By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Prem Tinsulanonda, who as an army commander, prime minister and adviser to the royal palace was one of Thailand’s most influential political […]
PICTORIAL: CISC’s 47th Annual Friendship
CISC brought together 300 community leaders at its 47th annual Friendship Dinner & Auction on May 18.
APDC facilitates discussion with mayor and API leaders
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Approximately 50 people attended a special meeting of the Asian Pacific Directors Coalition (APDC). The May 16 meeting, attended by Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, Deputy […]
Memorial Day remembrance
Cathay Post 186 hosted its annual Memorial Day Observance May 27 at Hing Hay Park. The event honored the Asian Americans from Seattle who gave their lives during World War […]
Voter Education Fund invests nearly $1 million in diverse communities
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Thirty-nine community-based organizations will receive $950,000 to provide nonpartisan voter outreach in historically underrepresented communities, as part of the 2019-2020 Voter Education Fund. The Voter […]
Filipino star Jake Macapagal pirouettes into our fair city
Memorizing a 68-page monologue might sound like an impossible mountain to climb. But for Filipino film star Jake Macapagal, that was all in a day’s work.
Sharon Lee and LIHI at the forefront of solutions to homelessness
One might say that the life and career of Sharon Lee, founding executive director of the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI), has been a crusade against homelessness.
Asian, Asian American heroes to power Marvel comics
By TERRY TANG Associated Press Asian superheroes—assemble. Marvel Comics is giving ink to an unprecedented team-up of its mightiest Asian and Asian American heroes, also known as the new Agents […]
“Long Time No Sea”
Director Heather Tsui’s debut film “Long Time No Sea” dives into the microcosm of a young Tao boy, Manawei (Chung Chia-chun), and his simple, yet impoverished life as he is raised by his grandmother on Orchid Island.
Movie starring Pikachu is just a hokey Pokemon
It’s got an adorable hero from an iconic media brand who is voiced by a proven box office master at snark. But, somehow, “Pokemon Detective Pikachu’’ never really gets arresting.