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 […]
Moriguchi recognized
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 […]
Dominguiano is Miss Washington’s Outstanding Teen
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)
Brogan awarded WTS Woman of the Year
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 […]
Kroupoderova awarded NWAW scholarship
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)
Ku will be coordinating arts events
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. […]
Holiday in socialist fairyland? North Korea woos tourists
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 […]
Pentagon chief criticizes Beijing’s South China Sea moves
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 […]
North Korean ex-POWs hope to return home before they die
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 […]
McCain: Allow sale of defensive weapons to Vietnam
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 […]