By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Time and again, Chinese American students consistently delivered top academic scores, only to be denied admission to their dream school. Parents bemoaned what they saw as an unfair racial advantage given to black and Latino children while their own children were overlooked. “Every year hundreds of […]
Doctor accused of killing family with gas-filled yoga ball
HONG KONG (AP) — An anesthesiologist is on trial in Hong Kong charged with killing his wife and daughter by placing a leaking yoga ball filled with carbon monoxide in their car. Malaysian citizen Khaw Kim-sun, 53, was allegedly having an affair and had become estranged from his wife and four children, although they continued […]
Vietnamese court sentences US citizens to 14 years in jail
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A court in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City sentenced two Americans of Vietnamese descent to 14 years in jail on Aug. 22 after finding them guilty of attempting to overthrow the government, state media reported. James Nguyen and Angle Phan, alleged members of the California-based Provisional Central Government of Vietnam, were […]
Heavily pork-reliant China battling African swine fever
BEIJING (AP) — China, the world’s largest producer of pork, is battling an African swine fever outbreak that could potentially devastate herds. The disease, which only affects pigs and wild boar, has been detected in at least three locations across the vast country. Thousands of pigs have died or been culled in an effort to […]
Karate school gives back to community
By ANDREW SCOTT Pocono Record EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Students at Pocono Self Defense School in Smithfield Township train like their lives depend on it. Because, in a very real sense, their lives do depend on how well they learn the values of discipline, focus, self-control, respect, humility, determination and hard work taught at […]
Hawaii defeats South Korea 3-0 to win Little League title
By PATRICK BURNS SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — It only took one pitch for Mana Lau Kong to deliver Hawaii its first Little League World Series title in a decade on Aug. 26. Against a South Korea team that hadn’t surrendered a home run in the tournament, Kong drove the first pitch his team saw […]
Combined Koreas crew upgrades to gold; Chelimo wins marathon
By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A day after a delivering the historic first medal for a combined Koreas team, the women’s dragon boat crew has upgraded to gold at the Asian Games. The crew comprising South Koreans and North Koreans won the 500-meter dragon boat final on Aug. 26 at […]
Measles case in man who traveled to Asia
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY King County public health officials confirmed on Aug. 24 a measles infection in a man who recently traveled to Asia. Before he was diagnosed, the man may have exposed others to the measles at Sea-Tac Airport and the Emergency Department of Harborview Medical Center. The man reportedly wore a face […]
ICHS recognized among nation’s highest performing health centers
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY International Community Health Services (ICHS) announced on Aug. 17 that it is among 1,352 community health centers nationally that have been selected for $125 million in federal awards from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) — an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In issuing […]
LETTERS: Tommy Le Review Board findings
Dear Liz (Rocca, King County Sheriff’s Office Chief of Staff), Please correct me if I’m mistaken, but after perusing the media outlets and reporters that received the report and findings (on Aug. 22), I didn’t see the Northwest Asian Weekly, International Examiner, or any local Vietnamese media or reporters listed. Was this a deliberate attempt […]