SAM Chinese Art Curator to join Chinese University of Hong Kong
Josh Yiu, Foster Foundation Curator of Chinese Art at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), has accepted the position of Associate Director of the Art Museum at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Yiu has...
View ArticleBLOG: A dinner for Chinese media
By Assunta Ng What does Washington state mean to Chinese people? Not much. They even confuse our state with Washington D.C. Ben Zhang, president and founder of Greater China Industries of Bellevue,...
View ArticleBLOG: The Lockes come home
By Assunta Ng U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke and his wife Mona returned to Seattle last weekend for the memorials of Cheryl Chow and Blair Butterworth. Chow’s was on April 20 and Butterworth’s was...
View ArticleBLOG: “I love you”
By Assunta Ng Outsiders knew the late Cheryl Chow as intense, tough, and intimidating. One former student, now a successful entrepreneur, told me that he was scared of her when she was a principal with...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: China’s Red Cross needs reformation
As donations began flowing into Sichuan after the recent earthquake, something curious happened. The Red Cross Society of China, the government-administered Red Cross association operating in Mainland...
View ArticleEarthquake hits Sichuan, kills hundreds
By Gillian Wong The Associated Press LUSHAN, China (AP) — Luo Shiqiang sat near chunks of concrete, bricks, and a ripped orange sofa, and told how his grandfather was just returning from feeding...
View ArticleSeattle Youth Symphony Orchestra celebrates 70 years instrumental to young...
By Deanna Duff Northwest Asian Weekly Bows glide across violins as fingers tap out compositions on trumpets. As the symphony warms up at Benaroya Hall, the musicians’ dedication and focus is clear....
View ArticleUndetonated bombs in Laos see Seattle talk
By Elizabeth Wang Northwest Asian Weekly During the Vietnam War, over 2 million tons of ordnance was dropped into Laos by the United States. Roughly 30 percent of those bombs failed to detonate.The...
View ArticleSmithsonian APA director on history and the Wing Luke
By Zachariah Bryan Northwest Asian Weekly Museums are essential to telling the Asian American story, said Konrad Ng, director of the Asian Pacific American Center at the Smithsonian. “Your being here...
View ArticleThe Layup Drill — An Asian golf prodigy makes his debut at the Masters, a...
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. This month, we take a look at the impressive Masters debut of Guan Tianlang, the man who is Vivek Ranadivé, and Yu...
View ArticleFollowing the ‘13 Assassins’
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly When director Eiichi Kudo went into pre-production for his 1963 samurai film “13 Assassins,” he had no way of knowing that he would help pioneer a new age in...
View ArticleAsian Pacific Islander Heritage Month coming to Seattle Center
The Seattle Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration will be taking place from 11:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 5 at the Seattle Center Armory. The festival launches Asian Pacific Islander Heritage...
View ArticleSouth Koreans hope to return to Kaesong factories
By Youkyung Lee AP Business Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean entrepreneurs who invested up to 10 years and millions of dollars in the Kaesong industrial complex, a symbol of economic...
View ArticleCondition of raped 5-year-old Indian girl improves
By Nirmala George The Associated Press NEW DELHI, India (AP) — The condition of a 5-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped, raped, and tortured by a man and then left alone in a locked room in...
View ArticleUS, Vietnam far apart on human rights
By Chris Brummitt and Matthew Pennington The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities seeking to stop a well-known democracy activist from meeting an American diplomat last weekend...
View ArticleTrial starts for aides of Asian NYC mayoral hopeful
By Tom Hays The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The trial of two former associates of a candidate seeking to become New York City’s first Asian-American mayor began Monday, April 15 with jury...
View ArticleLeHama Jewelry closes its doors after 33 years
LeHama Jewelry closed it doors on Saturday, April 20, after 33 years of serving the Asian community in Seattle. Owners Francis and Sirdana Ma will be retiring, and will spend more time gardening and...
View ArticleCheryl Chow remembered at memorial ceremony
Approximately 800 people gathered to celebrate the life of Cheryl Chow on Saturday, April 20 at Town Hall Seattle. Chow, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2011, passed away on March 29 at the age of...
View ArticleKorean Orchestra visits Benaroya Hall, performs
The Daejeon Yeonjeng Municipal Orchestra and Morning Star Korean Cultural Center presented a performance of Korea Fantasy at Benaroya Hall on Monday, April 22 to a near capacity audience. Daejeon and...
View ArticleJACL hosts 91st Annual Banquet and Fundraiser
The Seattle chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League hosted it 91st Annual Banquet and Fundraiser on Saturday, April 20, raising funds for the organization’s community programs. Approximately...
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