Vincent Yao — the Director General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Seattle — will soon be in charge of 15 offices in North America (U.S. and Canada). In 2019, he will get promoted to Director General, Department of North American Affairs, for the Republic of China. After receiving his bachelor’s and master’s […]
Patti Payne honored
Over 300 people turned up to celebrate Patti Payne — who was honored with the 5th Avenue Theatre Excellence Award on Oct. 5. The event at the King Street Ballroom raised close to half a million dollars for the theatre’s Rising Star Project. Several artists, and Payne herself, performed for the attendees. Payne is an […]
BIAs meet with city leaders
Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) of Chinatown, Pioneer Square, SODO, Ballard, and University District met with Seattle city leaders on Oct. 15 to address the increasing challenges businesses are experiencing with drug dealers and users, public disorder, threatening behaviors, and crime toward customers and employees. Councilmembers Bruce Harrell, Mike O’Brien, Lisa Herbold, and Deputy Mayor Mike […]
One of Taiwan’s fastest trains derails, killing at least 18
By RALPH JENNINGS DONGSHAN TOWNSHIP, Taiwan (AP) — One of Taiwan’s fastest passenger trains derailed on Oct. 21, on a curve along a popular weekend route, killing at least 18 people and injuring more than 170 others, authorities said. The Puyuma express was carrying more than 360 passengers from a suburb of Taipei in the […]
Harvard: Race can only help, never harm, applicants’ chances
By COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University intentionally uses a vague “personal rating’’ to reject Asian American applicants in favor of students from other racial backgrounds, according to lawyers on one side of a trial that began on Oct. 15 and carries weighty implications for dozens of other U.S. colleges. Harvard’s legal […]
Orange County, California’s diversity emboldens Democrats
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — Pushy midday shoppers nose their carts through the Korean market, stocking up on bottled kimchi and seaweed spring rolls. A few doors away, customers grab pho to go at a Vietnamese takeout counter. Across the street, lunchtime diners line up for tacos “al pastor’’ — […]
PICTORIAL: 6th annual API Candidate Forum
A coalition of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community organizations hosted the 6th annual API Candidates and Issues Forum at ACRS on Oct. 11. Established in 2012, the API Candidates and Issues Forum’s goal is to “provide an educational, nonpartisan forum for API civic engagement where electoral candidates and initiatives are treated fairly and provided […]
Peacock in the Desert brings the beauty of India to Seattle
By Jessica Kai Curry Northwest Asian Weekly An exhibition of Indian art, on a scale previously unseen in the United States, is now on display at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM). Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, and in partnership with the Mehrangarh Museum Trust of Jodhpur, India, Peacock in the Desert […]
Judy Lui laid to rest
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY A service was held for Judy Lui on Oct. 20. Born in Canton, China, Lui passed away on Oct. 5 at age 66, after a year-long battle with cancer. Lui grew up in Hong Kong and immigrated to the United States when she was in her 30s. She lived in […]
Officers arrest ID bank robber
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Officers arrested a man after he robbed a bank in the International District on Oct. 17 and holed up in his apartment. At 3:45 p.m., staff at a bank in the 600 block of 5th Avenue South called 911 to report a robbery. A 52-year-old man entered the bank, passed […]