Jackie Chan movies come complete with standard expectations. You need Jackie Chan, of course — charming, modest, awkward, and ready to kick butt as always.
Inspiring stories of strong, young people
When she was 13, Yeonmi Park and her mother were smuggled across the Yalu River from their North Korean border village to China.
New year, new family member
The New Year brings a lot of new and exciting things for people. But welcoming a new family member is a whole new experience and celebration.
Ease of payment at Thai restaurants — The Gravity Payments and SmilePOS partnership
By Nina Huang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY What do you get when the Seattle CEO who made headlines in 2015 for announcing he will pay his employees a minimum of $70,000, […]
Suspect arrested in Los Angeles Chinatown deadly stabbings
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man stabbed two men to death at a private recreational club in Los Angeles’ Chinatown neighborhood after one of the […]
Representing diversity at King County Sheriff’s Department
By Janice Nesamani NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Intro: Sergeant Loi Dawkins is a triple minority — a woman born to an Asian mother and Black father, she has spent over 15 […]
Crowd listens intently at “welcoming city” meeting
Seattle is officially a Welcoming City, by order of Mayor Ed Murray who signed the executive order in November. It was affirmed by the Seattle City Council on Jan. 30. […]
PICTORIAL: 8th Annual Lunar New Year Costume Contest
On Jan. 29, children and their parents, and for the first time, a couple of canines took part in the Lunar New Year Children’s Parade and Northwest Asian Weekly’s 8th Annual Costume Contest in Seattle’s International District.
Asian Weekly, 35 going on 36, and still publishing
By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY On Jan. 20, the day of the Presidential Inauguration, was also the Northwest Asian Weekly’s 35th birthday. “Wow! How did you do it?” People […]
EDITORIAL: Rise up against Trump
Our representatives on Capitol Hill aren’t taking President Donald Trump’s so-called “Muslim ban” lying down. On Jan. 31, members of Congress and Indian American leaders held a news conference condemning […]