Jean Kang is running for the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) Board of Governors position in District 7-South. Kang is a civil litigator at Smith Freed Eberhard, P.C., and handles a wide-range of complex litigation suits. Prior to civil work, she served as a criminal deputy prosecuting attorney in King County. In September 2017, Kang […]
Louisa Hotel groundbreaking
The Woo family marked the groundbreaking of its new building on 669 South King Street on Feb. 12. On Christmas Eve 2013, a fire in the western half of the Louisa Hotel severely damaged the structure, roof, and brick wall along Maynard Alley. The damaged portion of the building has been demolished, and the redevelopment […]
OCA New Year celebration and recognition
OCA held its annual Golden Circle Award and Lunar New Year dinner on Feb. 6 at Joy Palace restaurant. The organization honored Diane Narasaki and Dean Wong of Asian Counseling & Referral Service, the Kurose Family, and The Filipino Veterans Recognition & Education Project. The Golden Circle Awards recognizes the significant contributions awardees have made […]
ID tour
Employees of Centurylink toured the International District on Feb. 3 — as part of the Wing Luke Bruce Lee tour. One of the stops on the tour was the Northwest Asian Weekly building, which was once the home of the former Kokusai Theater, also known as the Atlas Theater. Participants also enjoyed lunch at Tai […]
Vietnamese civic celebration for Tran
About 45 people attended a Vietnamese Civic Celebration for Federal Way Councilmember Hoang Tran on Feb. 2, at the Phở Bắc Súp Shop.
American Chloe Kim wins gold medal in women’s halfpipe
By The Associated Press PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Chloe Kim’s coronation is complete. The 17-year-old from Torrance, California, dominated the Olympic women’s halfpipe snowboarding final on Feb. 12, soaring to a gold medal four years in the making. Kim put up a score of 93.75 on the first of her three finals runs and […]
She just made Olympic history, so who is Mirai Nagasu?
The Associated Press Canada won Olympic figure skating team gold with 73 points in PyeongChang after the three-day event that includes short and long programs in skating’s four disciplines. Russian was second with 66. But equally impressive might have been the team in third with 62, and how it got there. Quite simply, the night […]
50 years later, Olympian heads home to carry torch for South Korea
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly “I have tried to imagine what it would feel like, after all these years, to carry the Olympic flame that will soar high above my home country in the winter of 2018. Perhaps it will feel like I am racing for my country in the Winter Olympics, but this […]
“Detective Chinatown 2” — A raunchy romp caught up short
By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY I couldn’t choose between the Duck Mascot Fu or the Cheap Spiderman Costume Fu. Fortunately, I didn’t have to. “Detective Chinatown 2,” directed by Sicheng Chen, picks up where the hit original “Detective Chinatown” left off. Once more, we’re watching Haoran Liu as Qin, the intense, shy, and soft-spoken […]
