Editorial: Kim and Locke, good signs of things to come
According to the grapevine, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke will be confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to China during the week of July 4. He is the first Chinese American to be appointed to such a...
View ArticleIs there plasticizer in your food? What is the FDA hiding?
By Ngoc Nguyen, Vivian Po, Summer Chiang New America Media More than three weeks after the Taiwanese government began a massive recall of tainted food products, the United States government has...
View ArticleTeen Talk Time: No adults allowed — A KCLS program allows ESL students to...
By Jean C Wong Northwest Asian Weekly For more than a decade, Richmond Beach Library has offered ESL classes, in addition to Talk Time for adults, helping people improve their conversational skills by...
View ArticleFormer Vietnam farmer cultivates new life in U.S.
By Constance Wong Northwest Asian Weekly Farming is often regarded as a low-class occupation, which offers anything but excitement. In movies, a farmer is often herding cattle, wearing a cowboy hat, or...
View ArticleCalifornia Chinatown listed as endangered historic place
By Gosia Wozniacka The Associated Press HANFORD, Calif. (AP) — The smell is musty, the wooden floorboards are rotten, and the original owners are long dead. But the century-old Chinese herb shop with...
View ArticleSome home owners eligible for free water-saving toilets
Save water and money with a free high-efficiency toilet for qualifying Seattle residents. Replacing older toilets with high-efficiency models can save a family of four up to 24,000 gallons of water and...
View ArticleCommentary: Commemorate World Refugee Day with pride
By Farooq Kathwari White House blog My journey to America began like those of many who seek refuge away from their home countries. At the age of 21, I left the beautiful mountains of Kashmir, which had...
View ArticleCommentary: Have offshore accounts? There’s something you must know about taxes
By Mandy Cao For Northwest Asian Weekly My name is Mandy, and I am an IRS Enrolled Agent (EA) and the owner of an accounting and taxation office in Tukwila. During the past tax filing season, I once...
View ArticleBlog: The ins and outs of traveling in Toronto
By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly I was in Toronto last week, reuniting with ‘sisters’ I had not seen for 42 years. It was surprising to see so many of my classmates from Hong Kong settled in that...
View ArticleNWAW’s June must-reads — This month’s theme: arranged marriages
By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly “Bone Worship” By Elizabeth Eslami Pegasus Books LLC, 2010 After four years of hard work and no play, Jasmine Fahroodhi has failed out of college. Her classmates...
View ArticleLocal Vietnamese Americans protest against China over Spratly Islands
Last Sunday, June 19, members of Seattle’s Vietnamese community protested against China, demanding that China stay out of Vietnam’s territory. In the past month, Vietnam has accused Chinese boats of...
View Article14th Amendment-bashing may harm immigrant communities
By Jonah Most New America Media There is little chance that the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution will be repealed — but that’s not the point, according to law experts. The objective of...
View ArticleSlain Pakistani’s daughter takes up his cause
By Nahal Toosi The Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A day after her father was gunned down by an Islamist extremist, a grieving Shehrbano Taseer wrote on Twitter, “A light has gone out in our...
View ArticleFamous chef and wife talks the struggles of Korean food in U.S., new TV series
By Jocelyn Noveck The Associated Press WACCABUC, N.Y. (AP) — “Try it. Go ahead, stick your finger in!” The dollop of spicy hot pepper paste is hard to turn down, coming as it does from the blender of...
View ArticleNative Hawaiians increase numbers by one-fifth
By Mark Niesse The Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The population of Native Hawaiians in Hawaii jumped by more than one-fifth over the last decade, continuing a resurgence in the once-dwindling...
View ArticleJune 4: Stephanie Velasco given scholarship for activism
Stephanie Velasco, a senior at Wapato High, was awarded the $5,500 Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes Scholarship in Labor Studies to fund her first year at the University of Washington. This is the first...
View ArticleJune 4: CISC’s annual dinner a success, raises $140,000
More than 350 guests and supporters attended Chinese Information and Service Center (CISC)’s 39th Annual Friendship Dinner and Auction, which was held at the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue. CISC honored...
View ArticleMay 20: NWAW reporters earns four SPJ awards
At an awards banquet at Safeco Field, the Western Washington chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists presented its Excellence in Journalism Awards. Northwest Asian Weekly earned four in its...
View ArticleJune 15–18: Japanese ship Kashima stays in Seattle
From June to October this year, the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF)’s training squadron is visiting multiple ports in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Peru, and Chile. Training Ship...
View ArticleVolunteers needed at Helping Link, Vietnamese nonprofit
Helping Link is looking for local volunteers. It has been serving the Vietnamese American community for the past 18 years. It provides English language, citizenship, and computer education classes to...
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