the press that has kept him in power but doesn’t address a deep reservoir of dissatisfaction with his leadership. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2015, Bridget Welsh, CIMB, Ibrahim Suffian, James Chin, Malay Muslim, Malaysia, Middle East, National Front, National Taiwan University, Nazir Razak, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister Najib Razak, UMNO, United Malays National Organization, Vol 34 No 35 | August 22 - August 28, Zeti Akhtar Aziz, social media

Guam Food Tours: Open for business

August 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jojo Santo Tomas Pacific Daily News HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — After her seemingly innocuous questions eight months ago, I knew that Leslie Travis was up to something. I never realized she was letting me peep on the genesis of the Guam Food Tours. It was on my birthday last year, November 28, while I […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: 2015, Asan Overlook, Asia, Chamorro Village, Conrad Berg, Fiesta Plate Tour, GFT, Go Eat, Guam Food Tours, HAGATNA, Leslie Jojo Happy, Leslie Travis, Pacific Daily News, Regis Reyes, Team Guam, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 34 | August 15 - August 21, culture, social media

Viet Wah MLK location closes

August 13, 2015 By Assunta Ng

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly At the end of the day on Sunday, Aug. 9, Viet Wah Superfoods was permanently closed for business at the location on 6040 Martin Luther King Jr. Way S., Seattle. Fifty people are out of work at the store of 24,000 sq. ft., specializing in Asian groceries. High rent […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Asian Plaza, Assunta Ng, Chinatown International District, Duc Tran, Jackson Square, MLK, Martin Luther King Jr., Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Rim Mall, Paul Liao, Seattle, South End, Viet Wah, Viet Wah Superfoods, Vol 34 No 34 | August 15 - August 21, social media

Pao resigns — Controversial CEO leaves Reddit

July 25, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Marley Jay Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Reddit announced July 3 that interim CEO Ellen Pao resigned from the company, and co-founder Steve Huffman is back as its CEO. The freewheeling online discussion forum and news site, which says it had 164 million unique visitors last month, has been rocked by unrest recently. […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Alexis Ohanian, Associated Press, CEO, Conde Nast, Jennifer Lawrence, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, President Barack Obama, San Francisco-based Reddit, Silicon Valley, Victoria Taylor, Vol 34 No 31 | July 25 - July 31, communication, social media

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