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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 34 No 40 | September 26 – October 2

New members appointed to CAPAA

September 28, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Gov. Jay Inslee recently announced the reappointment of Lori Wada and made the following appointments to the Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs (CAPAA). Lori Wada immigrated to Washington from Seoul, South Korea when she was 18 years old. She has been a state government employee for over 25 years and has been an active […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, BA, Beijing, China, Commissioner Wada, International Community Health Services, Jay Inslee, Lori Wada, Martins University, NHPI, Native Hawaiian, New Mexico, Public Health, Puget Sound, Russia, South Korea, United States, Vol 34 No 40 | September 26 - October 2, World Women

Akita resigns

September 28, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Andrea Akita has resigned her position at InterIm Community Development Association; her last day at InterIm will be Sept. 25th. In her announcement she stated, “It’s been an exhilarating and rewarding experience for me, but I’m ready to take on new challenges in my work life…It has been an honor to serve and represent the […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Andrea Akita, InterIm, Vol 34 No 40 | September 26 - October 2

Colleen Fukui-Sketchly awarded

September 28, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Colleen Fukui-Sketchley (B.A., 1994) is the Corporate Center Diversity Affairs Director for Nordstrom, a company she has served for more than 20 years. Committed to giving back to her alma mater, she became the youngest person to be appointed President of the UW’s Alumni Association in 2011 and has been an incredible supporter of the […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Alumni Association, Disability Employment Task Force, Minority Affairs, UW, Vol 34 No 40 | September 26 - October 2

Head of Filipino sultanate that invaded Malaysian state dies

September 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The leader of a sultanate in the southern Philippines that staged a 2013 invasion of a bustling Malaysian state and sparked a deadly security crisis has died of kidney failure, his family and followers said Sunday. Sultan Esmail Kiram II died at age 76 late Saturday, […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, 2015, Abraham Idjirani, Abu Sayyaf, Alan Arrojado, Associated Press, Filipino, Lahad Datu, MANILA, Malaysia, Philippines, Phugdal Kiram, Vol 34 No 40 | September 26 - October 2

Thai teacher arrested after US tip-off on obscene photos

September 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nattasuda Anusondisai Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand arrested a former primary school teacher who they said admitted to having sexually abused 24 schoolgirls, after a tip-off from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The former teacher, identified as Decha Pradit, told police that he paid his young students 10 baht, the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Decha Pradit, Homeland Security, IP, Laos, Melissa Sweeney, Thailand, US, Vol 34 No 40 | September 26 - October 2

Hacking, China’s maritime claims overshadow Xi’s US visit

September 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — As Chinese President Xi Jinping makes his first state visit to Washington this week, the outlook for relations is decidedly murkier than when he hosted President Barack Obama at their last summit less than a year ago. Tensions are rising over allegations of Beijing-directed cyberattacks on the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Beijing, Brantly Womack, Chinese, General Assembly, Hilton Worldwide, Iran, Liberation Army, New York, Peking University, President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin, South China Sea, State Counselor Yang Jiechi, Vol 34 No 40 | September 26 - October 2, Zhu Feng, japan

Immigration services fraud

September 26, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Immigration services, or “notario,” fraud is illegal under Washington state’s Immigration Services Fraud Prevention Act (ISFPA). Signed into law in 2011 at the request of the Attorney General’s Office, the law protects consumers from unauthorized entities that peddle assistance completing immigration forms and navigating immigration processes that legally can only be provided by qualified attorneys […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Attorney General, Chinese, Korean, Latin American, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 40 | September 26 - October 2, Washington State Bar Association, West African

2.3 million answer Indian state’s post for 368 menial jobs

September 26, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Biswajeet Banerjee Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — When a northern Indian state announced a few hundred job openings for low-level office workers who run errands and make tea, the response was staggering. About 2.3 million people applied for the 368 jobs with the government of Uttar Pradesh. Hundreds of candidates with doctorates and […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Alok Ranjan, Associated Press, India, LUCKNOW, Uttar Pradesh, Vol 34 No 40 | September 26 - October 2

Icy pretty — Helen Feng hangs in

September 25, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “China’s music gets evil,” promises Nova Heart’s website, about their self-titled debut album. Well, if “evil” means beats scraping along like a hunchback in a haunted house, some deep-twang surf guitar, swirly synth, heaving (and even heavy) breathing, and cymbals that show up at the climax of a song […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Hamlin, CSI, China, Chinese, Helen Feng, MTV, Northwest Asian Weekly, Nova Heart, Ted Danson, VJ, Vol 34 No 40 | September 26 - October 2

I’m not thrilled that Asian food is trendy

September 25, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tiffany Ran Northwest Asian Weekly I remember my hometown in California before it became the predominantly Korean and Chinese populated area that it is today. I remember bringing the leftovers my mother made to school and the shame I felt when the entire lunch table cleared out at the sight of my Dan Dan […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: 2015, ADD, Capitol Hill, Chinese, Dan Dan, David Chang, Filipino, Food, Korean, Northwest Asian Weekly, PR, Pok Pok, Roy Choi, Tiffany Ran, VIP, Vol 34 No 40 | September 26 - October 2, Writer Ruth Tam, culture

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