Northwest Asian Weekly
When Susan Tate Ankeny was asked to write a book about Hazel Ying Lee (1912-44), it was because the publishing company was looking for someone to tell Lee’s story, and they liked Ankeny’s style of writing in her debut book—narrative fiction that reads like fiction.
Why reading news is important — 10 life lessons for reading news
Oct 20, 2016 · You might wonder why I am preaching to the choir about reading news. After all, I have been in the news business for decades. Danny Rubin’s blog for the Huffington Post wrote of the nine benefits of why news is good for you.
COMMENTARY: Who are the Teochew people? They are our …
Mar 23, 2012 · It is a sad case that the younger generation like my own sons cannot converse in Teochew. They only know a few basic words. The reason being; I send him to Chinese school where he learns Mandarin, English and Malay.At home, I speaks a mixture of English, Mandrin, Teochew / Hokkien with him.
An unconventional path for the first Korean female judge in higher …
Sep 1, 2022 · Chung’s immigrant parents were both physicians who were among the privileged few who were allowed into the U.S. from Korea in the early 1960s to help fill an American shortage of medical professionals at the time,” said Donald, Chung’s brother, at her swearing-in ceremony at the Wing Luke Asian Museum on Aug. 25.
Chinese Characters across Asia: Continuity and transformation in ...
Mar 12, 2024 · Chinese, like the other earliest inventions of writing, emerged in complex societies, where people needed to use symbols for writing.
EDITORIAL: The changing color of Seattle TV news - Northwest …
Apr 20, 2017 · If you flip through the channels during the 5 o’clock news every evening, you will see that the faces of Seattle television news broadcasters has changed. Twenty years ago, the female anchors on th…
A history of change in Little Saigon - Northwest Asian Weekly
Seattle’s Little Saigon neighborhood has reinvented itself several times over the last 100 years. It was not always the go-to spot for authentic Southeast Asian food or the social and economic center of the Vietnamese American community.
Joe Wong stands up for Asians and hate-free comedy - Northwest …
Feb 20, 2024 · The Asian Weekly talked to Wong about his relocation to China at a time when he was blowing up in the U.S. “It was a very tough decision because once I was in China, I pretty much had to start my stand-up from scratch, from writing the first word in Chinese because the jokes don’t quite translate.”
Philippine Airlines ushers in new nonstop service to Seattle …
Flying to the Philippines just got easier with three weekly nonstop flights to Manila. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) welcomed Philippine Airlines (PAL) Flight PR124 on the evening of Oct. 2, marking a new partnership and a route …
Philippine Consular outreach in Seattle - Northwest Asian Weekly
Jul 29, 2021 · A consulate outreach mission, formerly called Consulate on Wheels (COW), was held in Seattle on July 21–24 at the Beacon United Methodist Church in Seattle. The four-day event is a joint community …