Shannon Gee, Randy Eng, Stephen Thomas Cavit, and Lawrence Matsuda won Emmy Awards from the Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). They won for […]
Gates Foundation mover and shaker
Yoko Shimomura has been promoted to Chief of Staff of the Chief Operating Officer’s Leadership Team at the Gates Foundation. Shimomura will assume the role effective June 27, transitioning from […]
Anti-racism award to FOCS
Families of Color Seattle (FOCS) received the 2016 Ron Chisom Anti-Racism Award by Seattle Human Services Coalition. King County Councilmember Larry Gossett presented FOCS with a plaque at Seattle City […]
First Taiwanese to be picked up during MLB draft
Lyle Lin has become the first Taiwanese to be picked up by a Major League Baseball (MLB) team. The 18-year-old is a graduate of JSerra Catholic High School in San […]
Asian Marketing Summit
The Asian American Advertising Federation’s (3AF) annual Asian Marketing Summit was held June 3 and 4 in Los Angeles. In the 3AF Creative Campaign of the Year category, the Gold […]
Min Yasui centennial celebration
By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly Japanese American civil rights hero Minoru Yasui will be recognized in two events in Seattle this weekend, as part of a nationwide centennial celebration. A […]
Chinese man vanished in Alpine Lakes Wilderness
LEAVENWORTH, Wash. (AP) — Authorities have identified a hiker who vanished over the edge of a waterfall hole while sliding down Aasgard Pass in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. The Chelan […]
14th Annual Minidoka Pilgrimage
In 1942, almost 13,000 people of Japanese-ancestry living in Washington and Oregon, many of whom were American citizens, were removed from their homes and sent to a desolate “concentration camp” […]
Across the world, shock and condemnation at Orlando massacre
By The Associated Press From across the world, officials and public figures are expressing condemnation and shock over the Florida mass shooting at the Pulse Orlando nightclub on June 12, […]
Pakistani woman burns daughter alive for eloping
By Zaheer Babar and Asif Shahzad Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A woman in Pakistan burned her 17-year-old daughter alive on June 8 to punish her for marrying against […]