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Review confirms basis of Japan’s sex slave apology

July 12, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) – A Japanese panel confirmed the validity of a study that led to Japan’s landmark 1993 apology for forcing Asian women into wartime prostitution, even as South Korea blasted the review as a move that “picks again at the painful wounds” of victims.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, China, East Asia, Elaine Kurtenbach, Foreign Ministry, Jen Psaki, Keiichi Tadaki, Kono Statement, Noh Kwang-il, South Koreans, Taiwan, Tokyo, Top Japanese, United States, Vol 33 No 29 | July 12 - July 18, Yoshihide Suga

Russia draws 1-1 with South Korea in World Cup

June 21, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Steve Douglas Associated Press CUIABA, Brazil (AP) – Blundering Russia goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev was bailed out by teammate Alexander Kerzhakov in a 1-1 draw with South Korea in the World Cup on June 17 that exposed both teams’ deficiencies. Akinfeev had already looked suspect in dealing with long-range shots before spilling Lee Keun-ho’s speculative […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2014, Alexander Kerzhakov, Algeria, Andrei Yeshchenko, Arena Pantanal, CUIABA, Fabio Capello, Hong Myung-bo, Hwang Seok-ho, Igor Akinfeev, Jung Sung-ryong, Lee Keun-ho, Miami, Park Chu-young, Russia, Son Heung-min, South Koreans, Vol 33 No 26 | June 21 - June 27, World Cup

Acts of bravery emerge from pilloried ship crew

April 26, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Youkyung Lee and Foster Klug Associated Press MOKPO, South Korea (AP) – As the ferry sank, some crew members gave their lifejackets to passengers. One refused to leave until she shepherded students off the ship, and was later found dead. Others worked from rescue boats to break windows with hammers and pull trapped people […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Ahn Sang-don, Ahn So-hyun, Associated Press, Captain Lee Joon-seok, Foster Klug, Hyung-jin Kim, Jindo April, Lee Joung-hwa, MOKPO, Oh Yong-seok, Park Ji-young, Passenger Koo Bon-hee, President Park Geun-hye, South Koreans, Vol 33 No 18 | April 26 - May 2, Yang Dae-hong, Yang Jung-jin

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. I feel bad. I feel like I’m not entirely present. I try to be. We try to maintain as much normalcy as possible. I try […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2009, 2011, 2014, China, Euna Lee, Immigration Act, Jonathan Bae, Kenneth Bae, Koreans Immigration, Laura Ling, Merrill Newman, Myunghee Bae, North Korean, Northwestern European, Pyong Gap Min, Rason Special Economic Zone, South Koreans, Sung Seo Bae, Terri Chung, Tumen River, United States, Vol 33 No 14 | March 29 - April 4, Wellesley College

2014 Olympics wrap-up — Final report from Sochi

February 28, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to the third and final Winter Olympics report from Sochi, Russia. We wrap up the final events that occurred during the week, including a disputed upset in one of the marquee events of the Winter Olympics. Controversy surrounds silver for South Korea’s Kim Yu-na 17-year-old Russian figure skater […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2014, Adelina Sotnikova, Canada, Evan Bates, Felicia Zhang Zhang, Ice Dance Figure Skating, Jason Cruz, Julie Chu, Kim Yu-na, Madison Chock Chock, Nathan Bartholomew, Olympics 2014, Russia, Smile Japan, South Koreans, Vol 33 No 10 | March 1 - March 7, Winter Olympics, social media

U.S. fire officials see danger in paper sky lanterns

November 10, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Norma Love Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – Thin paper sky lanterns, lit from inside by candles that send them floating aloft, have been popular for centuries at Asian festivals. But now U.S. fire officials want them banned.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, CONCORD, Dover High School, England, Hampton Republican, Lunar New Year, NASCAR, Nancy Stiles, New Hampshire Fire Marshal Bill Degnan, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Rob Laughton, Rye Fire Chief Skip Sullivan, South Koreans, State Sen, United States, Vol 32 No 46 | November 9 - November 15, Wish Lanterns

South Koreans hoped for better lives in north

November 3, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Six South Koreans recently repatriated from North Korea had sneaked into the North in search of better lives but ended up detained for up to 45 months for illegal entry, Seoul officials said Monday.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2012, 2013, China, Chinese, North Korea, Rodong Sinmun, SEOUL, September South Korean, South Koreans, Vol 32 No 45 | November 2 - November 8

S Korea families let down by aborted reunions

September 28, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press NAMYANGJU, South Korea (AP) — Chang Choon didn’t get much sleep as he prepared to travel to North Korea this week to see his brother and sister for the first time in more than six decades. But the anticipation of what he called the wish of a lifetime was […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2013, Chang Choon, China, Diamond Mountain, Korean People, Korean War, Moon Jeong-ah, NAMYANGJU, North Korea, South Korean Red Cross, South Koreans, Unification Ministry, Vol 32 No 40 | September 28 - October 4, letter, reunion

Koreas agree to family talks

August 24, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Sunday accepted a South Korean offer for talks on reuniting families separated by war, but proposed separate talks on resuming lucrative tours to a scenic North Korean mountain in an apparent effort to link the two discussions.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, 2013, Diamond Mountain, Korean Peninsula, Kyungnam University, Lim Eul Chul, North Korean, Red Cross, SEOUL, South Koreans, Unification Ministry, Vol 32 No 35 | August 24 - August 30

WWII ‘comfort woman’ visits NJ monuments

July 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Henry The Associated Press HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — Okseon Yi, now frail and elderly, still remembers as a 15-year-old leaving her home in Busan, Korea to go out for a walk and being grabbed by two men and thrown into the back of a truck with five other terrified girls. They were held […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, 2013, Chejin Park, China, HACKENSACK, NJ, New Jersey, Palisades Park, South Koreans, United States, Vol 32 No 31 | July 27 - August 2, WWII, attention, japan

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