Northwest Asian Weekly (NWAW)’s staff member and reporters garnered seven awards from the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association (WNPA) Better Newspaper Contest. The awards were presented in Everett at the […]
Sept. 15: Wing selected for $100,000 through ArtPlace
The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience (The Wing) received a grant of $100,000 from ArtPlace, an initiative of 11 of America’s top foundations working in conjunction […]
Sept. 23: 51 people naturalized as U.S. citizens in first-ever ceremony at Bellevue City Hall
Fifty-one local immigrants became U.S. citizens during the first-ever naturalization ceremony at Bellevue City Hall. The ceremony was organized by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Seattle Field Office in […]
Sept. 18: NW Budo Association awards local organizations
The Edmonds-based nonprofit Pacific Northwest Budo Association (PNBA) announced its 2011 Grant Award recipients for promoting Japanese cultural and martial arts in the Pacific Northwest.
Sept. 23: Local Korean Americans welcomes President Lee Myung-bak
About 300 community leaders gathered at the Seattle Westin to welcome President Lee Myung-bak and first lady Kim Yun Ok while the president visited Seattle last month.
Japanese American World War II vets to receive gold medal
The Congressional Gold Medal ceremony to honor Japanese American soldiers of the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT), as well as veterans of the Military Intelligence […]
California governor Brown signs ban on shark fin trade
By Judy Lin The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor announced Friday, Oct. 7, that he signed a bill banning the sale, trade, and possession of shark fins […]
Booming Asian art market showing signs of stalling
By Kelvin Chan The Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — An uneven set of results from Sotheby’s autumn Hong Kong sales that wrapped up Thursday indicates that the surging Asian […]
U.S. farmers have high hopes for breaking into China’s rice market
By Nomaan Merchant The Associated Press ALICIA, Ark. (AP) — After years of effort, U.S. farmers believe they are close to getting permission to sell rice in China, a potentially […]
U.S. envoy regrets saying men go to Philippines for sex
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the Philippines has apologized for his recent statement that 40 percent of male tourists visit the country for sex, a government spokesman […]