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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 32 No 29 | July 13 – July 19

New citizens take oath on Independence Day

July 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Four-hundred eighty-seven new citizens of the United States took their oaths of allegiance on July 4 at the Seattle Center as part of the Ethnic Heritage Council’s 29th Annual Naturalization Ceremony.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Annual Naturalization Ceremony, Ethnic Heritage Council, Independence Day, India, Jagdish Sharma, Jay Inslee, Jim McDermott, King County Executive Dow Constantine, Nargis Dutt Cancer Foundation, Philippines, Seattle Center, South Korea, United States, Vol 32 No 29 | July 13 - July 19, Western Washington

APAs win 10 awards at Northwest Emmys

July 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Asian and Pacific American professionals won 10 awards at the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Northwest Chapter’s 50th Annual Emmy Awards Show on June 15. KOMO’s Molly Shen, Tri Ngo, and Kiyomi Taguchi received awards for KOMO’s “Healing Our Heroes” news special, continuing coverage on “SPD: Problem Police,” and “The Shoe Guy” […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Bruce Lee, Emmy Awards, KCTS, KOMO, Kiyomi Taguchi, Molly Shen, National Academy, Northwest Emmys, Shannon Gee, Vol 32 No 29 | July 13 - July 19

Maya Vengadasalam running for Kent School Board

July 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Indian-American media consultant Maya Vengadasalam from Kent is currently running for the Kent School Board Position 5. Born in India, Vengadasalam immigrated to the United States at the age of 11. She graduated from Florida Atlantic University in Florida in 1986 and became an American citizen the same year. She currently works as a media […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Bruce Elliot, Carmen Goers, India, Kent School Board Position, Maya Vengadasalam, United States, Vol 32 No 29 | July 13 - July 19

July 11 declared ‘Ray Chinn Day’

July 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The City of Seattle declared July 11 “Raymond G. Chinn Day,” in memory of Ray Chinn, the man who helped preserve the International District and who passed away July 22, 2012 at the age of 87. July 11 would have been his 88th birthday.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2010, 2012, 2013, Art Siegal, Bob Countryman, Chinatown International District Business Improvement Area, Chinn Day, Pioneer Square, Ray Chinn, Service Above Self, Storefronts Seattle, United States, University District Rotary Club, Vol 32 No 29 | July 13 - July 19

Immigration bill faces uncertain future in House

July 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Philip Elliott The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The immigration debate is shifting to the Republican-led House, where lawmakers have shown little appetite for the large-scale, comprehensive approach their Senate colleagues embraced last week.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Bob Goodlatte, Democratic-controlled Senate, Fox News Sunday, GOP, House Democratic, House Judiciary Committee, House Speaker John Boehner, Luis Gutierrez, NBC, Nancy Pelosi, President Obama, Republican-led House, Speaker Boehner, Trey Gowdy, United States, Virginia Republican, Vol 32 No 29 | July 13 - July 19, WASHINGTON

At tail end of trans-Pacific f light, terror

July 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Terry Collins and Joan Lowy The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After nearly 11 hours in the air, the passengers and crew aboard a jumbo jetliner traveling from Seoul to San Francisco were looking forward to a quick and uneventful landing as Asiana Airlines Flight 214 approached the airport from over San Francisco […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Asiana Airlines Flight, Asiana President Yoon Young-doo, Benjamin Levy, British Airways Flight, China Central Television, Chinese, Doug Yakel, Ki Siadatan, Kim Haing, Mike Barr, San Francisco Bay, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, South Koreans, Star Alliance, Vedpal Singh, Vol 32 No 29 | July 13 - July 19, Ye Mengyuan

Raid at Hmong market leaves fear

July 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Members of the Hmong community are seeking answers following a recent raid on a St. Paul marketplace that resulted in the confiscation of hundreds of pounds of prescription drugs and painkillers.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Hmongtown Marketplace, Kia Lee, Laos, Minnesota Public Radio, Paul City Attorney Sara Grewing, Ramsey County, Randy Gustafson, Thailand, Vol 32 No 29 | July 13 - July 19, Yer Lee Chang

‘Evil Spirit’ scams plague immigrants

July 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Colleen Long The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — One woman was told by a fortune teller that her son was possessed by demons. Another was approached on a Chinatown street by a stranger who eerily claimed her daughter would die in two days. “Your son will die in a car accident — he […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Chinatown, Chinese, Jingchang Quan, Jun Liang, New York City, New York Police Department, Paul Browne, Vol 32 No 29 | July 13 - July 19, culture

Blasts at East Indian Buddhist sites injure 2

July 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Indrajit Singh The Associated Press PATNA, India (AP) — A series of blasts hit three Buddhist sites in eastern India July 7, injuring at least two people and drawing condemnation from the prime minister.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Great Awakening Temple, India July, Mahabodhi Temple, Myanmar, PATNA, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibetan Buddhist, UNESCO, Vol 32 No 29 | July 13 - July 19

Koreas hope to reopen joint factory

July 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korean delegates agreed on a desire to restart a stalled jointly run factory park after overnight talks that ended July 8, but they couldn’t immediately reach an accord to reopen the complex that had been a symbol of inter-Korean rapprochement.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, DMZ, Demilitarized Zone, KCNA, Korean Central News Agency, North Korean, SEOUL, South Korean, Suh Ho, Unification Ministry, Vol 32 No 29 | July 13 - July 19, Youkyung Lee

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