Kin On Community Health Care celebrated 30 years of service to the Greater Seattle Asian community at its 30th Anniversary Gala on September 19th at the Westin Bellevue. Approximately 500 […]
EDI’s Inclusion Fusion!
Executive Development Institute (EDI) raised over $95,000 at its annual dinner and auction, Inclusion Fusion, Sept. 17. John Chen, CEO Geoteaming, an EDI graduate, donated $20,000. The event was held at […]
Celebrating the Moon Festival with students
Yiheng Yuan, a guest teacher from China in her second year at the Pathfinder K-8 School in west Seattle put on a Moon Festival event with Chinese students to celebrate […]
School hazing gets stern penalty in military-ruled Thailand
By Jocelyn Gecker Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — At a military facility outside Bangkok, a drill sergeant barks orders at a group of film students learning the hard way that […]
Cambodian opposition senator on trial over Facebook comments
By Sopheng Cheang Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian opposition senator was denied bail and went on trial Friday over comments he posted on Facebook criticizing a […]
China journalist refuses to confess despite police pressure
By Didi Tang Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Journalist Liu Hu says that once he was detained by police the pressure for him to confess was unrelenting. They told him […]
Duck Boat crash lawsuit filed
Seattle attorney Charles Herrmann of the Herrmann Scholbe law firm filed the first lawsuit arising out of the Duck Boat crash on the Aurora Bridge in Seattle Sept. 24. The […]
Spotlight on Sri Lanka — 10th Annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The 10th Annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival (SSAFF), opening on October 15th, showcases Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), an island country near southeast India. […]
The Nightingale — No translation needed
By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly After 18 years of living in Beijing, Zhigen is finally fulfilling a promise to his late wife and returning to their village in the […]
A-pop! — See the resemblance? — A case of mistaken identity, Ken Jeong returns, and early Halloween tricks and treats
By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly With the leaves changing colors and the temperature outside becoming noticeably cooler, there’s no denying that fall is here. And so are new television […]