Seattle Kung Fu club brought home 18 medals in October 2018, when it participated in China’s Shaolin Kung Fu competition. Over 80,000 people attended the event, and 240 groups entered. […]
Hon. Andrea Chin sworn-in
Hon. Andrea Chin was sworn-in on Jan. 14 for her first judicial term on the Seattle Municipal Court bench. A Seattle native who grew up in the Mount Baker neighborhood, […]
Judge C. Kimi Kondo retirement
After 28 years of service with the Seattle Municipal Court, Judge C. Kimi Kondo retired on Jan. 11. She was the first Asian American woman appointed to the bench in […]
Chamber Music Northwest’s new artistic directors
Chamber Music Northwest announced that it has selected Gloria Chien and Soovin Kim as its next artistic directors. A husband and wife team, both are internationally-renowned performers—Chien a pianist, Kim […]
China sentences Canadian to death, raises diplomatic tension
By YANAN WANG and CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and ROB GILLIES Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian man to death on Jan. 14 in a drug smuggling […]
China says it exchanged data with NASA on far side landing
By YANAN WANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China exchanged data with NASA on its recent mission to land a Chinese spacecraft on the far side of the moon, the […]
California man held for alleged theft of $10M lottery ticket
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a California man they say tried to steal his roommate’s $10 million winning lottery ticket. Vacaville police arrested Adul Saosongyang on Jan. 7 […]
Japanese internment take focus in new college course
By MATT HOFFMAN The Billings Gazette BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Heart Mountain looms above the Cody, Wyoming-area landscape, visible from miles around. Its namesake World War II-era Japanese internment camp […]
Some help, more needed for Florida girl with rare blood type
MIAMI (AP) — A New York woman with a rare blood type is donating two units to help save a 2-year-old South Florida girl who is battling cancer. News outlets […]
Adults assemble to play Pokemon Go
By TAD VEZNERSt. Paul Pioneer Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — It’s 17 minutes till the battle at the butterfly house. Car after car rolls up at the Minnesota State […]