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Seoul: North Korea fires missile and tries to jam GPS signals

April 8, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea fired a short-range missile into the sea and tried to jam GPS navigation signals in South Korea on April 1, Seoul officials said, hours after U.S., South Korean, and Japanese leaders pledged to work closer together to prevent North Korea from advancing its […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2016, Associated Press, China, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Defense Ministry, GPS, North Korean, President Barack Obama, Science Ministry, Security Council, Seoul North Korea, South Korean, VOL 35 NO 15 | APRIL 9 – APRIL 15, japan

Under 40 gaming executive — The recipe for Chris Lee’s success

April 7, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Chris Lee is our first candidate for the 2016 Asian Technology and Innovation 40 and Under award category.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News, Feature stories, Technology Tagged With: 2009, 2016, Annual Studio Hot List, Blue Hole, Business Administration, Chris Kenji Beer, Chris Lee, En Masse Entertainment, Given Chris, MMO, Microsoft Xbox, Seattle America, South Korean, United States, VOL 35 NO 15 | APRIL 9 – APRIL 15, japan, technology

Seoul delivers barrage of K-pop music across border to North Korea

January 17, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea tries to get under the skin of its archrival with border broadcasts that feature not only criticism of North Korea’s nuclear program, troubled economy and human rights abuses, but also a unique homegrown weapon: K-pop.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Associated Press, Big Bang, IU, Kakao Talk, Lee Ae-ran, Manuel Noriega, North Koreans, Panama, SEOUL, South Korean, TV, USB, Vatican Embassy, Vol 35 No 3 | January 16 - January 22, attention, culture

EDITORIAL: Good job, Abe

December 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

It took a lot of bravado for Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to acknowledge and apologize for Japan’s war-time role in South Korean “comfort women” crimes. Why is this acknowledgement such a big deal? First, some history from the (somewhat) reliable source Wikipedia: “Comfort women were women and girls who were forced into sexual slavery […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2016, China, Chinese, Ikuhiko Hata, Imperial Japanese Army, Philippines, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, South Korean, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8

Samsung aid for sick workers comes with conditions, secrecy

December 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Youkyung Lee AP Technology Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung’s hopes of ending years of acrimony over whether its computer-chip factories caused cancer have hit a hitch: Some sickened workers and their families say they’ll never accept its highly conditional offer of financial assistance. As recently as the middle of last year, it […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2012, 2015, Asia, Baik Sooha, Chinese, Europe, Hwang Sang-gi, LCD, Lee Jae-yong, SEOUL, Samsung Electronics, Son Sung-bae, South Korean, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25

In S. Korea, a town of Kims — and an unusual shared history

December 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jim Kim Associated Press NONSAN, South Korea (AP) — Many of his students are Kims. So are his fellow teachers, an elementary school alumnus and the owners of restaurants and pubs that he patronizes in his small farming village. Lots of Kims in his neighborhood, too. Such is everyday life for Kim Sun Won, […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Asia, Associated Press, Gwangsan Kim, Hwang Hui, Joseon Dynasty, Kim Jang-saeng, Kim Jin Woo, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, Kim Sun Won, Korean Peninsula, NONSAN, North Korean, South Korean, Vol 34 No 51 | December 12 - December 18, Yun Hoon Duk, japan, poverty

Humane Society rescues pups from South Korean meat farm

November 7, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sheila Hagar Walla Walla Union-Bulletin They have no names, yet. “I really want the families to be able to name them,” said Sara Archer, executive director of Blue Mountain Humane Society, dishing out a pet treat for the 80-pound dog in front of her. Archer is referring to four tosa inus, also called Japanese […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Adam Parascandola, Although Archer, Blue Mountain Humane Society, Bok Nal, HSI, Humane Society International, Olympics, San Francisco, Sara Archer, South Korean, Vol 34 No 46 | November 7 - November 13, Walla Walla, adoption

Rival Koreas restart talks, pull back from brink — for now

August 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Talmadge and Foster Klug Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — For the moment, North and South Korea have pulled back from the brink and on Sunday resumed a second round of talks that temporarily pushed aside vows of imminent war on the peninsula. The first round of marathon talks on Aug. 22 […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Defense Ministry, Foster Klug, Hwang Pyong So, Kim Jong-un, Kim Kwan-jin, Kim Yang Gon, Korean People, Korean War, Min Kyung-wook, North Korean, PYONGYANG, Rival Koreas, South Korean, Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo, Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 - September 4, Workers Party

Grand jury indicts man in church stabbing

August 29, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a northern Virginia man on murder and attempted murder charges in the stabbing last month of a South Korean couple at a rural religious retreat in Maryland. State’s Attorney Charlie Smith in Frederick County announced the indictment Friday of 30-year-old Song Su Kim of Falls Church. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Falls Church, South Korean, Stephen Musselman, Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 - September 4

Congratulations graduates! — Local star students

June 26, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Greg Young Northwest Asian Weekly Years ago, entering high school or college, it was hard to believe it could ever happen. But now it has—graduation. Here are some of our remarkable community graduates. Aleyna Yamaguchi Aleyna has had quite the journey during her time at University of Washington. She’s studied abroad in Rome, volunteered […]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: 2015, Benjamin Lee, Carnegie Endowment Junior Fellowship, Forest Ridge High School, Gates Millennium Scholarship, Hazen High School, International Studies, Jackson School, Jessica Wang, Justina Wu, Luce Scholar, Mount Lake Terrace High School, Pomona College, Seattle Seahawks, South Korean, Teen Link, UW, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Varsha Govindaraju, Vol 34 No 27 | June 27 - July 3

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