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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 31 No 1 | December 31 – January 6

Kim Jong Il’s heir meets with South Korean delegation

January 2, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s next leader burnished his diplomatic skills Monday, welcoming a private South Korean mourning delegation as state media revealed a new title that gives Kim Jong Un authority over political matters. Kim Jong Un has rapidly gained prominence since the death of his father Kim Jong Il on Dec. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Associated Press, Central Committee, Central Military Commission, Comrade Kim Jong Un, Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun, Hyung-jin Kim, Kim Il Sung Square, Kim Jong-il, Korean People, Kumsusan Memorial Palace, Last Monday, National Defense Commission, North Korean, Rodong Sinmun, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, South Koreans, Vol 31 No 1 | December 31 - January 6, Workers Party

In family horror, some see an East–West culture clash

January 2, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Charmaine Noronha The Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — On a summer morning in 2009, in canal locks east of Toronto, police made a grisly discovery. In a submerged Nissan car were the bodies of three teenage sisters and a 52-year-old woman.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Afghan-born Shafia, Afghanistan, Amin Muhammad, Aruna Papp, Australia, Canada, Canadian Muslim, East West, Fazil Javad, Jeffrey Reitz, Mohammad Shafia, Muslim Canadian Congress, Pakistan, Prosecutor Laurie Lacelle, Rona Ambrose, Rona Amir Mohammad, Tarek Fatah, Tooba Mohammad Yahya, Vol 31 No 1 | December 31 - January 6, culture

Indian millionaire an outcast, has nowhere to put his money

December 31, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tim Sullivan The Associated Press AGRA, India (AP) — As far back as he can remember, people told Hari Kishan Pippal that he was unclean, with a filthiness that had tainted his family for centuries. Teachers forced him to sit apart from other students. Employers sometimes didn’t bother to pay him. Pippal is a […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, ABC, AGRA, Anand Teltumbde, Chandra Bhan Prasad, Hari Kishan Pippal, Heritage Hospital, India, OK, Vol 31 No 1 | December 31 - January 6, poverty

Army transfers 8 U.S. soldiers after Danny Chen’s suicide

December 29, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Hawley The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Eight U.S. soldiers have been charged in the death of a fellow GI, a Chinese American who apparently shot himself in Afghanistan after being subjected to what a community activist said were assaults and ethnic taunts from his comrades.

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News, National News Tagged With: 2012, Afghanistan, Chinatown, Chinese Americans, Daniel Chen, Danny Chen, Fort Bliss, Fort Wainwright, Iowa Spc, Jackie Chen, John Kirby, Navy Capt, New York City, Ohio Sgt, Port Arthur, Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Texas Staff Sgt, Van Bockel, Vol 31 No 1 | December 31 - January 6, Yen Tao Chen

NWAW’s TOP 10 issue — Looking back on the highs and lows of 2011

December 29, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A-pop!’s API hall of fame/shame! — The 5 winners and 5 losers of 2011 The top 10 Asian American sports stars of 2011 The 10 best Asian films of the year Top 10 wacky-but-true Asian news stories The top 10 outstanding Asian and Asian American achievements of 2011 Top 10 local API community achievements

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2011, 2012, API, Asian American, NWAW, TOP, Top 10 in 2011, Vol 31 No 1 | December 31 - January 6

The 10 best Asian films of the year

December 29, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly 2011 gave us a wide variety of Asian cinema, from sweeping historical epics to smaller, more human-scaled studies of life. Seek out the following films wherever you can. They are ranked in order of excellence.

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 13 Assassins, 2012, Chris Cooper, Chuan Lu, Japanese Army, Joel Torre, John Sayles, Khmer Rouge, Mike Ott, Northwest Asian Weekly, Nuon Chea, Philippines, Rio Locsin, Seattle, Takayuki Yamada, Thet Sambath, Vol 31 No 1 | December 31 - January 6, Wei Fa, Ye Liu, Yuanyuan Gao

Top 10 local API community achievements

December 29, 2011 By Stacy Nguyen

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly You don’t have to look farther than your own neighborhood or city to see amazing things happening for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. Here is a list of people who are working hard or who have worked hard (or both!) to make our immediate world a better place. <!–more–> […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2011, 2012, Bharat Shyam, Burmese American Rich Cho, Capitol Visitor Center, Chris Gregoire, Cindy Ryu, Cobalt Group, Commerce Gary Locke, GM, Korean American, Regimental Combat Team, San Francisco, Seattle Goodwill, United States Army, Vol 31 No 1 | December 31 - January 6, Washington State Supreme Court

The top 10 Asian American sports stars of 2011

December 29, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason J. Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly It’s that time to reflect on the past year in Asian American sports. Our annual top 10 list includes many familiar names, as well as welcome additions.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2010, 2012, Asian American, Jeremy Lin, Manny Pacquiao, NBA, NFL, Nonito Donaire, Philippines, Portland Trail Blazers, Rich Cho, Seattle Storm, Special Olympics, Taiwanese American, UFC, Vol 31 No 1 | December 31 - January 6

The top 10 outstanding Asian and Asian American achievements of 2011

December 29, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly Each year, there are certain people who have been recognized for the extraordinary things they have done for Asians and Asian Americans.  This list showcases this year’s individuals.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2012, Asian Americans, Burma, Cal State Fullerton, China, Define American, Energy Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, New York Times Magazine, Oshika Peninsula, President Obama, Republican Jon Huntsman, Scott Brown, Senate Republicans, Several Asian American, Suu Kyi, United States, Vietnamese American, Vol 31 No 1 | December 31 - January 6, Wall Street Journal, Yale Law School

A-pop!’s API hall of fame/shame! — The 5 winners and 5 losers of 2011

December 29, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly This year’s list of the top five winners in pop culture sees an emergence not only of new faces that lit up the entertainment industry this past year, but also of a few older faces that returned after being out of the spotlight for some time.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2011, 2012, API, Alexandra Wallace, Asian American, Aung San Suu Kyi, Chinese American, Christian Dior, Hailee Steinfeld, Jo Koy, John Galliano, Ken Jeong, Michelle Yeoh, Project Runway, UCLA, Vol 31 No 1 | December 31 - January 6, japan

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