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 guests attended the celebration, themed “Commemorate. Celebrate. Create.” The Gala celebrated the achievements of Kin On Health Care Center, the first Chinese nursing home of […]
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 The Foundry in Seattle, where over 200 guests attended and participated in the wine toss, mystery room, silent and live auctions, and voting for their favorite […]
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 the second biggest Chinese holiday with the Pathfinder community On the evening of September 28, over 100 parents and kids joined this event. There were […]
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 creative license has its limits in Thailand. “‘You are here to learn discipline,” the officer shouted. “‘Do you understand?” “‘Yes, sir!” shouted back the group […]
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 36-year-old border agreement with Vietnam. Hong Sok Hour faces up to 17 years in prison. His arrest on Aug. 15 was one of a series […]
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 that, unless he confessed, he would stay behind bars longer and his wife would abandon him. They cajoled him, deprived him of sleep, and kept […]
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 plaintiff victim Na Ra Yoon is a 21-year old Korean student who had just arrived in the USA to attend North Seattle College. She was […]
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 Tasveer organization, parent organization of the SSAFF, chose Sri Lanka to showcase for several reasons, according to Dr. Alka Kurian, co-director of the Festival. […]
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 Chinese countryside with the nightingale she gave him as a parting gift. For nearly two decades, he had been putting off this trip. But now […]
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 shows! And movies! Read on to find out what’s been happening in Hollywood. New faces on TV: Priyanka Chopra! Plus, Ken Jeong returns! Indian actress […]