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SE Asian intrigue — Selections to cover those extra summer hours

July 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Singapore Noir Edited by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan Akashic Books, 2014 For many people, when they think of Singapore, a few words and phrases may come to mind: caning, chewing gum, no littering, fines, and new-money wealth. But as clean as people think the streets may be, there is more […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Akashic Books, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Down Syndrome, Lao Communist Party, Laos, Los Angeles, North Vietnamese, Northwest Asian Weekly, Siri Paiboun, Soho Press, South Vietnamese, United States, Viet Cong, Vietnam War, Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 - July 10

“Representing our views” — A perspective on how much a flag can have significance

June 25, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tom Vu Special for Northwest Asian Weekly It was a joyous moment June 22 that the Seattle City council passed the resolution to recognize the Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag as the symbol for the Seattle’s Vietnamese community. Kshama Sawant voted against it with two full pages of argument.  She had strong arguments though.  […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Asian American, Council Chambers, Councilmember Bruce Harrell, Kshama Sawant, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle City Council Photo, Seattle Vietnamese, South Vietnamese, Tom Vu, US, UW, Vol 34 No 27 | June 27 - July 3, language

‘Napalm girl’ photographer returns — with iPhone, Instagram

June 11, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ted Anthony Associated Press TRANG BANG, Vietnam (AP) — He stands in the northbound lane of Vietnam’s Highway 1, traffic swirling around him, horns honking. He is pointing. Right there, he says — that’s where it happened. That’s where the screaming children appeared. That’s where I made the picture that the world couldn’t forget. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, AP, David Campbell, England, Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Van Bon, Huynh Cong Nick Ut, Kim Phuc, South Vietnamese, Sushi World, Ted Anthony, Trang Bang, United States, Vietnam War, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19, attention, technology

Poem commemorates US war and Vietnam anniversary

May 11, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

April 30th marked the 40th anniversary of the end of the U.S. war in Vietnam, when American forces abandoned the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon, leaving millions of people in peril. Ngô Văn Diệm reflected on the chaos and terror of April 30th, 1975 for those who were left behind in his poem, “Saigon Dying.” […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Ivy Ngo, Saigon Dying, South Vietnamese, US, Vol 34 No 20 | May 9 - May 15

COMMENTARY: Journey to Freedom — Revisiting the long journey from Vietnam to Camp Murray

April 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tung Vu For Northwest Asian Weekly It is important for members of our Vietnamese community to honor those who served and sacrificed in Vietnam.  We wish to remember them for defending the republic and the cause of freedom and finally for all Vietnamese Americans to remember the struggles to reestablish our lives in America […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2015, American Congress, Camp Murray, Daniel Evans, Dat Moi, Guam, Jerry Brown, New Land, Paris Accord, Philippines, President Ford, Ralph Munro, Senator Joe Biden, Singapore, South Vietnamese, Tsuguo Ikeda, Tung Vu, Vietnamese Americans, Vol 34 No 19 | May 2 - May 8, Washington State Governor Dan Evans

Vietnam war photographer dies in US

November 1, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Julie Watson Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Le Minh Thai, a photojournalist who covered the Vietnam War for The Associated Press and Time Life, has died. He was 93.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Cambodia, Chinese, Dien Bien Phu, Former Time, Geneva Peace Accords, Kunming Military Academy, Laos, Le Minh Thai, Nguyen Van Thieu, Paris Match, Quynh Thai, South Vietnamese, Time Life, US, United States, Vol 33 No 45 | November 1 - November 7, Zalin Grant

EDITORIAL: How the West failed 2,000 Vietnamese

May 29, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The American war in Vietnam wreaked well-documented havoc on the lives of so many — not only innocent civilians, but on those South Vietnamese who trusted the United States and its many empty promises. After the massacres, the poisonous chemicals, and the country-wide devastation came the betrayals as Vietnamese citizens and even some soldiers who […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2014, Iraq, Philippines, South Vietnamese, United States, Vol 33 No 23 | May 31 - June 6, poverty

Relics transform small California Buddhist temple

October 19, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By John Rogers The Associated Press ROSEMEAD, Calif. (AP) — Although he’d been a practicing Buddhist for 20 years, until 10 months ago Dharma Master YongHua hadn’t even seen so much as one of the sacred relics known as shariras that are so important to his faith.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Asia, California Buddhist, India, Los Angeles, Lu Mountain Temple, ROSEMEAD, San Jose, Sonya Lee, South Vietnamese, Southern California, Tam Huyhn, Thu Nguyen, Vickie Sprout, Vol 32 No 43 | October 19 - October 25, culture

Vietnam general who shaped war dies at 102

October 10, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Margie Mason and Chris Brummitt The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, the commander who led the outgunned Vietnamese to victory first over the French and then the Americans, died Oct 4. The last of the country’s old-guard revolutionaries was 102.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Born Aug, Dien Bien Phu, Historian Stanley Karnow, Ho Chi Minh, Independence Palace, Indochinese Communist Party, Quang Binh, Red Napoleon, South China Sea, South Vietnamese, Tet Offensive, United States, Van Tien Dung, Viet Cong, Viet Minh, Vo Nguyen Giap, Vol 32 No 42 | October 12 - October 18

US, Vietnam far apart on human rights

April 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Brummitt and Matthew Pennington The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities seeking to stop a well-known democracy activist from meeting an American diplomat last weekend deployed an unusual weapon — a group of elderly ladies.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, American Embassy, Asia, BBC, China, Communist Party, Daniel Baer, Father Ly, HANOI, Human Rights Watch, Phil Robertson, Several Vietnamese, South Vietnamese, United States, Vol 32 No 18 | April 27 - May 3, Washington DC

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