The mayor of Chongqing, Seattle’s sister city in China, resigned on Dec. 30, during the last session of 2016 of the Chongqing Municipal People’s Congress Standing Committee. According to People’s […]
Asian American leads Seattle’s newest charter school
Walter Chen, an Asian American educator who grew up in the Seattle area, is now the founding principal of Green Dot Public Schools’ second middle school in Washington state. The […]
Attorney’s poem selected
A poem written by Seattle attorney Dennis Lam has been selected by the Poetry on Buses project to be shared on public buses and online. A partnership between 4Culture, the […]
Citizenship certificates
On Dec. 20, 20 young people, ranging in age from 14 to 18, received certificates of citizenship, designating them as U.S. citizens. Each had a parent naturalize, and received their […]
Morisawa traffic box art
Crews finished installing street art work created by Seattle artist Naoko Morisawa on Dec. 22, at Aurora Avenue North and 205th Street Southwest in the city of Shoreline. Traffic control […]
Bambi artist Tyrus Wong dies
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Tyrus Wong, the artist whose works inspired the Disney film Bambi, died at the age of 106 on Dec. 30. Wong’s death was announced on […]
Crime against Asians heads north in South Seattle
It seems like South Seattle’s Asian community can’t rest easy with criminals targeting them both on the streets and in their homes.
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Deadly use of force committee recommendations: two yards gained or a touchdown?
By Arlene Kiyomi Dennistoun NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The Joint Legislative Task Force on the Use of Deadly Force in Community Policing wrapped up its final meeting in a grueling 11-hour […]
How I got on a motorbike, stared death in the face, and fell in deeper love with the motherland
A white bus with green decals cut in front of me — it was this pretty big and sleek-looking tour bus that carried Korean-looking people.