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Aztec dancers from CeAtl Tonalli lead a May Day parade in Seattle
Relationship-minded Patrick Chun picked to lead WSU athletic department By Jason Cruz NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY
Photo by Assunta Ng
Prior to accepting his position at Washington State University (WSU) as its athletic director, Patrick Chun had been to Pullman one other time. He did not forget the experience. Chun was introduced as the new Director of Athletics for WSU this past January after a nationwide search. He is the see CHUN on 12
Dancers passing through S. Jackson St. in the ID
Patrick Chun
Identity crisis The unique challenges of mixed race children
By Carolyn Bick NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Describing herself in pieces makes Sharon Chang cringe.
Mark Okazaki
Okazaki retiring from Neighborhood House
Chang is the mixed race child of a Taiwanese father and a white American mother of primarily European descent. But describing herself as “half” or see INTERRACIAL KIDS on 16
Sharon Chang
N. Korea glorifies summit with South; analysts less sure
“During my time at Neighborhood House, we have accomplished a lot and I am filled with pride every day.” — Mark Okazaki
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SEATTLE — Neighborhood House announced on April 15 that its executive director, Mark Okazaki, will retire in the fall of 2019 after 18 years of service. The Neighborhood House Board of Trustees will begin engaging a broad range of stakeholders to inform the search, selection, and transition process for the new executive director. One of the oldest social service agencies in the Puget Sound region, Neighborhood House serves over 14,000 of our region’s immigrant, refugee, and low-income community members each year. Under Okazaki’s leadership, the organization has quadrupled its budget from $5 million to $20 million, bringing services to some of King County’s most isolated residents and underserved communities.
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Korea Summit Press Pool via AP
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in raise their hands after signing a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, Friday, April 27, 2018.
By FOSTER KLUG and KIM TONGHYUNG ASSOCIATED PRESS GOYANG, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s state media trumpeted leader Kim Jong Un’s “immortal achievement’’ a day after he met South Korean President Moon Jae-in and repeated past vows to remove nuclear weapons from the peninsula and work toward a formal end to the Korean War. Despite the bold declarations, the leaders failed to provide any new measures
on a nuclear standoff that has captivated and terrified millions, and analysts expressed doubts on whether the summit represented a real breakthrough. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency, in typically fawning language, reported that the leaders exchanged “honest and heartfelt talks’’ at a summit that “was a realization of the supreme leader’s blazing love for the nation and unyielding will for self-reliance.’’ The see KOREA on 15
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