By Eric Card Northwest Asian Weekly “Don’t forget about where you come from. It’s very, very important in your life, where you come from.” These are the first words uttered […]
Tokyo breaks ground on new 2020 Olympics National Stadium
TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo held a groundbreaking ceremony on Dec. 11 for a $1.5 billion National Stadium to host the 2020 Olympic Games. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko […]
Smog alert: Chinese city cancels flights
BEIJING (AP) — A smog-shrouded Chinese city canceled airline flights on Dec. 18 due to poor visibility and parents took children to hospitals on the second day of a pollution […]
Weekends at last: Taiwan workers to get 2 days off a week
By Ralph Jennings Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Since Taiwan industrialized in the 1960s, its workers have strived to do whatever their employers asked, including putting in free overtime, […]
Vietnamese comic Minh Beo sentenced in sex crimes case
WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — Vietnamese comedian Minh Beo has been sentenced to 18 months in state prison for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy in California. Orange County prosecutors said on […]
Lawrence Colburn dies; helped end Vietnam’s My Lai massacre
By Chevel Johnson Associated Press Lawrence Manley Colburn, a helicopter gunner in the Vietnam War who helped end the slaughter of hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese villagers by U.S. troops at […]
An international ‘Rogue One’ cast for a new ‘Star Wars’ era
By Lindsey Bahr AP Film Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — “Star Wars” has always had a wide variety of faces and languages in its films, but, besides a few outliers, […]
Fijian man found guilty of trying to sell devices to China
By Martha Bellisle Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A jury has found a Fijian man guilty of coming to the U.S. to buy devices used in aircraft, satellites, and missiles […]
Vietnamese woman dies from gunshot during robbery
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY A woman shot during a robbery in South Seattle on Dec. 15 has died. Officers responded to 39th Avenue South and South Warsaw Street at […]
Model who broke industry barriers dies
China Machado, a legendary supermodel and fashion editor who was one of the first women to break high fashion’s color barrier, has died at 86. A Facebook page associated with […]