Northwest Asian Weekly
网页Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election over the weekend, dealing a blow to a political old guard that has been widely blamed for the unprecedented economic crisis that hit the South Asian island nation two years ago. A volunteer network of interpreters wants to make refugees’ languages more accessible.
Seattle gears up for historic preservation forum focused on AAPI …
网页2024年9月9日 · In 2023, Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID) was named one of the nation’s 11 most endangered places. The previous year, it was named as one of Washington state’s most endangered places.. This is part of why this year’s Asians and Pacific Islanders in Historic Preservation (APIAHiP) biennial forum will be held in the CID, Huy Pham, the organization’s executive director ...
Should you still say Kung Hei Fat Choy these days? - Northwest …
网页While it is 2019 to us, it is the year 4716 in the Chinese lunisolar calendar. Much has changed in the 21st century. Kung Hei Fat Choy, which means “wishing you to make lots of money or a fortune,” is popular for two reasons. It’s mostly said among Cantonese during the New Year. Chinese who emigrated from Guangdong Province to the United ...
Lam’s Seafood opens new store on May 30 — Lam’s secrets of …
网页2020年5月28日 · The new store of Lam’s Seafood, opening on May 30, will be completely different from its Little Saigon headquarters in size, products, and image. Located in Tukwila, the 30,000-square-foot facility is three times bigger than the store in Little Saigon, a former warehouse. The new store’s image is enhanced by a gigantic clock tower, modeled ...
Seattle suspect held for condo death, nurse assault
网页2024年8月13日 · Bail has been set at $5 million for an Asian man in custody and facing charges related to the death of a woman, and the assault of another woman. On Aug. 10, Seattle Fire Department units responded to a welfare check at 3117 NE 133rd Street, after a neighbor reported water flowing from the condo and an unresponsive resident.
COMMENTARY: Who are the Teochew people? They are our …
网页2012年3月23日 · Civil wars during ancient times and the early famines that occurred in China in the 18th to 20th centuries caused massive numbers of Teochew to migrate and settle in neighboring countries, such as Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, and Vietnam. A significant number of Teochew people share experiences identical to …
Philippine Consular outreach in Seattle - Northwest Asian Weekly
网页2021年7月29日 · 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 service project of the IDIC Filipino Senior & Family Services and the Fil AM React. The Honorable Consul General Neil Ferrer of …
A history of change in Little Saigon - Northwest Asian Weekly
网页Over the next few decades, Seattle city planners and real estate developers transformed the neighborhood once again, adding such suburban features as large block sizes and strip malls to replace Little Saigon’s once popular jazz clubs. By the end of 1975, 2,000 Vietnamese lived in Seattle after the fall of Saigon on April 30th of that year.
“Meot”: Korean art treasures, past and present - Northwest Asian …
网页2024年8月30日 · Hyonjeong Kim Han, curator of the new exhibit “Meot: Korean Art from the Frank Bayley Collection” at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, admitted as much. “Meot,” said Han at the exhibit’s press preview, can convey such concepts as “beauty, style, [and] refined sensibilities.”. It can apply to nature, but also to art.
Ref lections on history of anti-Chinese hate in Seattle and …
网页2022年5月26日 · Excerpts from a March 17, 2022 speech by Doug Chin at the Seattle-International District Rotary Club. In recent times, anti-Asian hate has been a national and local issue. Weeks ago, there was a rally in the Chinatown-International District (CID) focused on the 1886 anti-Chinese riot in Seattle—the worst race riot in this city’s history.