The Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs and the City of Seattle received three mentions in a White House Task Force on New Americans Progress Report that was released in late December. The report briefly touches on citizenship outreach partnership with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The document also highlights two of the flagship programs focused on immigrant integration: the Ready […]
Shoreline Community College staff meet Okinawan officials
Shoreline Community College President Cheryl Roberts (center) and Nanjo City Education Superintendent Kaoru Yamashiro (right) listen to Hideo Yasumura, interpreter and a Trustee for the Ryukyu American Historical Research Society. President Roberts was presenting a gift to Nanjo Mayor Keishun Koja with Superintendent Yamashiro accepting the gift on behalf of the mayor. The exchange came […]
Shedding skin at the Wing Luke
The Wing Luke Museum hosted the “Khmer American: Naga Sheds Its Skin” opening exhibit Dec. 10. There was a blessing by Prenz Sa-Ngoun from Watt Dhammacakkaram and a short performance by Sameth Mell, a community advisory member from the Rajana Society. Speakers included Aileen Balahadia, Wing Luke Museum; Channdara Sos, Cambodia National Rescue Organization; and […]
South Korea, Japan settle deal on wartime Korean sex slaves
By Hyung-Jin Kim and Foster Klug Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan on Monday reached a deal meant to resolve a decades-long impasse over Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels during World War II, an important breakthrough for the Northeast Asian powers. The deal, which […]
Chinese mine boss drowns himself after deadly collapse
BEIJING (AP) — The owner of a Chinese gypsum mine drowned last Sunday after jumping into a well in an apparent suicide amid rescue efforts for 17 workers still trapped two days after the mine collapsed and killed one person, state media said. Quoting a briefing by the rescue command center, state media said Ma […]
Myanmar migrants found guilty of killing British backpackers
By Yves Dam Van and Jocelyn Gecker Associated Press KOH SAMUI, Thailand (AP) — A Thai court on Dec. 24 sentenced two Myanmar migrants to death for the murder of two British backpackers on a resort island last year, in a case that raised questions about police competence and the judicial system in Thailand. Human […]
Japanese mountaineer Kei Taniguchi falls to her death from peak
By Elaine Kurtenbach Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Mountaineer Kei Taniguchi fell to her death while climbing this week in the snowy Daisetsuzan range in northern Japan’s Hokkaido. She was 43. Taniguchi, who climbed Mount Everest in 2007, became the first woman to win the prestigious Piolet d’Or (Golden Ice Axe) mountaineering award in 2009. […]
SF crime defendant says undercover agent forced money on him
By Sudhin Thanawala Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A key defendant in an organized-crime case in San Francisco’s Chinatown will face more questions from prosecutors after testifying that the undercover agent leading the probe tried to drag him into conversations and force money on him. Under cross-examination by prosecutors on Dec. 22 at his […]
Chinese medicinal herbs provide niche market for US farmers
By Mary Esch Associated Press DELMAR, N.Y. (AP) — Expanding interest in traditional Chinese medicine in the United States is fostering a potentially lucrative new niche market for farmers who plant the varieties of herbs, flowers and trees sought by practitioners. While almost all practitioners still rely on imports from China, dwindling wild stands there, […]
Unfold the invisible — The myth of “model minority”
By Yuxuan Liu Northwest Asian Weekly U.S. Supreme Court justices are in the midst of hearing a case that sprouted from a controversial affirmative action plan of the University of Texas in 2013. New updates from the Court signal a majority opinion shift against the plan’s legality. If this consensus extends to the final ruling, […]