Fob Sushi closes after controversial TikTok video
Nov 19, 2024 · SEATTLE — The TikTok personality who raved about a restaurant in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District gave Fob Sushi a thumbs down, triggering an investigation that led to the restaurant’s temporary shutdown.. Fob Sushi Bar’s locations in Seattle and Bellevue closed after popular food reviewer Keith Lee, known for critiquing restaurants in his car, posted a video about his visit ...
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 …
Northwest Asian Weekly
The final public safety forum of the year for Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID) convened on Tuesday, Dec. 17 to address critical concerns and review safety measures for the upcoming year.
Two new Bruce Lee-inspired murals by artist Louie Gong are …
Nov 20, 2024 · In this work, Gong wanted to capture the spirit of “a young Bruce Lee” full of “excitement and energy.” Above the dragon, a being of blessing, which rides in on a wave, welcomed by Lee and also welcoming Lee to the city, there is a silhouette of Lee’s hair, instantly recognizable, and imprinted with a map of the city, including the CID.
“Moana 2”: Hualālai Chung on singing, swagger, and being savvy
Nov 25, 2024 · By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY. Voicing a new character in a bold new sequel to a hit Disney film could seem like a tall order. Hawai’i native Hualālai (pronounced “Hoo-wah-laah-lie”) Chung had already entered the …
A scholar, a mentor, and a friend: Seattle’s Frank Bayley remembered
Nov 22, 2024 · Collectors and curators of ancient art often stick together —having, after all, common cause over their passions, and how ancient art relates history. Hyonjeong Kim Han, curator of “Meot: Korean Art from the Frank Bayley Collection” at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, quickly knew she’d found a kindred soul. “I first met Frank Bayley in early 2010, just before I was appointed as the ...
From Tacoma boy to WA Supreme Court contender — Sal Mungia …
Feb 21, 2024 · As a child, Salvador “Sal” Mungia saw the look on his Japanese mother’s face when she encountered racism—and it stayed with him. “It was seared in my memory, the look of both anger and hurt when she knew she was being taken advantage of and there was nothing she could do,” Mungia recalled to the Asian Weekly.
Sal Mungia will be the newest Washington Supreme Court Justice
Nov 20, 2024 · Salvador “Sal” Mungia has narrowly defeated Dave Larson, a Federal Way Municipal Court judge, in the race for Washington State Supreme Court Justice Position #02.
Ang Lee to receive DGA Lifetime Achievement Award
Dec 11, 2024 · K NEW YORK (AP) — Ang Lee, the protean filmmaker of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Brokeback Mountain,” will receive the Directors Guild of America’s lifetime achievement award.. The guild announced Tuesday that Lee, 70, will be given the award at the 77th DGA Awards on Feb. 8. The DGA, which considers the award its highest honor, has given it to 36 filmmakers over its 88 ...
In “Interior Chinatown,” Jimmy O. Yang shows his chops as an …
Nov 21, 2024 · “Interior Chinatown,” the new series on Hulu, has a lot to like. Based on the novel by Charles Yu, and produced by Taika Waititi (who also directs one but not all episodes), the show stars popular actors and comedians Jimmy O. Yang and Ronnie Chieng.