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You are here: Home / Archives for VOL 38 NO 10 | MARCH 2 – MARCH 8

Ladies in red

March 4, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The female members of the Rotary Club of Seattle wore red in celebration of the Lunar New Year. The event was held on Feb. 6 at the Hyatt Olive 8, and lucky candy and fortune cookies were distributed to each table, along with the Northwest Asian Weekly’s special Lunar New Year issue. The guests were […]

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USA Gymnastics names Leung new CEO, president

March 4, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Li Li Leung was named as the new president and CEO of U.S.A. Gymnastics in February. The organization has struggled since revelations that its long-time team doctor, Larry Nassar, had sexually abused hundreds of girls and young women for decades. Leung says her first priority will be to reach an equitable resolution of the lawsuits […]

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2019 Northwest Flower & Garden Festival

March 4, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

This year’s Northwest Flower & Garden Festival, held Feb. 20-24, showcased over 20 display gardens. This year’s theme was “Gardens of the World” and five exhibitors were awarded gold medals, including Filipino Anthony Fajarillo of Redwood Builders LLC, Landscaping for his creation, “The Isles of the Blest: Tao Myth.” Two other gardens, “Mystic Gardens” and […]

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Lunar New Year dinner

March 4, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce held its annual Lunar New Year dinner on Feb. 21. Three-hundred-sixty people attended the event at Seattle’s China Harbor Restaurant, including Seattle Deputy Mayor Mike Fong and Assistant Police Chief Adrian Diaz. The International Lion Dance Team performed a lion dance.

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Rep. Cindy Ryu tackles ethical issues with facial recognition

March 2, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Emma Scher WNPA Olympia News Bureau Washington state may impose restrictions on law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology. House Bill 1654 would require state and local government agencies to have a warrant if they are monitoring public footage, and states that agencies cannot use facial recognition to analyze footage obtained from a police-worn […]

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Senate passes bill prohibiting citizenship- or immigration-based discrimination

March 2, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY OLYMPIA — The Washington Senate voted 29-20 on Feb. 26, passing a bill to prohibit discrimination based on citizenship or immigration status. Senate Bill 5165, sponsored by Sen. Rebecca Saldaña, adds citizenship or immigration status to the list of characteristics protected by Washington’s law against discrimination. The law currently prohibits […]

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Worker visas in doubt as Trump immigration crackdown widens

March 2, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Immigrants with specialized skills are being denied work visas or seeing applications get caught up in lengthy bureaucratic tangles under federal changes that some consider a contradiction to President Donald Trump’s promise of a continued pathway to the U.S. for the most talented foreigners. Though […]

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Okinawa votes in referendum on US military base relocation

March 2, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The people of Okinawa voted on Feb. 24 on a plan for a U.S. military base relocation in a referendum that will send a message on how they feel about housing American troops in Japan, who many see as a burden on the group of tiny […]

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China bars millions from travel for ‘social credit’ offenses

March 2, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Skipped paying a fine in China? Then forget about buying an airline ticket. Would-be air travelers were blocked from buying tickets 17.5 million times last year for “social credit’’ offenses including unpaid taxes and fines under a controversial system the ruling Communist Party says will improve public […]

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Kim, Trump impersonators draw ire of Vietnam’s authorities

March 2, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities are not amused by the antics of two impersonators of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump. The duo made rounds of Hanoi, taking pictures with curious onlookers ahead of the summit of the two leaders. However, on Feb. 22, a Kim lookalike, the Hong Kong-based […]

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