SEATTLE – A time traveler seeking a glimpse of the International District’s past would do no better than to take its measure through the eyes of its Asian-Pacific Islander American storytellers. A good place to begin is the Panama Hotel. The historic local landmark figures prominently in Jamie Ford’s debut novel, “Hotel on the Corner [...]
SAVE THE DATE! International Examiner’s 19th Annual Community Voice Awards Dinner & Benefit The International Examiner (IE) is proud to present our 19th Annual Community Voice Awards Dinner & Benefit on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at The New Hong Kong Restaurant in Chinatown-International District! Our nation is facing hard economic times, but we are working [...]
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The University of California is preparing to ask students to pay $2,500 more over two years, a plan that has drawn protest at two major campuses, reported the Associated Press. President Mark Yudof told reporters Nov. 18 he couldn’t rule out raising student fees again if the state is unable to meet his request for [...]
As one of only a handful of Asian Americans playing Division 1 basketball – and easily the most accomplished – Jeremy Lin has heard just about every taunt imaginable and he’s mostly been able to laugh them off. Lin’s parents met after they emigrated from Taiwan to the U.S. and settled in Palo Alto, Calif. [...]
Gunmen ambushed a caravan of political supporters and journalists on their way to file election papers, killing at least 57 people in a massacre considered shocking even for a region notorious for violence between rival clans, reported the Associated Press. Thirty local reporters and their assistants were part of the Nov. 23 convoy and killed. [...]
Japan Airlines said Nov. 24 it obtained government approval to receive up to $1.1 billion in emergency loans aimed at preventing the money-losing company from grounding flights, reported the Associated Press. JAL signed an agreement with the state-run Development Bank of Japan after receiving government approval, a company official said on condition of anonymity, citing [...]
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Washington Thanksgiving week for a four-day state visit to discuss a range of issues crucial to the developing strategic partnership between the United States and India. The U.S.-India partnership is critical to President Barack Obama’s national security agenda on climate change, economic growth, and nuclear proliferation. There’s also the [...]
From New America Media, Mike Siv, Posted: Nov 15, 2009 Thirty years after the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia, during which 1.7 million Cambodians were killed, trials of Khmer Rouge officials for their part in the mass murders began last spring. While the trials have captured western attention, in Long Beach, Calif., with the largest [...]
From New America Media, Vivian Po, Posted: Nov 16, 2009 Editor’s Note: During a recent three-day strike outside the Grand Hyatt hotel in San Francisco, nearly half of the protesters were Chinese immigrants. Many of them work as room cleaners and food servers in local hotels. But a new contract would make them pay for [...]
My friends,
Please excuse this late posting. I was…uh, busy tackling the healthcare debate, and, uh, flossing. OK, we got addicted to episodes of Psych, all right?
Actually, I’ve been tackling work, trying to catch up to the insanity. Mr. Nguyen, my 85-year-old administrative assistant, whom I mentioned in the post about bunny pee (JN55), had to [...]
The local break-dancing group has a world-wide reputation for skilled break-dancing acrobatics, but it’s competing on MTV’s stage that could catapult the crew to new heights. The IE interviews Massive Monkees members, Jerome Aparis and Brysen Angeles, as they sit in the thick of heated competition. Q: TELL ME ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF MASSIVE MONKEES? [...]
This spring and summer have been full of news stories of the second wave of the swine flu. The human infection patterns of this new flu strain the vulnerability of young people in apparently good health, the reach of the virus long past typical flu season, the fast spread of the virus globally have raised [...]
President Barack Obama’s focus on revamping healthcare has focused new attention on the country’s unwieldy healthcare system. It has also highlighted the importance of personal responsibility and discipline in staying healthy, and this includes a healthy lifestyle (no tobacco, no drug abuse, limited alcohol consumption, regular exercise, no promiscuity, and a healthy social life), regular [...]
Like any 17 year old, Jenny Le (pseudonym) needed to finish high school and start planning for college and career. The setback? She got pregnant. Her boyfriend was 24 years-old and she only started a relationship with him six months beforehand. But Le had to make a decision despite her parent’s disapproval. She continued with [...]
When students in high school consider pursuing higher education, many send applications to their top university choices. They may not even consider their local community college. Those who take a second look may be surprised at what they find. Washington State Community College Statistics Asian American students statistically have better rates of retention than for [...]
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