By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The Hing Hay Park Expansion, at the corner of 6th Avenue South and South King Street, in Seattle’s Chinatown International District, opened on June 29. […]
Navigation Center discord continues
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Dozens of seniors, who attended a June 29 meeting to discuss the new Navigation Center in Little Saigon, called it a waste of time. The […]
“Okja” — A quirky, morality tale involving a girl and her super-pig
By Eric Card Northwest Asian Weekly Okja is huge. She looks like a hybrid between a pig, hippopotamus, and elephant, and maybe a few other things. She poops in every […]
Teenage boy from Mumbai slum dances way to NY ballet school
By MANISH MEHTA Associated Press MUMBAI, India (AP) — The son of a welder from this city’s slums had a dream few Indians dared to dream — to dance with […]
China propels rise of electric ultra-high-performance cars
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Want an insanely fast ride with zero emissions? Startup NIO has the car: An electric two-seater with muscular European lines and […]
LETTER: Reader urges lawmakers for more Alzheimer’s help
Dear Editor, More than 15 million Americans provide unpaid care for people with Alzheimer’s or other dementias. This means that in 2016, these caregivers provided an estimated 18.2 billion hours […]
LETTER: Reader reacts to SCV reunion story
I was thrilled to learn that there was a reunion of the great folks who produced the KRAB-FM Seattle Chinese Voice. I only wished I had known they were going […]
COMMENTARY: Haole Five-0
By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY I don’t watch very much TV. But one of the few shows I watched was “Hawaii Five-O,” which should now be renamed “Haole Five-0.” […]
Are safe heroin injection sites really safe?
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly “It’s just the whole idea of having a so-called safe injection site [for heroin] doesn’t make sense to me,” said Bellevue resident Kan Qiu. […]
‘Bubbly kid’ fatally shot by deputy hours before graduation
By CHRISTINE WILLMSEN The Seattle Times SEATTLE (AP) — When Tommy Le’s photo appeared in the screen during the slideshow fellow graduates cheered and hollered. The 20-year-old and about 45 […]