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UW student Shree Saini wins Miss India Worldwide 2018

January 7, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

University of Washington senior Shree Saini was crowned Miss India Worldwide 2018 at a pageant held in New Jersey in December. She represented the United States with national winners from over 42 countries. The Punjab native, who moved to Washington when she was 7, had a pacemaker implanted at the age of 12 and was […]

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KWA employees get raise

January 7, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

1,200 current employees of Korean Women’s Association (KWA) are getting a raise. At the December board meeting, the proposal to increase KWA’s starting wage to $15 per hour received a unanimous vote of approval. “As an organization designed to help people find ways out of poverty, it was impossible to justify paying some of our […]

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Nirmal’s chef changes

January 7, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Nirmal’s, an Indian restaurant and 2016 Eater Award winner for Restaurant of the Year, has lost its namesake chef, Nirmal Monteiro, according to Eater Seattle Magazine. The restaurant has hired Ashish Bagul to replace him. Owner Oliver Bangera calls Bagul one of India’s best chefs. Bagul cooked in five-star hotels in India before moving to […]

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Minnesota’s first Asian Pacific Caucus

January 7, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A group of new State Representatives-elect announced on Dec. 18 that they are forming the Minnesota Asian Pacific (MAP) Caucus during Minnesota’s 91st legislative session. The number of Asian Americans serving in the state Senate and House tripled from two to six members — it was one of the most significant outcomes of the 2018 […]

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St. Paul leaders decry deportations of Vietnam-era refugees

January 6, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Trump administration push for the deportation of Vietnam War-era refugees has sparked protests from St. Paul’s Southeast Asian community, with elected officials and families saying they will do whatever they can to fight it. State Rep.-elect Kaohly Her called it a betrayal of wartime promise, the Star Tribune reported. […]

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US charges 2 with China intelligence ties in hacking case

January 6, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say two Chinese citizens acting on behalf of their country’s main intelligence agency carried out an extensive hacking campaign to steal data from military service members, government agencies and private companies in the United States and nearly a dozen other nations. It […]

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Man accused of ramming church a no-show in court

January 6, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 35-year-old man who is accused of intentionally crashing his SUV into a Vietnamese church on Dec. 24 didn’t show up to a Portland courtroom as ordered. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Hieu John Phung was in Astoria when he was “picked up’’ and taken to a hospital, a member of the Clatsop […]

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1st Asian American taking seat in Indiana Legislature

January 6, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By JERRY DAVICHPost-Tribune DYER, Ind. (AP) — On more than one occasion, Chris Chyung had a front door slammed in his face while campaigning against state Rep. Hal Slager. “They told me, ‘Go back to China!’’’ recalled Chyung, who was born in Merrillville and raised in Munster. “I’ve never even been to China. My parents, […]

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Japan shows video of alleged radar lock-on by S Korea warship

January 6, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By MARI YAMAGUCHIAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan released video footage on Dec. 28 that it said proved a South Korean warship locked its fire-control radar onto a Japanese warplane off the northeastern coast in the latest move of an escalating row between the Asian neighbors. The Defense Ministry’s just over 13-minute footage, filmed from […]

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Trump and China loom over a tumultuous year in Asia

January 6, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By FOSTER KLUGAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — To judge by the stream of extraordinary images on the Korean Peninsula, you might think 2018 marked the beginning of an elusive peace in one of the world’s last vestiges of the Cold War. Just months after a barrage of threats of missile strikes and personal […]

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