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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 – June 19

Hokoyama to receive JACL Presidential Award

June 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) announced J.D. Hokoyama as a recipient of the 2015 JACL Presidential Award. Hokoyama served as a founding board member and President and CEO for Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Inc. for over 30 years, a national, non-profit, non-partisan, community-based organization founded in 1982 in Los Angeles to achieve full […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, CEO, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, NV, Peace Corps, Sayonara Banquet, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19

YSEALI connects with Children’s Alliance

June 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Yeo Bee Yin, from Malaysia, met May 28 with members of the Children’s Alliance in Seattle. Yin is a fellow of the Youth Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI). Fellows are interested in digital democracy, civic engagement and other subjects and are learning from state elected officials and groups like the Children’s Alliance. YSEALI Professional Fellows […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Malaysia, Seattle, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19, YSEALI, Yeo Bee Yin

Wong-Mageo receives General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award

June 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Captain Puletasi H. Wong-Mageo was one of the recipients of the 2014 General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award on May 29. The General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award recognizes company grade commissioned officers and warrant officers in the Active Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard that demonstrate the ideals of “duty, honor, and country.” The award […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Active Army, Army National Guard, Army Reserve, United States Army, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19

Chong and Liang collaborate for ARC Dance

June 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Marie Chong, artistic director of ARC Dance, invited Edwaard Liang to Seattle to set a world premiere dance work for the company for the upcoming Summer Dance at the Center, July 16-18 and 23-25. Liang will be running the rehearsal.     Liang was born in Taiwan and grew up in Marin County, CA. He […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, CA, Edwaard Liang, Marie Chong, Marin County, Nederlands Dans Theater, New York City Ballet, Seattle, Taiwan, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19

Justad’s film in the works

June 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Jade Justad, a hapa Korean American filmmaker from Seattle is working on a short film “Creased” which is now in development. The film centers around an Asian American high school senior Kayla who is strongly considering Asian eyelid surgery. The film has received a grant from 4Culture, and Jade is currently working on a Kickstarter […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Asian American, Jade Justad, Korean American, Seattle, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19

India finalizes long-delayed land swap deal

June 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Julhas Alam Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — India and Bangladesh finalized a much-delayed land swap agreement to settle a long-running border dispute on June 6. The deal — initially reached in 1974 but only recently ratified by India’s Parliament — calls for the transfer of 111 border enclaves to Bangladesh in exchange for […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Adani Power Limited, Associated Press, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, DHAKA, Energy-starved Bangladesh, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mahmood Ali, Pakistan, Reliance Group, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19

China focus turns on sleepy Jianli amid cruise ship disaster

June 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen Associated Press JIANLI, China (AP) — An influx of rescue workers, journalists and victims’ relatives is putting the sleepy town of Jianli on the map in a way that lifelong resident Tao Gengsheng never thought he’d see. As the closest town to the site of last week’s Yangtze River cruise ship disaster, […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Cheng Lixiong, China, Chinese, DNA, Eastern Star, JIANLI, Tao Gengsheng, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19, Xu Zhen, Yangtze River, Yusha Square

Philippines arrests British man wanted on child sex offenses

June 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A British man living in the Philippines for 10 years has been arrested to face charges he molested a 14-year-old boy in the United Kingdom, Filipino immigration authorities said Thursday. Douglas Michael Slade, 74, was arrested by immigration agents last week at his home in northern Angeles City where he has […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Angeles City, British Embassy, Douglas Michael Slade, Elaine Tan, Filipino, Philippines, Siegfred Mison, United Kingdom, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19

6th person dies of MERS virus in South Korea

June 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tong-Hyung Kim Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A sixth person in South Korea has died of the MERS virus, as the government announced last week that it was strengthening measures to stem the spread of the disease and public fear. Sixty-four people in South Korea have been infected by Middle East Respiratory […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2015, Associated Press, Education, MERS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, SARS, SEOUL, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19

South Korean team wins $2M in disaster-response robot test

June 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

POMONA, Calif. (AP) — The robots drove, walked trough rubble, climbed stairs, turned valves and sometimes fell, amid cheers and groans from a crowd of thousands at the Fairplex in Pomona, California. After three years of research, development and an obstacle course of competition, a South Korean team on June 6 won the three-year and […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, CHIMP, Carnegie Mellon University, DARPA, DRC, Germany, Gill Pratt, Hong Kong, National Robotics Engineering Center, Running Man, South Korean, United States, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19

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