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Educational disparities — Data key to closing gap?

March 3, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

University of Washington (UW) sophomore Janilla Augofie takes pride in being the first member in her family to go to college. But despite this accomplishment, Augofie has struggled in silence while navigating the educational system.

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: 2016, AAPI, African American, Alaska Native, Alma Ramiro Alonzo, American Indian, Education, HB, Holly Barker, House Bill, Janilla Augofie, Laos, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islander, Polynesian Outreach Program, Southeast Asian, Thailand, UW, Vol 35 No 10 | March 5 - March 11, White House

The 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle’s hidden gateway to Imperial China

January 15, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In the heart of downtown Seattle, in the Skinner Building, lies a hidden architectural gem with Chinese-inspired interior design that evokes the sacred palaces and a temple of Imperial China — it’s the 5th Avenue Theatre.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2016, Avenue Theatre Association, Calandra Childers, Connie Corrick, Forbidden City, Gustav Liljestrom, Imperial China, Imperial Chinese, Long Corridor, Seattle Downtown Historic Theatre, Skinner Building, Summer Palace, Thailand, Vol 35 No 3 | January 16 - January 22, culture, japan, technology

Myanmar migrants found guilty of killing British backpackers

January 3, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yves Dam Van and Jocelyn Gecker Associated Press KOH SAMUI, Thailand (AP) — A Thai court on Dec. 24 sentenced two Myanmar migrants to death for the murder of two British backpackers on a resort island last year, in a case that raised questions about police competence and the judicial system in Thailand. Human […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, 2016, Asia, Associated Press, DNA, Foreign Office, Hannah Witheridge, Human Rights Watch, Jocelyn Gecker, Koh Samui, Koh Tao, Michael Miller, Myanmar, Nakhon Chompuchat, Phil Robertson, Porntip Rojanasunand, Thailand, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8, Wai Phyo, Win Zaw Htun, Zaw Lin

Leading Thai seafood boss: Shrimp probe ‘wake-up call’

December 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Robin McDowell and Martha Mendoza Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The president of one of the world’s biggest seafood exporters expressed frustration and promised change Tuesday after saying an Associated Press investigation that linked slave-peeled shrimp to his company should be a “wake-up call” to the industry. Thiraphong Chansiri said Thai Union will spend […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2015, 2016, AP, Associated Press, Bangkok Post, Best Aquaculture Practices, Big Australian, Buddy Galetti, Chris York, Gavin Gibbons, Global Aquaculture Alliance, Leading Thai, National Fisheries Institute, New York Kristen Gelineau, Olive Garden, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Red Lobster, Samut Sakhon, Southwind Foods, Susan Coppedge, Thai Union, Thailand, Vol 34 No 53 | December 26 - January 1

Thailand’s largest seafood company abandons tuna merger

December 12, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Marcy Gordon AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Chicken of the Sea and Bumble Bee have called off their proposed merger after the Obama administration told the companies it would hurt competition in the U.S. canned tuna market. The Justice Department announced that the deal, announced a year ago between Thailand’s largest seafood company […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer, Beach Cliff, Bumble Bee Foods, John West, King Oscar, Obama, Petit Navire, San Diego, South Korea, Thai Union, Thailand, Vol 34 No 51 | December 12 - December 18, Wild Selections

Thai printer of Int’l NY Times blocks stories again

December 12, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Grant Peck Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The New York Times decried limits on media freedom in Thailand on Friday after its local printer refused to publish articles about the Southeast Asian country for a third time.The printer removed a column from the opinion page of Friday’s edition of the International New York Times […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Crown Property Bureau, Eastern Printing Co, International New York Times, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Southeast Asian, Thailand, Vol 34 No 51 | December 12 - December 18, Yuth Chinsupakul, editorial

Downtown Seattle will get its dumplings — Din Tai Fung to open in Pacific Place, its only downtown Seattle location

December 11, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Madison Marquette announced Dec. 1 that Din Tai Fung will open at Pacific Place in Seattle the summer of 2016. With only six U.S. restaurants, Din Tai Fung will be located in a 9,216 square foot space on level four of the shopping center. Founded in 1958 in Taiwan, Din Tai Fung is one of […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2015, 2016, Australia, China, Din Tai Fung, Downtown Seattle, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Management Services, Pacific Place, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Tory Glossip, Vice President, Vol 34 No 51 | December 12 - December 18

Thai king, longest-reigning monarch, marks 88th birthday — Seattle posts billboards honoring Bhumibol Adulyadej

December 11, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The people of Thailand on Saturday marked the 88th birthday of their king, the world’s longest-reigning monarch – but with their once-vigorous leader in a hospital and unseen in public for three months, the celebrations were the most subdued in memory. However the Seattle Thai community posted billboards commemorating […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Foreign Minister Siddhi Savetsila, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Privy Council, Seattle Thai, Thailand, Thaweewat Chongsuanoiy, Vol 34 No 51 | December 12 - December 18

BLOG: Adventures in Cambodia — Six reasons why you should visit Cambodia (Part 1)

December 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly “Why go to a backward country?” my friends reacted when they heard that my husband and I were going to Cambodia. “Are you crazy going alone and not with a tour?” another asked. Why people think Cambodia is not a safe country puzzles me. It could have to do […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2015, Angkor Wat, Cambodia, Cambodia Part, China, Chinese, England, HK, Killing Fields, King Norodom Sihanouk, Paris, Phnom Penh, Publisher's Blog, Seattle, Siem Reap, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Cong, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 51 | December 12 - December 18

Zero tolerance? — Star soccer player’s racist slurs prompt fine, training

December 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly These were the words of Jamie Vardy, an English Premier League soccer player, to an Asian man at a casino in England: “Yo. Jap. Walk on.” Vardy, a player for the Thai-owned Leicester City of the Premiership, was not severely punished for this racist tirade despite a decree of […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2015, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, Asian Football Investments, East Asian, England Yo, English Premier League, James Pearson, Jamie Vardy, Jason Cruz, Jason Vardy, King Power Duty Free, Leicester City, Northwest Asian Weekly, Shino Okazaki, Thailand, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Vol 34 No 50 | December 5 - December 11

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