By Peggy Chapman Northwest Asian Weekly If you frequent Asian markets during the year, especially around special holidays, you are probably familiar with the colorful and interesting variety of mochi, […]
Rick Polintan — Fighting for immigrant rights
By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly Rick Polintan has had over 35 years of community and union organizing experience since his migration to the United States in 1980 from the Philippines. […]
Who are Uighurs? — A look at group from restive China region
BEIJING (AP) — Arrests made and details revealed about the Aug. 17 Bangkok bombing that killed 20 people have raised the question of whether members of an ethnic and religious […]
China seizes 620 turtles and tortoises smuggled from Vietnam
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese border patrol officials seized 620 wild turtles and tortoises — 510 of them considered endangered — that were found alive in a shipment of frozen seafood […]
Helping historically hidden communities — State of undocumented APIs three years after DACA
By Marissa Vichayapai Special to Northwest Asian Weekly Three years after the start of Deferred Action for Child Arrivals (DACA), a federal program which provides certain undocumented immigrants protection from […]
Former US foreign service officer sentenced in visa fraud
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former U.S. visa chief in Vietnam has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for accepting more than $3 million in bribes in exchange […]
Guam Food Tours: Open for business
By Jojo Santo Tomas Pacific Daily News HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — After her seemingly innocuous questions eight months ago, I knew that Leslie Travis was up to something. I never […]
EDITORIAL: Is it possible to love and hate? — The strange case of Jennifer Pan
It is most likely unfathomable to absorb the idea of attempting to kill your parents. However Jennifer Pan, 28, from Toronto acted on the idea. She was tried on attempted […]
From a boat to running a million-dollar business —Lam’s new owner’s journey
By Peggy Chapman Northwest Asian Weekly George Nguyen never imagined he would be running grocery stores and food distribution businesses along the west and north coast in the U.S. Nguyen […]
Friends mourn teen’s drowning in Lake Washington
Last month, May 25, a group of friends mourned the loss of 17-year-old Cuong Uong. Uong was swimming in Lake Washington this past weekend and his friends were not able […]
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