PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Sushi in Pyongyang? At a restaurant run by a Japanese sushi chef famous for working for North Korea’s late leader Kim Jong Il? Kenji Fujimoto has opened his sushi restaurant in the North Korean capital, according to Canadian Michael Spavor, a consultant with a long record of working in the […]
Lawyers sue Chinese authorities for not getting rid of smog
By LOUISE WATT Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Lawyer Cheng Hai has an itemized list of compensation demands from Beijing authorities over the city’s smog: $9 for having to buy face masks, $15 for seeing a doctor for a sore throat, and $1,500 for emotional distress. Fed up with what they consider halfhearted efforts to […]
Brenda Xu — Seattle singer/songwriter goes all around the world for her art
Singer-songwriter Brenda Xu (pronounced “shoo”) lived in Torrance, Calif. and San Diego, before making her way to Seattle.
WAYNE’S WORLDS: Blessed are the donuts
By Wayne Chan NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY We are truly blessed. The other night, my wife Maya and I were sitting across from each other at the dining table when Maya seemed to pause for a moment and seemed lost in thought. She took a breath and with a gentle smile on her face, looked up […]
Yee Fung Toy Family Association-owned building set on fire
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY A 45-year-old man with a history of schizophrenia was arrested on March 5 for suspicion of setting his Beacon Hill apartment on fire. The building on the 5300 block of 12th Ave S is owned by the Yee Fung Toy Family Association. The man had just returned home from being […]
Hotline set up to report harassment in Seattle
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Office for Civil Rights (SOCR) had set up a new hotline to report harassment in the city. Officials say the hotline is part of Seattle’s Bias Hurts Campaign. It’s for Seattle residents and business owners who are the targets of discriminatory harassment, including threats, slurs, intimidation and cyberbullying. “We […]
Sikhs respond to shooting near Seattle with fear, disbelief
By PHUONG LE Associated Press KENT, Wash. (AP) — Fear, hurt and disbelief weighed on the minds of those who gathered at a Sikh temple after the shooting of a Sikh man who said a gunman approached him in his suburban Seattle driveway and told him “go back to your own country.” “Everybody who […]
Marsha Chien — Stopping President Trump’s immigration ban
By Arlene Dennistoun NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Marsha Chien, the daughter of parents who emigrated from Taiwan and an Assistant Attorney General in the Wing Luke Civil Rights Unit, had “no qualms about taking the strongest possible stance” in Washington state’s lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s travel ban. When news first leaked about Trump’s Executive […]
Little Saigon protests at City Hall, demands to be heard, meets with councilmembers
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly On Monday, March 6, Friends of Little Saigon organized a protest at Seattle City Hall. According to its press release, the protest, “is to demand that the mayor (Ed Murray) and city council give the neighborhood and communities the proper respect and recognize their voice as residents, families, business […]
PICTORIAL: Little Saigon protests at City Hall
Photos by Stacy Nguyen/NWAW