By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Chinese Canadian DJ Kid Koala speaks with his hands. That’s an old expression meaning that a DJ makes his art with the hands, spinning records backwards and forwards to create audio mixes and mosaics. But the turntable artist, whose real name is Eric San, says he grew up appreciating […]
Book recommendations — Life’s unexpected turns
By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly How to American By Jimmy O. Yang Da Capo Press, 2018 When Jimmy O. Yang graduated from college at the University of California, San Diego, he received a degree in economics. But he knew the last thing he wanted to do was to work in the field he had […]
Pandas 3D: The closest you will get to a real panda in Seattle
By John Liu NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY It’s a documentary on pandas! I get excited just writing that. This movie wastes no time flooding the screen with panda cuteness with images of baby pandas who are too young to move. Apparently, baby pandas are stationary for the first three months of their lives. While kids will […]
LETTER: Protect victimized, vulnerable, voiceless immigrant wives
By Yoichiro Yamada Consul General of Japan in Seattle (This was first published in The Seattle Times on April 19, 2018). The #MeToo movement has shown us the great injustice to women taking place throughout the world. Yet there is another form of abuse against women of which I have recently come to know: The […]
PM Abe dined at Salty’s
Yoichiro Yamada, the Consul General of Japan in Seattle, confirmed to the Northwest Asian Weekly that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was in Seattle last week. The Prime Minister dined at Salty’s in West Seattle for lunch while his airplane was being refueled. He reportedly enjoyed his meal.
Lam praised for non-violent arrest
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY TORONTO — The Toronto police officer hailed as a hero after refusing to shoot the suspect in a van attack on April 23, has been identified as Constable Ken Lam. People around the world are praising him for his bravery in the arrest of 25-year-old Alek Minassian, the man accused […]
Masseur charged with sexual assault
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Xiaodong Yang, 49, has been charged with two counts of indecent liberties — after a woman reported that he sexually assaulted her at a massage clinic. Police arrested Yang at L.H. Massage in Federal Way on March 1, and he bailed out of jail April 4, according to King County […]
BLOG: Memoirs of a soupie
By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY In the history of the Western world, many credit the French and Germans for inventing soup a few centuries ago, whereas the Chinese have made soup for thousands of years. The role of soups is significant. Some consume soup in place of lunch or dinner for personal, as well […]
EDITORIAL: Hooray for judicial oversight
On April 24, a federal judge ruled against the Trump administration’s decision to end a program protecting some young immigrants from deportation. U.S. District Judge John D. Bates in Washington, D.C. wrote that the decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, “was unlawful and must be set aside.” DACA allowed immigrants […]
Asylum seeker wins marathon fight for US citizenship
By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly Becoming a U.S. citizen can remain just a dream or be too difficult for many who are born outside of the country. Not so for JoJo Tran, 61, a native of Vietnam. He has the diligence necessary to endure the long process of becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen, which […]