BOSTON (AP) — A Chinese national has been sentenced for fraudulently obtaining a student visa. Twenty-one-year-old Leyi Huang pleaded guilty for one count of conspiracy to defraud the Department of Homeland Security in its administration of a student visa program. On April 2, U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Taylor sentenced Huang to time served […]
Researchers mark death of Pearl Harbor mastermind Yamamoto
By CHRIS CAROLA Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A group from the U.S. and Japan was planning to trek to a remote Pacific island jungle to document what is considered one of the most important wreck sites of World War II: where American fighters shot down a Japanese bomber carrying the mastermind of the […]
Jailed Chinese pastor’s US family seeks mercy
By YANAN WANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The Rev. John Sanqiang Cao paid no more than three dollars for the trip that would end up costing him his freedom. For years, he and fellow Chinese Christian teachers would cross the river on a narrow bamboo raft from a tree-shrouded bank in southern China into […]
China’s Weibo site backtracks on gay censorship after outcry
By YANAN WANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — One of China’s top social networking sites announced on April 16 that it will no longer be censoring content related to gay issues after the plan triggered a loud public outcry. Weibo.com was flooded over the weekend with the hashtags “(hash)I’mGay’’ and “(hash)I’mGayNotaPervert’’ after the Twitter-like platform […]
Lifelike robots made in Hong Kong meant to win over humans
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — David Hanson envisions a future in which AI-powered robots evolve to become “super-intelligent genius machines’’ that might help solve some of mankind’s most challenging problems. If only it were as simple as that. The Texas-born former sculptor at Walt Disney Imagineering and his Hong Kong-based […]
Japanese man pursues construction dream in South Dakota
By TANYA MANUS Rapid City Journal RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Lots of people dream about working in the movie industry. Kaz Kunishige spent 20 years in movie theaters dreaming about construction. Today, Kunishige owns Handcrafted Log Homes in Box Elder. His company builds about two custom houses a year in the Black Hills and […]
PICTORIAL: Congressional Gold Medal Awards ceremony
U.S. Army Retired Brigadier General Oscar Hilman and Joint Base Lewis-McChord commanding officers awarded over 130 Congressional Gold Medal replicas to family members of deceased Filipino veterans who fought in World War II. Over 500 people attended the awards ceremony on April 15 in Renton. Photos by Dean Wong & Joseph Guanlao
Isle of Dogs is a treat with bad aftertaste
By John Liu NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY What do you get when you combine producer and director Wes Anderson with cute stop-motion animated dogs? Isle of Dogs! I’ve had my eye on this movie for awhile. From seeing the trailers, it looked like a very unique story. However, if you have not already seen the trailers, […]
The Layup Drill
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Rich Cho fired by Charlotte Hornets The Charlotte Hornets announced earlier this year that Rich Cho would not return as its general manager. The Hornets did not make the playoffs for the second straight year and suffered a losing season. Cho, who served as the team’s general manager since […]
Protesters demand resignation of DOL director
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY SEATTLE — Several community organizations banded together on April 17 to demand the resignation or removal of Pat Kohler as director of the Washington Department of Licensing (DOL). Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) joined the Latino Civic Alliance for the downtown Seattle protest — one of eight across the […]