By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY SEATTLE — A record-breaking 2018 midterm election in Washington mostly ended the night of Nov. 6 with some major races called. Here are some of […]
Minami is Kip Tokuda awardee
Civil rights attorney Dale Minami was honored with the Kip Tokuda Award on Nov. 3, from the Asian Pacific Islander Community Leadership Foundation (ACLF) Northwest. Minami practices in San Francisco […]
Kuo wins PRSA award
Annie Kuo was honored on Nov. 7 with the Hugh Smith Community Service Award from the Puget Sound chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. Kuo is the second […]
Glitter Gala
Goodwill’s annual Glitter Gala raised $545,000 for its free job training and education programs. More than 700 people attended the event on Oct. 20 at Seattle’s Bell Harbor International Conference […]
Singapore Airlines announces nonstop service to Sea-Tac
Singapore Airlines announced on Nov. 1 that it will offer non-stop flights between Sea-Tac Airport and Singapore starting in September 2019. Sea-Tac will be the fourth North American non-stop destination […]
Seniors in Action honors
The Seniors in Action Foundation President Anna Hau, and founder Nora Chan, were each honored on Oct. 23. Close to 500 seniors attended the dinner at the House of Hong […]
Woman fought with driver, causing bus to fall in China river
BEIJING (AP) — A fight between a bus driver and a passenger who missed her stop caused the bus to plunge off a high bridge into China’s Yangtze River, police […]
Data recovered from crashed Lion Air data recorder: official
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Investigators succeeded in retrieving hours of data from a crashed Lion Air jet’s flight recorder as Indonesian authorities extended the search at sea for victims and […]
Japanese Princess Ayako marries commoner at shrine ceremony
By YURI KAGEYAMA TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Princess Ayako married a commoner in a ritual-filled ceremony on Oct. 29 at Tokyo’s Meiji Shrine. Ayako and groom Kei Moriya were shown […]
Brother: Indians died in Yosemite fall while taking selfie
By ASHOK SHARMA and CHONCHUI NGASHANGVA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian couple who fell to their deaths from a popular overlook at Yosemite National Park in the […]