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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 – June 12

Toyota scholarships

June 8, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In partnership with the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF), a non-profit organization dedicated to providing college scholarships to APIAs, Toyota granted 22 scholarships at its fourth annual awards dinner and reception at the Toyota Automotive Museum on May 14, 2015. With majors ranging from aerospace engineering to microbiology, and school selections from […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, China, India, Korea, Los Angeles, Philippines, STEM, Toyota Automotive Museum, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 - June 12

Moriguchi recognized

June 8, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Tomio Moriguchi was named one of the most influential business executives of the past 35 years by the Puget Sound Business Journal. Moriguchi took over his family’s business, Uwajimaya, after working as a Boeing engineer, and he is currently company chairman after serving as its CEO for 30 years. According to the Journal, Moriguchi and […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, CEO, Chinatown International District, Puget Sound Business Journal, Seattle, Tomio Moriguchi, Uwajimaya, Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 - June 12

Dominguiano is Miss Washington’s Outstanding Teen

June 8, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Abigail Dominguiano was crowned Miss Washington’s Outstanding Teen May 24. She recently turned 15 in May, and is of Filipino descent, and resides in Silverdale. She along with 25 others competed the weekend of the 24th. She is the first title holder to be of Asian descent. (end)

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Abigail Dominguiano, Filipino, Miss Washington, Outstanding Teen, Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 - June 12

Brogan awarded WTS Woman of the Year

June 8, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) International selected Rita Brogan of Seattle, to receive its highest award, Woman of the Year.  Brogan received the award at WTS International’s annual conference in Chicago May 22. The award decision is based on the following criteria: A woman who is a leader in transportation and has made an outstanding contribution […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Rita Brogan, Seattle, Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 - June 12

Kroupoderova awarded NWAW scholarship

June 8, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Daria Kroupoderova, a University of Washington journalism and communications major, (and a former intern for the Northwest Asian Weekly) was awarded the 2015 Northwest Asian Weekly scholarship (in the amount of $1000) by the UW School of Communications May 21. Kroupoderova plans to pursue writing on minority and immigrant affairs. (end)

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Daria Kroupoderova, NWAW, Northwest Asian Weekly, Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 - June 12

Ku will be coordinating arts events

June 8, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Jenny Ku is the newest member of the Community Development and Outreach team at the City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture. As the event coordinator, she will coordinate events such as summer concerts, public art dedications, and the Mayor’s Arts Awards. Originally from Taipei, Taiwan, she moved to Seattle in June of 2002. […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Arts Awards, Jenny Ku, Seattle, Taiwan, Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 - June 12

Holiday in socialist fairyland? North Korea woos tourists

June 7, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Talmadge Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — If you’re still looking for somewhere exotic to go this summer and don’t mind a vacation that comes with a heavy dose of socialist propaganda and leader worship, North Korea says it’s just the place for you. Fresh off a drastic, half-year ban that closed […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2015, Associated Press, China, Kim Jong-un, Kim Sang Hak, Kim Yong Il, North Koreans, PYONGYANG, Russia, South Koreans, Southeast Asia, State Department, Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 - June 12

Pentagon chief criticizes Beijing’s South China Sea moves

June 7, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Lolita C. Baldor and Matthew Pennington Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — China’s land reclamation in the South China Sea is out of step with international rules, and turning underwater land into airfields won’t expand its sovereignty, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told an international security conference Saturday, stepping up America’s condemnation of the communist giant […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Asia, Beijing, Brent Colburn, Chinese, Defense Secretary Ash Carter, Foreign Ministry, Hua Chunying, Liberation Army, Philippines, President Xi Jinping, Senior Col, Singapore, South China Sea, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 - June 12, Zhao Xiaozhuo

North Korean ex-POWs hope to return home before they die

June 7, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After the Korean War ended in 1953, Kim Myeong Bok and 75 other North Korean prisoners of war detained in South Korea opted to live abroad rather than risk hostile welcomes in either half of their homeland. Now he wants to come home, though he […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Argentina, Associated Press, Brazil, Cho Kyeong-duk, India, Korean People, Korean War, MBC, Mato Grosso, North Korean, POW, Return Home, San Francisco, Seoul National University, South Korean, Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 - June 12

McCain: Allow sale of defensive weapons to Vietnam

June 7, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — America needs to provide Vietnam with more defensive weapons, U.S. Sen. John McCain said Saturday as tensions in the Asia Pacific region heightened over China’s expanding land reclamation projects in the South China Sea. But U.S. efforts so far are focused on delivering some of the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Amnesty International, Asia Pacific, Associated Press, Defense Secretary Ash Carter, Foreign Ministry, Hua Chunying, Obama, Russia, South China Sea, Vietnam War, Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 - June 12

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