By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY When you hear “Cancun,” what is the first thing that comes to mind? For me, it was beaches, and warm and sunny weather. Cancun […]
Traveling during a pandemic
By Nina Huang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY “I’ve been going travel-crazy since I got vaccinated. Even when I wasn’t vaccinated, I was going to Hawaii once a quarter, but typically, during […]
The ethics and equity questions of vaccine passports
By Mahlon Meyer Northwest Asian Weekly When Nancy Jecker was doing research as a visiting professor at the National University of Singapore on older adults needing care, she got to […]
Ping pong at Hing Hay Park
Sally was the top finisher at a pop-up ping pong tournament at Hing Hay Park on Aug. 6. She won a $100 gift certificate to Uwajimaya. More tournaments are scheduled […]
CID celebration
A celebration on Aug. 7 in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID) welcomed visitors back to the area hit hard by the pandemic. The event, co-hosted by CID leaders, the City of […]
Pham book funding
Dr. Julie Pham of Northwest Vietnamese News announced that she received full funding for her upcoming book, 7 Forms of Respect, within 18 hours of launching a campaign on Indiegogo. […]
Thach match for RAVE
Local real estate developer Thach Nguyen has partnered with the Seattle Sounders FC’s philanthropic arm, RAVE Foundation, to build two, small-sided, turf soccer fields near where he grew up. These […]
Tuk Tuk Box
Seattle native and founder Christy Innouvong-Thornton, and co-founder Beatriz Aurelio-Saguin, started a snack box business centering on Southeast Asian products. They also launched a campaign, ‘Spread Asian Joy,’ in response […]
Teenage Buddhist Lama—For U.S. teen Buddhist lama, it’s faith, school, football
In most ways, Jalue Dorje is a typical American teen— he grew up in a suburb of Minneapolis, loving football, Pokemon and rap music.
‘Flower Drum Song’ and screen star Alvin Ing dies at 89
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Actor and singer Alvin Ing, known for roles on Broadway and on tour in “Pacific Overtures” and “Flower Drum Song” […]