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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 31 No 17 | April 21 – April 27

Local teen Daisy Fallahzadeh challenges Congress to address teen pregnancy

April 23, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Daisy Fallahzadeh, Tacoma resident and senior at Todd Beamer High School, will travel to Washington D.C. to talk to Congress about the importance of preventing teen pregnancy. She met with Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) on April 18 to encourage support of prevention funding and the National Day to Prevent Teen […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Daisy Fallahzadeh, National Day, Todd Beamer High School, Vol 31 No 17 | April 21 - April 27

Boeing celebrates its 4,000th next-generation 737 plane, with more to come

April 23, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On April 13, more than 5,000 Boeing employees and attendees commemorated the 4,000th next-generation 737 plane, made for China Southern Airlines, the sixth largest airline

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Beverly Wyse, Boeing Field, China Southern Airlines, Dong Su Guang, Vol 31 No 17 | April 21 - April 27

JCCCW’s annual Tomodachi Luncheon celebrates the year’s achievements and new board members

April 23, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Last month, more than 350 guests attended the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington (JCCCW) Tomodachi Luncheon, which raised $60,000 through sponsorships and donations. The luncheon also commemorated a change in board members, with President Kurt Tokita filling the shoes of past board President Lori Matsukawa, who served on the board for nearly 10 […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Community Center, JCCCW, Japanese Language Library, Japanese Language School, Lori Matsukawa, President Kurt Tokita, President Lori Matsukawa, Tomodachi Luncheon, Vol 31 No 17 | April 21 - April 27

International District’s Washington Federal completes renovations

April 23, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Washington Federal’s International District branch manager Sarah Kung invited the public on April 16 to view the new renovations at Washington Federal Savings in the International District.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Asian American-owned, International District, Sarah Kung, United Savings, United States, Vol 31 No 17 | April 21 - April 27, Washington Federal

Two students from China shot and killed near the University of Southern California campus

April 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Greg Risling The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gunfire shattered the window of the BMW near the University of Southern California campus just after midnight, striking two Chinese graduate students inside.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Andrew Smith, Bryan Frost, China, Chinese American, Chrissy Yao, Clay Dube, Gloria Tigolo, Jessie Cai, Jiewen Zhu, Later Wednesday, Ming Qu, Tommy Trojan, Travion Ford, USC, United States, Vol 31 No 17 | April 21 - April 27, West Adams, Ying Wu

Bo Xilai’s scandal leads to a call for tougher anti-corruption efforts

April 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is demanding tougher anti-corruption efforts amid a huge political scandal over a now-suspended Politburo member, whose wife has been named a suspect in the murder of a British businessman.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Associated Press, Beijing, Bo Guagua, Bo Xilai, China, Chinese, Communist Party, Gu Kailai, Harvard University, Immigration Services, Nanshan Holiday Hotel, Neil Heywood, State Department, Vice President Xi Jinping, Vol 31 No 17 | April 21 - April 27, Wang Lijun

New North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un gives first public speech

April 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jean H. Lee The Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s new leader addressed his nation and the world for the first time Sunday, vowing to place top priority on his impoverished country’s military, which promptly unveiled a new long-range missile.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Associated Press, Cha Myong Hui, Hajime Izumi, Kim Il Sung Square, Kim Jong-un, New North Korean, North Koreans, PYONGYANG, Punctuating Kim, Shizuoka University, South Korea, Soviet Union, TV, Vol 31 No 17 | April 21 - April 27, japan, technology

This month: Jeremy’s world, American Judo’s founder has a birthday, and a soccer rematch

April 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Layup Drill — a NEW monthly column about APIs in sports By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly The Linjury Well, it was fun while it lasted. At least we can stop with the puns.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2012, Alex Morgan, American Judo, China Heavyweight, Iran, Japanese Americans, Jeremy Lin Foundation, London Summer Olympics, Munenori Kawasaki, New York, New York Knicks, Park City, Qi Moxiang, San Jose State University, Seattle International Film Festival, Sports Illustrated, Tamari Miyashiro, United States, Vol 31 No 17 | April 21 - April 27

Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin plans early return from exile

April 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Grant Peck The Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra celebrated Thailand’s most important holiday in neighboring Cambodia this weekend, telling thousands of fervent supporters who crossed the border to meet him that he intends to return home soon on his own terms.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, 2012, Cambodia, Chulalongkorn University, Democrat Party, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Straits Times, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Red Shirt, Thai New Year, Thailand, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Vol 31 No 17 | April 21 - April 27, Yellow Shirt

COMMENTARY: Inarticulate immigrants and the language of guns

April 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Lam New American Media Mr. One L. Goh, 43, an immigrant from Korea who allegedly shot and killed seven people at a school in Oakland and wounded five others, may be the latest [in] a string of inarticulate men who became mass murderers in America. In April of 2009, Jiverly Wong locked the […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2009, 2012, 2013, Andrew Lam, Ang Lee, Chief Howard Jordan, Cho Sung-hui, Jiverly Wong, John Woo, Lang Lang, New America Media, New American Media, TV, United States, Virginia Tech, Vol 31 No 17 | April 21 - April 27, language

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