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A smoke-free message, at theaters in Pierce County

March 24, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TACOMA, Wash. – A smoke-free housing PSA is now running in Pierce County movie theaters. It’s an effort to end tobacco use and educate about the dangers of residential smoking. “The state fire marshal reports smoking is the leading cause of fire deaths in Washington,” said George Hermosillo, smoke-free housing coordinator. “We want people living […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, AMC, Asian Pacific Islanders, Census Bureau, George Hermosillo, PSA, Pierce County, State Department, Vol 35 No 13 | March 26 - April 1

Taiwan elects first female president and rejects pro-China party

January 30, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen and Ralph Jennings Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan elected Tsai Ing-wen as its first female president Jan. 16, handing her pro-independence party its first majority in the national legislature and rejecting the China-friendly party that has led the self-governing island for eight years. The result should be deeply unsettling to […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Associated Press, Beijing, Chinese Cabinet, Democratic Progressive Party, East China Sea, Hsieh Lee-fung, John Kirby, Making Tsai, Nationalists Chu, Outgoing President Ma Ying-jeou, South China Sea, State Department, TAIPEI, Taiwan Affairs Office, Taiwan Strait, Tsai Ing-wen, Vol 35 No 5 | January 30 - February 5, Willie Yao

King County Council declares January Human Trafficking Awareness Month

January 29, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Jan. 19, the Metropolitan King County Council declared January Human Trafficking Awareness Month in recognition of the ongoing effort to call attention to this form of modern day slavery. “In order to stop the scourge of human trafficking in our county, we need a coordinated and unified response,” said Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles, a co-sponsor […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2016, January Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Kathleen Morris, King County Courthouse, Metropolitan King County Council, Philippines, Phoebe Dizon, Program Manager, State Department, State Rep, Susan Remerata Blackwell, Velma Veloria, Veronica Laureta, Vol 35 No 5 | January 30 - February 5, attention

Surviving the aftermath — Dealing with the wake of the Ride the Ducks disaster

December 17, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jocelyn Moore Northwest Asian Weekly Injured international students from the Ride the Ducks accident on the Aurora Bridge will be given private insurance plans if they lose student health coverage during prolonged medical leaves, state officials said last Friday. Phuong Dinh, 18, is at the Seattle Keiro Nursing Home. She suffered a broken leg […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Ackley, Aurora Bridge, Austria Runjie Song, Brian Tracey, Japan Claudia Derschmidt, Jocelyn Moore, North Seattle College President Warren Brown, Phuong Dinh, Pike Place Market, Privando Eduardus Putradanto, Seattle Ducks, Seattle Keiro Nursing Home, State Department, Vietnamese Chinese, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25, Washington Health Benefit Exchange, Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler

Refugee resettlement — Gov. Jay Inslee’s statement regarding White House briefing on security protocols related to refugee resettlement

November 26, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“Today [Nov. 17] I participated in a briefing with federal officials regarding the policies and protocols in place to screen all refugees – including Syrian refugees – seeking to resettle in the United States. The conference call was a chance for governors to speak with officials from the White House and the departments of Homeland […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Europe, Homeland Security, Human Services, Jay Inslee, State Department, United States, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4, White House

U.S. to shun Chinese-owned Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

September 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Lee AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s official. The U.S. government says it’s abandoning decades of tradition and moving out of New York’s famed Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, which was purchased last year by a Chinese firm from Worldwide. President Barack Obama, his staff and the sizable State Department contingent that trek to Manhattan […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: Chinese, General Assembly, Mark Toner, New York Palace Hotel, President Barack Obama, State Department, Vol 34 No 39 | September 19 - September 25

Malaysia taken off US human trafficking blacklist

August 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers and rights groups on July 27 accused the State Department of politicizing its annual rankings of nations on their efforts to combat modern-day slavery, as key trading partner Malaysia was taken off a blacklist. Cuba was also given an upgrade, a week after the U.S. […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Belarus, Cuba, Democratic Rep, Democratic Sen, International Monetary Fund, Libya, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Phil Robertson, President Barack Obama, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, State Department, State John Kerry, State Sarah Sewall, Thailand, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7, World Bank

Journalists charged by Thai navy

July 26, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Thanyarat Doksone Associated Press PHUKET, Thailand (AP) — Testimony began July 14 in a criminal defamation lawsuit filed by Thailand’s navy against a small news website over a report it posted saying naval forces accepted money to assist or turn a blind eye to the trafficking of refugees from Myanmar by sea. The navy […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Alan Morison, Associated Press, Australia, Chutima Sidasathien, Computer Crime Act, Grant Peck, Human Rights Watch, London-based Media Legal Defense Initiative, Myanmar, PHUKET, Pallop Komalodaka, Phil Robertson, Pulitzer Prize, State Department, Thailand, Vol 34 No 31 | July 25 - July 31

“A world without refugees” — Remembering Luke T. Lee, father, and a fighter for human rights

June 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sharon Lee Special for Northwest Asian Weekly This is the first time I will not be calling my dad and sending him a card on Father’s Day. It is hard to express this sad and empty feeling from losing a parent.  Luke T. Lee passed away suddenly in January at age 91 from Parkinson’s […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Assistant Secretary, China, Chinese, Columbia University, Executive Director, International Law Association, LIHI, Northwest Asian Weekly, Patsy Mink, President Jimmy Carter, Sharon Lee, State Department, UNICEF, Vol 34 No 26 | June 20 - June 26, japan

Holiday in socialist fairyland? North Korea woos tourists

June 7, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Talmadge Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — If you’re still looking for somewhere exotic to go this summer and don’t mind a vacation that comes with a heavy dose of socialist propaganda and leader worship, North Korea says it’s just the place for you. Fresh off a drastic, half-year ban that closed […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2015, Associated Press, China, Kim Jong-un, Kim Sang Hak, Kim Yong Il, North Koreans, PYONGYANG, Russia, South Koreans, Southeast Asia, State Department, Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 - June 12

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