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CCTV to be installed in Chinatown?

By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

Nora Chan

Nora Chan is a woman on a mission.

At age 72, she said she wants to retire. But she tells the Northwest Asian Weekly that her job isn’t finished yet.

Chan is the founder of a nonprofit, Seniors in Action Foundation (SIAF), which provides help to seniors living in the Chinatown-International District (ID) and throughout the city, to engage

Remembering Mich Matsudaira, champion of redress

AP Photo/David Zalubowski

By Stephen Wade and Tim Booth THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO (AP) — At times, it seemed as if he’d go on hitting forever.

But on March 21, a player who defined baseball at its very best on two continents for a generation, took his final swing.

The great Ichiro has said “sayonara.” see ICHIRO on 12

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Executive Order 9066. This experience was pivotal to Matsudaira. He would spend the bulk of his life reconciling the pain and injustice of this action.

Matsudaira has a degree in economics and honorably served in the U.S. Air Force from 1955 to 1960 before he landed at Boeing. Among many responsibilities, Matsudaira conducted see MATSUDAIRA on 15

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By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

Martin “Mich” Matsudaira passed away on March 24, 2019.

Matsudaira was born in 1937 to parents Thomas and Theresa, and had 13 siblings. Matsudaira and his family members were interned in Camp Minidoka, Ida., during World War II, because of their Japanese ancestry due to

Ichiro Suzuki tips his helmet to the crowd as fans applaud. He hit a triple off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Chris Rusin, making it the 3,000th hit in his Major League career.

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Bob Santos (left) and Martin “Mich” Matsudaira (right)

Principal says code-switching empowers young students

By Mahlon Meyer NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Photo by Mahlon Meyer/NWAW

Ichiro walks off into history in ‘sayonara’ at Tokyo Dome

them in community service.

SIAF also promotes public safety in the ID by setting up surveillance cameras in the area.

Chan helped to install 14 cameras around Chinatown back in 2011.

Now, three of those cameras don’t work, and all the cameras need to be replaced.

“You know how technology gets outdated after only a few years … that’s why we need new cameras,” said Chan.

Enter the Seattle Chinatown Public Safety CCTV Community Project, which aims to reduce crime, increase resident safety, and improve the business environment in Chinatown.

The project is ambitious — 100 percent coverage of all outdoor areas in Chinatown, including alleys with night vision closedcircuit television (CCTV). That’s an estimated 43 cameras.

Project Manager Donny Kwan said, “It’s not just about cameras.

It’s about a solution … so that

Outside Jing Mei Elementary School, there are Chinese characters inscribed in wooden pillars. Inside the office, a map of virtues in Chinese and English is displayed for visitors to pore over.

Tina Bogucharova, Jing Mei’s principal, embodies this kind of mixing of languages and cultures. She moved to California with her parents from Taiwan at the age of 11 and immediately see CODE on 15

Tina Bogucharova

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dedicated to local art and artists that also houses the staff of the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, held its weekend grand opening party that showcased its new digs on the top floor of King Street Station, which is owned by the City of Seattle. Hundreds of guests flooded into the International District to see the new space.

Indigenous art currently displayed Currently, ARTS at ARTS at King Street Station at King Street Station showcases nearly 300 pieces of work by indigenous artists of all ages. The exhibit is called yəhaw̓ and will be on display through Aug. 3. 

Kino Artist Alley connects local artists with community

Tegan Yuasa

Tegan Yuasa, 16, a sophomore at Mercer Island High School, competed at the USA Judo Youth National Championships on March 8–10 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs and won a gold medal in the cadet-male 50kg division for the second year in a row.

Yuasa is a black belt and trains at the Budokan Judo Club in Seattle and has earned a spot as a USA Judo World Team Member for the 2019 Pan American Cadet Championships on July 19 in Cali, Colombia and at the World Cadet Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Sept. 25–29.

Yuasa is also part of Project 2024 that trains and helps fund future athletes who strive to become Olympians in the sport of judo. 

ARTS at King Street Station grand opening

On March 23, ARTS at King Street Station, a 7,500-square-foot new community-oriented cultural space

Saad Bashir is City of Seattle’s chief technology officer In a successful 9–0 vote

by Seattle City Council on March 18, Saad Bashir was confirmed to lead the Seattle Information Technology (IT) department as the City of Seattle’s next chief technology officer.

Bashir was nominated for the post by Seattle Mayor Saad Bashir Jenny Durkan.

Bashir was previously chief information officer and director of economic development and innovation for the City of Ottawa, Canada. He was named one of Ottawa’s Top Forty under 40 in 2013 by the Ottawa Business Journal.

At the City of Seattle, Bashir will oversee an annual budget of $250 million. 

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Photo from Mark Yuasa

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Tegan Yuasa earns spot on Judo World Team

Kino Artist Alley artists and customers

On March 23, Kinokuniya bookstore in the International District held its Spring Kino Artist Alley, an event in which customers browsed through self-made goods created by local artists, and chatted with them face-to-face at their booths. The event took place on the upper and lower levels of the store.

Artists at the event included Jesica Jang, Rachel Herb, Sara Shen, Rachel Sheyner, Joanne Ki, Jme Foronda, Angela Kawano, Erica Doyle, Sadierose Schwarzmiller, Migley Ocampo, Nicole Do, Wendi Chen, Andalucia Curtis, Irabella Sulistio, Ashley Ferguson, Stacey Lafevre, Mikako Kizuka, Silverio, Chris Buckley, and Gentian Osman. 

Wing Luke Museum celebrates Americana with annual dinner.

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Mayor Durkan signs mandatory housing affordability into law

On March 20, Mayor Jenny A. Durkan signed into law the ordinance to implement Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) in Seattle’s 27 urban villages and all other commercial and multifamily residential areas.

On March 18, after more than a year of Council meetings and public hearings, the City Council unanimously approved implementing MHA’s affordable housing requirements citywide. The ordinance will generate an estimated 3,000 new affordable homes over 10 years, doubling the number of anticipated new affordable homes created through the 2017 implementation on new developments in the University District, Downtown, South Lake Union, Chinatown–International District, along 23rd Avenue in the Central Area, and Uptown, helping the City to meet the 10-year goal of 6,000 new affordable homes generated by MHA.

“Today, Seattle took another step toward more affordable housing choices and a more affordable, welcoming city for all,” said Durkan. “We need more affordable housing as quickly as possible because too many people are being priced out of our city. We want a city where people who work in Seattle can afford to live and raise a family in Seattle. This legislation is one way we can build a more affordable future for all.”

Durkan also said that there is still a lot of work to do to make Seattle more affordable and build more affordable housing options. She urged continuing investments in the housing levy, renewing the Multifamily Tax Exemption program, investing in parks and green spaces, and continuing to have critical investment from state, regional, and federal partners.

MHA requirements vary based on housing costs in each

area of the city and the scale of the zoning change, with higher MHA requirements in areas with higher housing costs and larger zoning changes. With the performance option, between 5 percent and 11 percent of homes in new multifamily residential buildings are reserved for lowincome households. With the payment option, development will contribute between $5.00 and $32.75 per square foot.

“MHA has been shaped by years of community input and engagement. For three years running, my days have been filled with discussing how to reach our goal of creating more units of housing in the next decade. As such, I view MHA as one of the primary strategies to create more affordable housing, as well as address the legacy of ‘redlining,’” said Councilmember Rob Johnson (District 4, Northeast Seattle). 

PSE to work on natural gas main connection project in Seattle, may cause road disruption Puget Sound Energy will be working to prepare the natural gas system to connect the planned Louisa Hotel development at 669 South King Street. This work entails installing a new section of natural gas main and commercial gas service.

Work is estimated to begin in early April and last about five days. Typical work hours will be Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Work will take place at 669 South King Street, as well as Maynard Alley.

What to expect: Due to the narrow width of the alleyway, access to the alley will be restricted during work hours to ensure the safety of the public and our crews.

Signs will guide vehicles safely through the project route.

There will likely be noise from trucks and heavy machinery.

Some street parking will be impacted along South King Street. “No parking” signs will be placed in the work area prior to work beginning, and we’ll do our best to minimize

Scholarship available to Thai college students, deadline in May On March 19, 2019, the Angels Wings Foundation International (AWF), which is dedicated to providing assistance to underserved Thai children and empowering them with the essential gift of education by offering high school seniors a scholarship, announced the exThailand World 2018 Nicolene Pichapa Limsnukan with pansion of their scholar- Miss Lieutenant Consul Gunpirom Vichathorn, Consul-General Mungship to students of Thai korn Pratoomkaew, Angels Wings President and Founder Porntip ancestry residing in Cali- Bui Simon, and others fornia, Nevada, Oregon, colleges will receive $5,000 and those and Washington for the 2019 Angels Wings attending four-year colleges or universities Thai Scholarship Program. The deadline to will receive a $10,000 scholarship. apply is May 10.

“We are listening to the needs of the This announcement was hosted by the community and growing slowly,” Porntip Royal Thai Consulate-General in Los An- Bui Simon explained in Thai and then geles. Members of the Thai community, English. “Some of the recipients have Miss Thailand World 2018 Nicolene Pi- shared with us how surprised they were chapa Limsnukan, and the press joined after receiving the educational gift, they Lieutenant Consul Gunpirom Vichathorn, didn’t expect to gain an instant Thai Consul-General Mungkorn Pratoomkaew, family. Personally, I love reading all the and Angels Wings President and Founder submissions and getting to know the Porntip Bui Simon. students who apply. You don’t necessarily The Angels Wings Thai Scholarship is need to have a 4.0 GPA. We are looking for available to high-achieving Thai American character, ambition, and a willingness to high school seniors who plan to attend pay it forward.”  four-year colleges, universities, or city/ community colleges, and who meet certain To learn more or to apply for this requirements needed for the application. scholarship, visit angelswingsfoundation.

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After the construction is complete, there will be a temporary patch in the road. This temporary patch will remain until a contractor crew returns to complete the final road restoration. The restoration schedule is dependent upon weather, permitting, and crew availability. 

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Judge: Idaho must reveal past source of execution drugs

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho prison officials must release several documents on the death penalty, a judge ruled, including some that will reveal where the state obtained the lethal injection drugs used in its last execution seven years ago.

Fourth District Judge Lynn Norton found on March 21 that the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) District Judge Lynn acted frivolously and withheld the Norton information in bad faith when it mostly denied a public record request from University of Idaho professor Aliza Cover in 2017.

“We are studying the ruling and weighing our options

with legal counsel,” Correction Department spokesman Jeff Ray wrote in an email to The Associated Press.

Prison officials have long said they fear they won’t be able to obtain drugs for future executions if their potential sources believe they could be exposed.

Major pharmaceutical companies have refused to sell medications to states if they think they will be used for executions, forcing some states to look for more novel sources, including compounding pharmacies and drugs from other countries like India.

In her ruling, Norton said Idaho must release a receipt from the compounding pharmacy that provided the drugs used in Richard Albert Leavitt’s execution in 2012.

The receipt was for drugs expected to be used in a later execution, but none has occurred since thEn, and the

compounding pharmacy is no longer allowed to provide chemicals to Idaho because it can’t comply with current regulations.

Because the information wouldn’t likely have an effect on future executions, the document should be released, Norton said.

Still, the department can withhold part of a document that might expose future suppliers of lethal injection drugs, the judge said, including the source that supplied the drugs used in Paul Ezra Rhoades’ execution in 2011, because it may still be in the business of providing lethal injection drugs.

“The information ... falls within a narrow statutory and see EXECUTION DRUGS on 14

Chen produces spectacular free skate to win gold at worlds

By Jim Armstrong THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Defending champion Nathan Chen delivered a spectacular free skate on March 23 to win the gold medal again at the figure skating world championships.

It was the first time an American man captured consecutive world titles since Scott Hamilton won his fourth in a row in 1984.

Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan was second and American Vincent Zhou was third on a big day for U.S. skating. It was the first time since 1996 two U.S. men medaled at the worlds.

“It feels amazing,” said 19-year-old Chen, the U.S. national champion and a full-time student at Yale. “This is my second world title and it means a lot to me. It is really reassuring that I’ve been able to pull everything together for the second time.”

First after the short program, Chen made no mistakes and

Nathan Chen

Yuzuru Hanyu

Vincent Zhou

landed four quadruple jumps to set a record score in the free skate with 216.02 points for a total of 323.42.

Chen opened with a quad lutz and followed with a quad flip. He then added two quad toeloops, one in combination, to solidify his lead.

“I’m proud of myself for being able to put out two good

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programs, the short and the long,” Chen said. “Ultimately, I’m just happy with how this event went and I hope to have more experiences like this.”

Hanyu also had a strong free skate with four quads but couldn’t erase a 12.53-point deficit and finished second with 300.97.

Hanyu came back from a right ankle ligament injury in November. He was similarly injured in 2017 and returned at last year’s Pyeongchang Olympics, where he became the first male figure skater to win consecutive Olympic golds since Dick Button in 1948 and 1952.

“I lost, that is about it,” Hanyu said. “I think I did my best, but the problem is that in figure skating, competition consists of two days, and I am losing in both. It means that I simply do not have enough strength to win.”

Zhou had a personal best in his free skate and finished see CHEN on 13

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Indonesian airline wants to cancel Boeing order after crash

By Niniek Karmini THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — In a blow for Boeing, Indonesia’s flag carrier is seeking the cancellation of a multibillion dollar order for 49 of the manufacturer’s 737 Max 8 jets, citing a loss of confidence after two crashes within five months.

It is the first announcement of a cancellation since Boeing’s new model aircraft were grounded following fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia.

PT Garuda Indonesia, which had ordered 50 Max 8 jets in 2014 and had received just one plane last year, sent a letter to Boeing earlier this month requesting to cancel the order worth $4.9 billion, company spokesman Ikhsan Rosan said on March 22. The carrier has so far paid Boeing

Concern raised over South Korean treatment of reporter

By Kim Tong-Hyung THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — International journalists’ organizations are criticizing the status of press freedom in South Korea after the country’s ruling party singled out a Bloomberg reporter with South Korean nationality over what it claimed was a “borderline traitorous” article insulting President Moon Jae-in, resulting in threats to the reporter’s safety.

The Democratic Party initially said last week that it had no immediate plans to withdraw a March 13 statement by spokesman Lee Hae-sik, who attacked the reporter by name over a September article whose headline described the liberal Moon as acting as the “top spokesman” of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the U.N. General Assembly.

However, hours later, Lee said in an email that the party has decided to remove the reporter’s name and personal details from the statement and that it apologizes to members of the foreign press “if it caused misunderstanding.”

Lee also on March 14 attacked a New York Times article published last October that said Moon was serving as Kim’s “agent” while advocating diplomacy with North Korea. Lee tried to discredit the Times story by bringing up its South Korean author’s nationality. Lee said it was “merely an article written by a blackhaired wire reporter,” but didn’t call out the writer by name. In South Korea, the expression “black-haired” is commonly used in nationalistic insults against South Koreans working for foreign companies who are said to be disloyal to the country.

After refusing to comment on the issue for days, Moon’s office released a statement on the evening of March 19, saying that the government fully guarantees freedom see PRESS FREEDOM on 12

about $26 million for the order.

Garuda joined other airlines worldwide in grounding its one Max 8 jet after the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight this month, which killed all 157 people aboard. It came less than five months after 189 people died in the Oct. 29 crash of another Max 8, operated by Indonesian private carrier Lion Air. “Passengers always ask what type of plane they will fly as they have lost trust and confidence in the Max 8 jet,” Rosan told The Associated Press. “This would harm our business.”

He said that Garuda plans to meet with Boeing representatives next week in Jakarta to discuss details of canceling the order.

“We don’t want to use Max jets … but maybe will consider switching it with another Boeing model of plane,”

Rosan said. He said Indonesian passengers are afraid to take flights using any Max model, whether it’s the 8, 9, or 10 series.

A preliminary report from Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee in December stopped short of declaring a probable cause of the Oct. 29 crash.

Officials have provided scant details since then, saying they are still analyzing data from a cockpit voice recorder that was only recovered from the sea in January.

Meanwhile, in Europe, Polish national carrier PLL LOT said it was considering asking for financial compensation from Boeing or even a delay to deliveries of purchased 737 Max 8 aircraft after the planes were grounded globally following the crash in Ethiopia. see BOEING on 13

Report: Myanmar, China failing to stop ‘bride’ trafficking

By Elaine Kurtenbach THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK (AP) — Authorities in China and Myanmar are failing to stop the brutal trafficking of young women, often teenagers, from the conflict-ridden Kachin region for sexual slavery, according to a report by Human Rights Watch.

The report released on March 21 says women are often tricked into traveling to China in search of work or kidnapped and held against their will to be sold as “brides” for Chinese men. Most of those taken hostage by Chinese families are locked up and raped, it says. Those who do escape are often obliged to leave children see BRIDE TRAFFICKING on 12

Vietnam orders monks to stop profiting from karma rituals HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities have ordered monks at a popular Buddhist pagoda to stop “soul summoning” and “bad karma eviction” ceremonies after an investigation found the rituals were a scam.

Tens of thousands of worshippers have been paying the 18th century Ba Vang pagoda in northern Quang Ninh province between 1 million and several hundred million dong ($45–$13,500) to have their bad karma vanquished, according to the state-

run Lao Dong (Labor) newspaper.

The Committee for Religious Affairs, a government body, issued a statement on its website on March 22 saying “the ritual goes see KARMA RITUALS on 11

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30 SEATTLE VIDEO GAME ORCHESTRA & CHOIR Theater Puget Sound, 305 Harrison St., Seattle 7 p.m.

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KEIRO CONVERSATIONS: WHO IS OUR COMMUNITY? Keiro Northwest, 1601 E. Yesler Way, Seattle 6–8 p.m.

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3 CLASSICAL PIANIST AND YOUTUBE SENSATION LIONEL YU’S “SPACE TO CREATE” Merkin Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. $35 kaufmanmusiccenter.org

NEVER AGAIN IS NOW: THE ART & ACTIVISM OF MILLENNIAL NIKKEI Wing Luke Museum, 719 S. King St., Seattle 12:30–2 p.m.

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16 A FISTFUL OF INCENSE: BASARA AND THE MEDIEVAL ORIGINS OF JAPANESE MAXIMALISM UW, Kane Hall Room 210 7–8:30 p.m. washinkai.info

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Man tries to sell daughter, does not go well.

Also, Miyazaki hates America and I love it! stuff in popular culture A-pop! A column about Asian-y

By Stacy Nguyen NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

To Thairath News, he said this: “I’m really sorry about canceling the April 1 tryout. I think it’ll be chaos for sure because it is a busy market. And my warehouse can only hold 200–300 people.

I’m so tired. I had no idea it was going to get this far. I was originally just joking with my 5,000 [Facebook] friends. But I really am looking for a son-in-law.”

It’s a rough life, man.

Happy March! This month, we learn about the lengths an Asian parent will go to, to ensure that their beloved child gets the bestest leg up in the world. There’s just nothing that compares to an Asian parent’s love, you know?

King of durian empire tries to marry off daughter in bizarro tournament, says ‘just kidding!’ when called out Arnon Rodthong is Thai, rich, and made his money selling the best damn fruit in the entire world (I will fight you on this.). But you know what money can’t buy?

Yes. A husband to take care of his gorgeous-ass 26-year-old daughter who stands to inherit his fortunes.

So what is a concerned parent to do?

Well, this guy staged a competition in which suitors will show up to his durian farm or plant or factory and work for three months. Last man standing wins. He said he’d give away $300,000 and his daughter.

Whoa, Miyazaki is a BAMF who tells it like it is

He is industrious, you have to give him that. Also, is this kind of like, straight up slavery? Like, what is this?

Sadly, we will never get to see the tournament get underway. It got cancelled, reportedly because Rodthong’s wife chewed him out for trying to sell their daughter away.

I typically cannot watch animated movies and enjoy them because my imagination just doesn’t work like that, you know?

But the one cushy spot for me has always been Hayao Miyazaki fi lms.

“Spirited Away” is one of my favorite movies ever. His fi lms are deep, never dumbed down, wildly creative, and also they are often so sad and real — and that’s why I love them.

So imagine how I felt when one of my personal heroes just goes on a rant and slams Hollywood movies for being too violent, too racist, and too dumb.

OMG, I loved it!

Japanese blogs unearthed interviews that Miyazaki did years ago. Translated

by Kotaku (who totally didn’t get why Miyazaki is so mad, y’all), Miyazaki reportedly went on a truth-giving tirade, to the tune of, “If someone is the enemy, it’s okay to kill endless numbers of them. Lord of the Rings is like that. If it’s the enemy, see A-POP on 16

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The Wing celebrates the many faces of Americana, raises record-breaking $580K The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience (the Wing) had its 2019 dinner and auction, Faces of Americana, on March 23. The program featured keynote speaker Monyee Chau, a visual artist who tells stories that heals, breaks down stereotypes, and uplifts communities of color.

Funds raised at this dinner will support the Wing’s multiple youth programs, which foster leadership through mentorship and the arts.

More than people attended the event and $580,000 was raised. 

Auctioneer David Silverman (left) and emcee Kathy Hsieh keep the crowd lively during the Wing’s annual dinner on March 23

PHOTOS BY GEORGE LIU/NWAW The Luke sisters, siblings of Wing Luke, the Wing’s namesake and also the first Asian American to hold elected office in the state Barry Wong (second row, center) and his guests

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India offers more than just Bollywood Photos by George Liu/NWAW

Ambassador of India pushes for consul office in Seattle

From left: Preeti Shridhari, H.E. Ambassador Sanjay Panda, and Congressman Adam Smith

Local Indian American female leaders, from left: Mohai curator Amy Bhatt, Sen. Mona Das, and Rep. Vandana Slatter

By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

Congress that Seattle was picked to set up a consul office.

By 2017, Indian government officials were looking at Union Square as the site for its

Photo by Assunta Ng/NWAW

You may think that the United States is the largest democracy in the world.

Well, it actually isn’t. The largest democracy in the world is India, with its population of 1.2 billion. India also had its first female prime minister, Indira Gandhi, in 1966 and its first female president, Pratibha Patil, in 2007, both way ahead of the United States.

These historical facts were mentioned at a recent reception honoring the Consul General of India, Sanjay Panda, which was held at the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) on March 23. More than 60 people attended, including political and community leaders.

Panda is stationed in San Francisco.

This was his first visit to Seattle. The timing for Panda’s visit was perfect for our Indian community. The Indian community has become a powerhouse.

Washington state elected Pramila Jayapal to Congress in 2016, the first Indian American to serve in Congress.

In Washington’s legislature, Mona Das assumed office as state senator earlier this

year, and Vandana Slatter has served as a state representative since 2017. Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella is of Indian descent.

The late Vikram Jandhyala, a high-ranking official of University of Washington, had advised 400 start-ups in Washington state.

Currently, there are more than 100,000 Indian Americans living in Greater Seattle area, according to the census data, and the number is rising.

Panda said he was “absolutely impressed by the community.” Since the late 2009, the community, led in part by Debadutta Dash, co-chair of Washington State India Trade Relations Action Committee (WASITRAC), and many others worked have hard to gain a consul office in either Bellevue or Seattle.

Initially, the hope of having a consul office was destroyed in 2011, when the Indian government decided to pick Atlanta instead of Seattle, according to the Northwest Asian Weekly.

But then in 2013, India Ambassador Nirupama Rao announced in Seattle that the government had approved a consulate office in Seattle. About a year or so later, President Narendra Modi of India came to the United States and announced in

From left: Amy Bhatt, H.E. Ambassador Sanjay Panda, and Dash Debadutta, Co-chair of WASITRAC, organizer of the event

future consul office, as other foreign consul offices are located in downtown Seattle. see BLOG on 16

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Michelle Obama:

‘Who are you becoming?’

KARMA RITUALS from 5 against Buddhist philosophy and violates Vietnam’s law on religion and folk beliefs.”

“It has a negative impact on social order and security,” it added.

Calls to the pagoda were not answered that day.

Monks at the pagoda teach that all illnesses and misfortune result from bad deeds in previous lives.

Three times a month, they hold a two-day ceremony to “summon wandering souls” and “remove bad karma,” demanding donations, supposedly representing good deeds, to help cure bad karma and make up for supposed bad deeds in previous lives.

Such rituals have been going on for years, but the practice has drawn unfavorable attention as the amounts demanded by the monks soared to the point where they began taking payments by bank transfers and by installments.

This, she stated, is the important lesson to take away from her memoir.

Obama opened up the night by jokingly saying, “I miss us, too, y’all,” to loud cheering. She was alluding to the current presidency and its damaging divisiveness. Her message of the night was that there is no reason to fear

one another. She promoted getting to know neighbors and finding ways to give back to the community and society.

She talked about how important it is for her and her family to seek out and live with purpose and how they feel richer for it. She also talked about her gradual, but inevitable, awakening to social consciousness — pushed along by her husband.

Even though Obama spent some time talking about the pressures of being part of the first Black family in the White House, Obama was clear that her message was for all American citizens. She said that she has traveled throughout the country many times, and what she has found is that most men, including white men, are like her father — hard working men who just want to provide for their families through honest means. She talked more about our sameness, rather than our differences.

But perhaps most important of all, she preached for bravery in authenticity. “We have to be brave enough to find our story — and own it,” she said. “We have to practice, every day, who we want to be.”

Obama’s message of empowerment is pivotal now, more than ever. It’s a message that pleads for us to lead with hope and unity, rather than fear, which is what so many of us have been conditioned to lead with. It’s also a message that puts the solution in our hands, rather than telling us to give power over to entities and political leaders who don’t know or empathize with all of our different journeys. 

Public outrage flared when an inspirational speaker associated with the pagoda blamed a victim for being gang raped, saying she had committed evil acts in a past life in comments posted on the pagoda’s website and on social media. The 20-year-old college student was taken hostage and raped by five men for two days before she was killed on the eve of the Feb. 5 Lunar New Year.

“The teaching was hurtful and disrespectful to the soul of my daughter,” Tuoi Tre, another official newspaper, quoted the woman’s mother as saying.

The monks also teach that homosexuality comes from bad karma and should be “cured” by having people of the opposite sex spend time together.

“Vindictive wandering souls follow people. They bring you illness, marriage problems, and make your children unwell. We have the power to summon the souls and evict them,” the abbot of the pagoda, Thich Truc Thai Minh, told followers during a gathering that was live streamed on

social media.

A reporter for Lao Dong shot a video at the pagoda showing a monk telling another woman, who was distraught over losing her only child: “It’s your karma. In previous life, you were a witch.”

“And the wandering soul says it will take your life, too.

Not just your child,” the monk said.

Ba Vang pagoda was built on a mountain slope in Uong Bi district of Quang Ninh province. It was recently renovated and expanded to become one of Vietnam’s largest pagoda complexes.

Only a minority of Vietnam’s 95 million people follow Buddhism, but many non-Buddhists go to pagodas and temples and practice a form of folk religion that includes some Buddhist practices.

Religions that are not registered with the government are prohibited. The Ba Vang pagoda belongs to a registered Vietnamese Buddhist association. 

Photo by Juliet Le

Former First Lady Michelle Obama has one big question for all of us: “Who are you becoming?”

Last Sunday, on March 24, about 18,000 people packed the Tacoma Dome to hear what Obama had to say. Obama is on an international book tour to promote her memoir, “Becoming.” People were overheard saying that no one else in America can command such a showing for a book tour.

Notably, Obama spent the night speaking to and for a unified American public and a cursory glance around the Tacoma Dome showed that the bulk of her Seattle audience were white women. The second largest showing were Black women, then Asian women. Men also were a significant presence, though they generally accompanied women.

Late night host Jimmy Kimmel, who interviewed Obama for nearly two hours, said that it was the biggest showing thus far on a tour of 21 stops. (Obama was originally slated to come to Seattle in February, but due to the snow storm last month, her event was postponed until last Sunday.)

Obama’s memoir — and Obama’s talk at the Tacoma Dome — covers Obama’s adolescence in Chicago as the daughter of hardworking, no-nonsense parents, to her being a young up-and-coming Harvard-educated lawyer, to the meeting of her husband, Barack Obama. She stated that the White House years don’t get as much coverage in the book as one would think, because the book is really about all of the hard work and the long journey it took for her to arrive at her current incarnation.

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PRESS FREEDOM from 5 of the press and “cannot accept any circumstances where a reporter’s personal safety is threatened.”

The ruling party statements by Lee came in response to a parliamentary speech last week by conservative lawmaker Na Kyung-won, who borrowed the Bloomberg headline to criticize Moon’s diplomacy with North Korea following the collapse of last month’s summit between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump.

The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) expressed “deep concerns” about the treatment of the Bloomberg journalist, saying that her safety was under threat “simply for doing her job.”

“That she is being targeted by members of the South Korean government is also troubling,” the AAJA said. “Threatening or intimidating journalists is unacceptable.”

AAJA-Asia and its Seoul subchapter, as well as the Seoul Foreign Correspondents’ Club, have also issued statements expressing concern over the Democratic Party’s statement, which the SFCC described as a “form of censorship and journalistically chilling.”

In the email, Lee said the March 13 statement was chiefly aimed at Na and that the party has the right to criticize the work of journalists. Lee said there was “room for self-reflection” on whether it was appropriate to describe the Bloomberg article as “borderline traitorous” and that he acknowledges he may have caused “inconvenience to the reporter, and depending on the person, psychological shock.” He said the party still views the headline as “clearly over the line” in terms of journalistic objectivity. Concerning the “black-haired wire reporter” comment, Lee said the expression “has nothing to do with racial prejudice” and it is a “political term” commonly used by South Korean internet users.

In a country deeply divided along ideological lines, being described as North

MARCH 30 – APRIL 5, 2019 Korea-friendly is a sensitive accusation for liberal politicians like Moon, who has been unwavering in his commitment to interKorean rapprochement, even in the face of North Korean threats. Moon has lobbied hard to set up nuclear diplomacy among Washington, Pyongyang, and Seoul.

In an effort to keep the fragile diplomacy alive, Moon has tried to improve Kim’s image and portray him as a credible diplomatic counterpart, describing him as a “candid and polite” leader who sincerely wanted to trade away his nuclear weapons to bring economic prosperity to impoverished North Koreans. Experts say the breakdown of the Trump-Kim talks has raised further doubts about Moon’s claim that Kim is genuinely interested in dealing away his nuclear weapons.

The presidential Blue House responded sharply to Na’s comments, calling them an insult to both Moon and South Koreans who want peace. During her parliamentary speech, Na said, “Please ensure that we never again hear the embarrassing talk that the president of the Republic of Korea is the top spokesman of Kim Jong Un.” While criticizing Na, Lee described the Bloomberg reporter’s article as “borderline traitorous content that insulted the head of state while wearing the cloak of a U.S. wire service.”

Moon’s two conservative predecessors were both accused of suppressing freedom of speech. Under former President Park Geun-hye, who is currently serving a lengthy jail term over a corruption scandal, prosecutors indicted a Japanese journalist on charges of defaming Park by citing salacious rumors about her whereabouts on the day of a ferry sinking that killed more than 300 people in 2014.

Before Park, former President Lee Myung-bak was said by critics to have turned major TV networks into his mouthpieces by filling their corporate leadership with close supporters. 

ICHIRO from 1 Now 45, Ichiro Suzuki left the Tokyo Dome field in the eighth inning, waving goodbye to the packed crowd amid hugs from Seattle Mariners teammates in a three-minute walk that signaled to all his monumental run was over.

“I have ended my career and decided to retire,” Ichiro said, speaking in Japanese at a news conference after a 5-4 win over Oakland in 12 innings.

He said his contract was through the two games in Japan, and said he decided before arriving last week to step away.

“After the reception I got today, how could I possibly have any regrets?” he said. “I couldn’t play well enough in spring training to earn an extension.”

Ichiro went 0 for 4 in his farewell game. In his last at-bat, he came up with two outs, a runner on second, and a tie score in the eighth. He hit a slow grounder to shortstop and, still hustling the whole way, was barely thrown out at first.

He took his spot in right field in the eighth, then was pulled by manager Scott Servais and the walk into history began in front of a sellout crowd of 45,000. He strolled in, turned, and waved to the crowd with all of the usually reserved Japanese fans on their feet.

To chants of “Ichiro, Ichiro, Ichiro,” he was greeted at the dugout — and later in the dugout — by emotional embraces from teammates.

Yusei Kikuchi, the Japanese rookie pitcher who started the game in his big league debut, openly broke down crying when he embraced Ichiro.

Kikuchi later took a full minute to compose himself before responding about Ichiro’s impact. And he cried when the two embraced in the dugout after the game.

“Since spring training to this day, Ichiro told us it is a gift for him to play in Tokyo,” Kikuchi said speaking through a translator. “But for me, he gave me the greatest gift that I can play with him.”

Yet when Mariners teammate Dee Gordon bowed, Ichiro broke into a laugh — like, “not necessary, bro.”

Oakland players stood solemnly and watched camera flashes and iPhones catch the historic scene. All over the stadium signs read: “Ichiro we love you” and “Ichiro is Life.” Fans wore his famous No. 51 in all shades, colors

37 YEARS BRIDE TRAFFICKING from 5 fathered by Chinese men behind.

The report urges authorities to do more to raise awareness about the risks of trafficking, provide more support for victims who return home, and to prosecute those guilty of crimes against them.

The 226 known cases of such trafficking in 2017 were only a fraction of the total number, since many victims are afraid or ashamed to come forward, especially given the lack of support from law enforcement or welfare services, the report says.

“Human Rights Watch’s research suggests the number of women and girls being trafficked is substantial and possibly growing,” it said.

The group interviewed 37 survivors of such crimes for the report. It said the women were sold to Chinese families for the equivalent of $3,000-$13,000 each. Twelve of those interviewed were under 18 when they were trafficked. The youngest was 14. It said 22 of them were held for a year or longer.

Often, the women are drugged and taken captive, left at the mercy of families with whom they can barely communicate. The AP wrote about one such case last year.

“Most were locked in a room and raped repeatedly as the families that bought them wanted them to become pregnant,” said Heather Barr, author of the report and a co-director for women’s rights at Human Rights Watch.

The traffickers are able to lure women with false promises of jobs because of the lack of good options for making a living in camps for displaced people in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state.

As of September, there were about 100,000 people displaced inside Kachin, where the Kachin Independence Army, like other ethnic minority armed groups, has been fighting for greater autonomy for decades. Thousands of women and children have also fled their homes in neighboring Shan state, some across the border into China.

The porous border between southern China’s Yunnan province and northern Kachin

and from all eras.

The fans got one more chance to salute when he came back on the field after the game and acknowledged their ovations.

Ichiro was 0 for 5 in the two regular-season games against the A’s in Tokyo, leaving him with 3,089 hits in 19 seasons — a sure Hall of Fame resume. He had 1,278 before that over nine years in Japan, making him baseball’s all-time hits leader.

Ichiro struggled in spring training with only two hits in 25 at-bats. And in two exhibition games in Tokyo against the Tokyo Giants, he was 0 for 6.

“I really wanted to play until I was 50, but I couldn’t do it,” he said. “It was a way of motivating myself and, if I’d never said it, I don’t think I would have come this far.”

Ichiro praised his countrymen, who are famous for being reserved. Not tonight. Not on this night.

“Japanese people, I have always thought, don’t in general express themselves,” he said. “But today’s experience blew that away. They were incredibly passionate tonight.

“When I look back on my career, I know I will remember today as the most memorable day, without a doubt.”

For years, Ichiro’s at-bats were must-see TV in his homeland, with fans tuning in during breakfast and their morning commute. A star before he left, he became an even bigger sensation once he proved that yes, a Japanese hitter could indeed succeed across the ocean in the majors.

He said he’d probably train Friday, keeping up his workout routine, but wasn’t sure what comes next. He joked he lacked the “charisma” to be a manager.

“I’ll be known as the ‘Man Formerly Known as Ichiro,’” he cracked.

Ichiro’s retirement had been anticipated for a while.

The outfielder returned to the Mariners before the start of the 2018 season, then transitioned last May into a role as the special assistant to the chairman that allowed him to still be with the team and take part in pregame workouts, but meant he could not play in any games.

Ichiro was a 10-time All-Star, an AL MVP and Rookie of the Year, and won 10 Gold Gloves. He set the record with 262 hits in a season and wound up with a .311 batting average.

facilitates such trafficking, and the relative shortage of marriageable women, thanks to Chinese traditions favoring male heirs over girls, has left many families in China desperate for brides.

Although Chinese authorities have been battling trafficking inside China as well, the families who buy the women are almost never prosecuted, the report says.

Some foreign brides from neighboring countries go voluntarily.

But for many, the experience is harrowing.

One interviewee, Ja Htoi Tsawm, was kidnapped while doing farm work in China to support her family and held captive for two years. While she was away, her in-laws sold her house and put one of her children in an orphanage. Another of her four children died.

The report said that Myanmar police and other authorities refused interviews by Human Rights Watch, although the Ministry of Social Welfare did provide some data. Myanmar antitrafficking police said they handled 130 cases of trafficking, 96 of which involved women, in January-July 2018, the report said.

Of 820 successful prosecutions for trafficking in 2008–2013, 534 cases involved forced marriages and an even larger share were with China. The trafficking networks span China.

Chinese authorities did not respond to requests for comment, it said.

The persisting conflict in areas of Myanmar has left millions of women and children vulnerable to great risk. U.N. investigators reported last fall on a fact-finding mission that found violence by the Myanmar military in Kachin, Shan, and the western state of Rakhine.

It cited allegations of crimes by the military and other security forces including murder, torture, pillaging, execution without due process, rape, sexual slavery, and hostage-taking.

Members of the Kachin Women’s Association, a group affiliated with the Kachin Independence Organization that helps victims, were quoted as saying that at times they lack the money to help provide and top up SIM cards needed to keep in contact with the women still stuck in China. 

He became one of the most important figures in baseball history, and not just because of his stats and awards.

Ichiro carried the burden of an entire country in coming to the United States, and his success created opportunity for the countless others who have followed. Whether he wants to accept the label or not, Suzuki was a trailblazer.

His influence and importance shouldn’t be understated.

He preceded Hideki Matsui, who had a stellar career with the New York Yankees, by two years. In the years since, players like Nori Aoki, Kosuke Fukudome, and Kaz Matsui followed. Last year marked the arrival of two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani.

Ohtani said he watched highlights of Ichiro’s final game when he woke up at Los Angeles Angels’ camp in Arizona.

“I still can’t believe it,” he said through a translator. “I won’t be able to see him play anymore, but I’ll still have all the memories.”

At the New York Yankees’ spring training site, New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka said it was hard to describe Ichiro’s legacy on aspiring players in Japan.

“It’s too grand of an impact. I can’t even put them into words,” Tanaka said through a translator.

As for the reception at Ichiro’s finale, he added: “I think that atmosphere, it only happens to special players. You sense respect. Because of who he is, that happened today.”

Ichiro became a one-word, household name in Seattle. It was only right his final professional game came with that team.

But it was time for Suzuki to step away. Suzuki hit .205 in 44 at-bats and all nine of his hits last season were singles. This year, too often, Suzuki looked like a 45-yearold trying to hang on.

Ichiro admitted he badly wanted to get a hit in Tokyo.

And his fans always wanted to see him play in the World Series — his teams made it to the playoffs just twice, never advancing to the Fall Classic.

He expressed no regrets, however. Well, maybe one.

“I had 3,089 hits in America,” he said. “But I think my wife — who always makes me rice balls before games — said she made 2,800 rice balls. So I wish I could have played long enough so she could have hit 3,000 as well.” 

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Predictions and advice for the week of March 30–April 5, 2019

By Sun Lee Chang Rat — It’s not exactly what you were looking for, but should still be sufficient for your purposes and allow you to finish the job.

Dragon — Despite the risks, you are tempted to go into uncharted territory. With each success, your footing will become more secure.

Ox — Have you been given a second chance?

This may be your only opportunity to get it right, so don’t squander it.

Snake — Although you don’t want to admit it, your skills might be a tad rusty. Thankfully, all you need is some practice to get back in the game.

Tiger — Are your expectations making it hard for you to enjoy what you actually have? You could be taking for granted something that is quite valuable.

Horse — While making your point is important, it is also just as crucial to listen. In fact, your argument will be stronger if you address what has been said to you.

Rabbit — Dealing with someone who doesn’t see eye to eye with you? If you are able to find some common ground, it could provide the basis for compromise.

Goat — Avoid engaging in the same activity that you called out earlier. To do so would undermine your credibility on the matter.

Monkey — Are you confused by conflicting information that you have received recently?

Consider the sources and whether they have something to gain.

Rooster — Although learning a new process can be a hurdle at first, the time it saves down the road will be well worth the effort.

Dog — Less than pleased with what is currently at your disposal? You have the ability to expand your choices, but will require you to ask for it.

Pig — A work in progress won’t necessarily look all that impressive. However, the finished product should be very much to your liking.

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CCTV from 1 we can attract more visitors to the neighborhood, and increase business to the area.”

The challenge is, the cameras are spendy.

Initial estimates put the cost of the entire project at $300,000.

“The (City) government did not give us a penny because of the Privacy Act,” said Chan. Currently, she is applying for a grant from the Historic South Downtown Community Preservation & Development Authority (HSD). The HSD is a state-created agency responsible for preserving, restoring, and promoting the health, safety, and cultural identity of the ID and Pioneer Square.

Prior to the 2011 installation, Chan said she went door-to-door and got permission from business and property owners.

“Business has not been good in Chinatown.” Chan points to the increase in homelessness in the area.

“When they (the homeless) disturb the seniors and businesses, breaking windows and damaging property, that really disturbs me.”

“Most of these places are mom and pop businesses — they don’t have thousands of dollars to donate for a better surveillance system.”

But Chan said every little bit helps. She is thankful for the $80,000 in commitments she has been promised so far.

“These are from my friends — private individuals who don’t even live in Chinatown, but they have a love for the people here, and their heart is in Chinatown.”

Chan met with an engineer on March 18 to decide on the best equipment to use. She described the proposed cameras as being similar to those currently used in Hong Kong and Japan.

Instead of a single camera, Chan said each location will have a cluster of cameras that will capture video from every angle.

The existing cameras don’t capture a wide enough angle and are in a static position.

It would have come in handy in the Donnie Chin investigation, Chan said.

Chin was murdered in 2015 and the case is still unsolved. A camera or cameras pointing in every direction would have captured the shooting and helped the police to track down his killers.

“The current system is obsolete,” said Kwan, who is volunteering his time and helping Chan with her vision. The new cameras will shoot in high definition, be more reliable, and be easier to maintain.

Kwan and Chan are looking for a camera vendor — they have talked to three in the

greater Seattle area so far — who will also install the system.

Even the most sophisticated equipment needs a person to monitor and manage the footage. Currently, any footage recorded on ID cameras is not actively monitored. And it is examined only when there are reports of crime.

Chan said a couple of employees at the Chinatown-International District Business Improvement Area (CIDBIA) used to volunteer to manage the camera footage.

But those people no longer work there and the CIDBIA said it simply doesn’t have the manpower to continue. Kwan and Chan are exploring other ways to manage the cameras, including hiring someone part-time.

“We are looking for reliability and accountability,” Kwan said.

Chan is planning to hold a fundraiser later in the spring to raise the money needed for this project.

“Even $5 helps,” said Chan. “It doesn’t matter the amount that people donate. Just that they do and it shows me that they care.” 

ACCORDING TO THE SPD CRIME DASHBOARD, THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS REPORTED IN:

2011

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

720 (year cameras were installed) 919 968 1,203 1,000 1,493 1,510 1,540

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with a total of 281.16 points.

“I’m so proud of myself and the effort that I put into my performance and my jumps,” he said. “This is the culmination of all of the hard work I’ve been doing.”

Olympic silver medalist Shoma Uno, the 2018 world championship silver medalist, was fourth.

Earlier, defending champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France won the free dance to win gold in the ice dance.

Papadakis and Cizeron, first after the rhythm dance, received 134.23 points for their free dance for a total of 222.65 and their fourth ice dance world title.

Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia were second with 211.76 points.

Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the United States, moved up to third from fourth to finish with 210.40. 

In a statement to the AP on March 22, LOT said it would wait for communications from Boeing and flight regulators on whether to put the Max 8 planes back into service. LOT has five 737 Max 8 planes and is to receive nine more this year. Its total fleet counts over 80 aircrafts.

Another Polish carrier, charter airline EnterAir, said on March 22 it would also seek damages. It has two Max 8 planes and has placed orders for another four.

Earlier this month, Norwegian Air Shuttles said it would seek compensation from Boeing. It had grounded its 18 Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft.

With Boeing’s backlog of 4,600 unfilled orders for Max jets, the loss of the Garuda order figures to have little financial impact on the Chicago-based company. The danger is that other airlines could follow, particularly if investigators fault the plane for the accidents in Indonesia and Ethiopia.

“We think other cancellations may follow as global customers remain spooked after two crashes with seemingly similar causes,” Jim Corridore, an airline analyst with CFRA Research,

said in a note to clients.

Corridore said, however, that if Boeing delivers a software patch to a flight-control system suspected in the crashes, and the planes are allowed to resume flying, “most customers will be reassured.” He said investors will eventually focus on strong demand for airliners.

The Wall Street Journal reported late on March 22 that federal investigators are looking into whether Boeing gave U.S. regulators and the company’s customers incomplete or misleading information about the jets. The report cited people familiar with the matter who were not named.

Earlier this week, a person briefed on the matter told The Associated Press that U.S. prosecutors are looking into the development of the 737 Max jets. The Transportation Department’s inspector general is also investigating the FAA’s approval of jets, a U.S. official told AP. Boeing Co. shares closed last Friday, down $10.53, or 2.8 percent, at $362.17 amid a broad stock market decline. Boeing shares have dropped 14 percent since the Ethiopia Airlines crash. 

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Norton also found Ray, the department’s spokesman, acted in bad faith by trusting that other prison officials would get him the right documents to release, rather than finding and reviewing them himself.

“Ray was clearly the designated records custodian for IDOC tasked with the statutory responsibility for maintaining and releasing those records,

had been trained in public disclosure, and knew the records existed,” Norton wrote. “Yet, he did nothing to fulfill his responsibilities other than trust that others would.”

Because of that, Ray must pay a $1,000 fine for failing to hand over the records, Norton said.

She also found the department acted frivolously by neglecting to provide more than 600 pages of documents and ordered it to pay court costs and attorney’s fees for Cover, the professor who sought the information.

The department doesn’t have to reveal the identities of those who serve on execution and medical teams because they could potentially be at risk, the judge said.

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Cover said in a statement that Norton’s decision brings the state closer to transparency.

“When the state keeps secret basic information about the death penalty, the public cannot ensure that it is carried out humanely or constitutionally,” Cover said.

Molly Kafka, an American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho attorney who helped represent Cover in the lawsuit, said the ruling makes it clear that the Correction Department is not above the law.

“Government officials across Idaho need to stop playing games with the Public Records Act,” the attorney said. 

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MATSUDAIRA from 1 diversity seminars at Boeing. However, his experiences during the internment with his family left a mark on him and he wanted to do more, which is why Matsudaira took a leave of absence from Boeing in order to enter fully into activism and community organizing.

From 1972 to 1974, Matsudaira was executive director of the Governor’s Asian American Advisory Council.

Matsudaira was the first executive director of the Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs (CAPAA, formerly called the Washington State Commission on Asian American Affairs during his tenure) from 1974 through 1978.

CAPAA is a state agency with an advisory board of 12 commissioners who are appointed by the governor to be a voice for Washington’s diverse Asian Pacific American communities.

“Mich understood the power of collective action and advocacy, and helped institutionalize a seat at the Governor’s table for our diverse communities,” said CAPAA Executive Director Toshiko Hasegawa. “We honor his love for people and passion for service as we continue the work of CAPAA, which is now in its 45th year.”

CODE from 1 felt embarassed.

“My earliest encounters were not positive,” she said.

“The burden was on us, the kids [to communicate]. It was very embarrassing. The phone would ring and my mom would say it was the PGA [utility] guys on the phone and she would shove the phone in my face, and I would have to explain she doesn’t speak English. Or at the doctor’s office or the supermarket, I would say, ‘Mom, don’t scream Chinese. It’s so embarrassing.’”

Bogucharova wore a floral dress and speaks English fluently, with an American accent. With degrees in psychology, Chinese literature, and an Master of Arts in the pedagogy of teaching Chinese speakers, she is equipped to handle the mix of students in her school speaking various levels of Chinese, from Chinese mixed with English to pure Chinese.

As two young kids dart into her office, lunch trays in hand, one of them satirically said, “Why are you wearing pa-jah-muhs?”

Without a pause, Bogucharova responds, in oversimplified Chinese, so they can understand. “Zhege bushi pajamas. Zhege shi dress.”

She believes that the ability to speak two languages, and to switch at will between them, conveys a sense of power.

“I’m not placing a value on power in itself,” she explained.

“But I do place value on knowing your own native language and the power it has to help you preserve your culture and traditions.”

Such power might also remove the greatest obstacle to adjusting to a new culture.

As Bogucharova did as a child, immigrants can experience significant anxiety when moving to a new country.

Newness and anxiety “There is a type of anxiety that could be linked directly to being in a new country,” said Jonathan Goodman, a psychotherapist who practices in Seattle, “with new laws, a new language (one that they might not be proficient at), and cultural differences.”

“This is not PTSD, but it can result in significant anxiety in its own right,” he added. “It may not be linked directly to a trauma, but it can be linked to long-standing situational stressors and can therefore become both chronic and quite significant in nature.”

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“As a driving force in CAPAA’s early history, Mich Matsudaira laid a strong foundation for the future success of the Commission in advocating for and empowering the diverse AAPI communities of Washington,” said State Representative Sharon Tomiko Santos, whose late husband Bob Santos helped Martin “Mich” Matsudaira establish the Commission and served with Mich in the 1970s.

“Through the lens of history, we are now able to understand that the pioneers of API civil rights issues in our state, such as Mich, enabled the doors of opportunity to be opened,” said Blaine Tamaki, former CAPAA commissioner. “These open doors have led the state of Washington to now be the proud home of one of most vibrant, socio-economically successful, and still growing API communities in the entire United States.”

“I was a young UW student, head of the Asian Student Coalition, when I was appointed to the first Commission group

of esteemed APIA leaders,” said Mayumi Tsutakawa, a former CAPAA commissioner. “I learned so much from Mich, as he was not only good natured, but thoroughly knowledgeable of state government, and also civil rights issues.”

After CAPAA, Matsudaira was part of the National Council for Japanese American Redress, a group formed to organize a national effort to obtain redress for people of Japanese descent who were incarcerated in U.S. internment camps during World War II. The group is perhaps best known for instituting a class action lawsuit against the U.S. government for wartime damages.

Matsudaira grew up in Seattle’s International District, where he opened Mich’s Mens’ Shop, and worked diligently to attract other young professionals and small businesses back to the area. He graduated from the University of Washington with an economics degree in 1965 and from Seattle University with a Master of Public Administration in 1977.

Matsudaira is survived by four children, Mark, David, Melissa, and Scott, nine grandchildren, and one greatgrandchild. 

Kenna Chick, a Collegiate Mental Health Innovation Council Member at Georgetown University, added that children of immigrant parents, in particular, carry tremendous social and emotional burdens.

“To be the child of an immigrant means growing up faster,” she wrote in a blog post for Mental Health America, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the mental health of Americans.

“To be the child of an immigrant means taking responsibility for your family,” she adds. “To be the child of an immigrant is to carry the hopes and dreams of your lineage.”

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Su later explained that the multilingual mind switches easily between phrases and words depending on the emotional content. For instance, when he’s irritated or furious, as he was during the meeting, the mind automatically switches to the mother tongue. A protestor was apparently yelling questions at him.

“When you’re reacting to crazy comments,” he added.

“We switch to our mother tongue. It’s a gut feeling.”

Bogurachova has the same take.

“Talking to my mom is always in Mandarin,” she said.

“That way we can connect our hearts. We talk from the heart.”

Speaking in Chinese at her school, she added, disarms and empowers Chinese parents.

“When I get to speak Mandarin with a Chinese parent, I can be more qinqie (intimate),” she said. “We’re both immigrants here. I’m saying, ‘I’ve got your back. I understand your needs. I’m one of you.’”

In fact, parents that can code-switch between Chinese and English enjoy a sense of privilege at her school.

“In English, the parents feel lost at Jing Mei,” she said.

“They feel this is a place where privilege doesn’t happen to white people. [Rather] privilege is enjoyed by Chinese parents that are bilingual — they can toggle back and forth between both.”

Most linguists agree that cultures — and ideas embedded in cultures — are not only absorbed through language, but also through watching people and observing society.

So creating a school culture that promotes awareness of attitudes and behaviors reflected in different traditions is one of Bogurachova’s priorities.

“We just held a professional development on biases,” she said. “How do you surface your biases as a teacher?”

She believes that there is no single way to combine values from different societies.

“Every child is different,” she said. “There is no unique program, you have to know what you have in your tool belt.

You fill your tool belt and then decide what you want to use.” 

Learning adaptability Learning to process between two languages and cultures seems a way not only to ease this anxiety, but to propel students to greater heights of adaptability and success in their new country.

“It’s not just about learning Chinese,” said Bogurachova.

“I could be offering Spanish or French. What matters is the development of cerebral flexibility so they can immerse in a bilingual environment as the norm.”

“If they go to work in Germany, for instance, monolingual kids have a culture shock when they go abroad,” she explained. “At Jing Mei, it’s not just about learning the language, we want to reset the norm for the kids — a bilingual environment is the norm.”

Dennis Su, a prominent architect and president of the Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce, is another embodiment of bilingualism. Like Bogurachova, he practices a type of code-switching, sometimes within a single sentence even, often switching between Chinese and English.

When Su took an important call, about a Dennis Su protest over a development in the International District, he switched easily and spontaneously between Cantonese and English.

For a non-Cantonese-speaker, the conversation sounds

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However, any new consul office is a bilateral agreement between the United States and the India government. According to Panda, his government has been doing all the work and is waiting for the green light from the U.S. side. He said he urges “the community to put pressure on the State Department.” He said Japayal has been helping to work on the federal government. The new office would serve not only Washington state, but Alaska, Idaho, Montana and Oregon.

Congressman Adam Smith agreed with Panda that a consul office is important to Washington state, “We deserve to have a consul office.”

Dash said he doesn’t know the real reason why the new consul office of

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India is not getting it clearance from the State Department. “We need to find out why. The community needs to push.”

A-POP from 7 there’s killing without separation between the civilians and soldiers. That falls within collateral damage. How many people are being killed in attacks in Afghanistan? The Lord of the Rings is a movie that has no problem doing that, [not separating civilians from enemies, apparently]. If you read the original work, you’ll understand, but in reality, the ones who were killed are [analogs of] Asians and Africans. Those who don’t know that, yet say they love fantasy, are idiots.”

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Panda also said the tie between India and the United States is historical. He said India’s Freedom Movement first sparked in California in the early 1900s.

Panda has achieved the ambassador rank because of his number of years as a diplomat, serving all over the world, including Jordan, France, Malaysia, China, Tokyo, Sicily, and San Francisco.

At the event, MOHAI also announced that its Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation exhibit would be coming to the museum from November to January 2020.

The exhibit was created by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.  Assunta can be reached at assunta@ nwasianweekly.com.

“However, it has become clear that my continued leadership could be a distraction and an obstacle to the company’s continued success,” Tsujihara said in a release. “The hard work of everyone within our organization is truly admirable, and I won’t let media attention on my past detract from all the great work the team is doing.”

Later, Kevin.

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Kevin Ken Tsujihara

Charlotte Kirk

Kevin Ken Tsujihara was the first Asian American to run a major Hollywood studio ever, guys. And then he ruined it for all of us because he couldn’t keep it in his pants.

Tsujihara, who is married, had some of his text messages leaked this month. The texts showed an extra marital affair with Charlotte Kirk, a 26-year-old woman who, in the texts, talked about their sexual relationship and also argued with Tsujihara about him getting her roles in movies and TV. The texts got heated, cruel words were said, people accused other people of being used as sexual bait, people called other people despicable, people were accused of trying to extort other people for plum acting roles. You know, just general lovers quarrel stuff.

Amid this public controversy, Tsujihara stepped down earlier this month, citing that the investigation into the texts are too distracting.

You probably are already aware of how Lori Loughlin, Aunt Becky on “Full House,” is among the cadre of high-profile rich white people who paid a lot of money to get her daughters into fancy universities, even though her daughters don’t seem particularly qualified to do stuff that they got scholarships for, like rowing.

Well, did you know that the woman who brought a $500 million lawsuit at Lori Loughlin’s feet is Asian mom Jennifer Kay Toy, who just really swung for the fences with this one? Toy was a teacher in Oakland and filed her lawsuit in San Francisco. She said her son — her only child, guys — was denied access to a college because rich people think it’s okay to buy their way through life. Her son reportedly had a 4.2 GPA, but Toy claims he didn’t get his fair shake in the admissions department at elite schools because the system is corrupt. She said that more than 1 million people like her were affected by scamming.

I honestly do not know whether or not to cheer for this woman or to just

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Dash Debadutta, co-chair of WASITRAC and former Congressman Jim McDermott

awkwardly avoid eye contact and look away. Sometimes, it’s like, I wish Asian moms would get really worked up over like other kinds of injustice and file $500 million lawsuits against those, you know?

Like, it would be cool if Asian moms were the whistleblowers on like, the predatory pharmaceutical industry keeping people of color and poor people down by strategically flooding communities of color with drugs.

I’m excited to see how this movie will be updated to not be offensive and out of date!

I’m super excited to see some Asian hotties onscreen.

I am also urging you guys to not call this movie Yellow Panther. Dear God, please.

Watch SNL this weekend okay? Our fave is on it

We are getting a ShangChi movie, and it’s being directed by Destin Daniel Cretton!

Destin Daniel Cretton is 40, was born in Hawaii, and he’s attached to direct Marvel’s Shang-Chi movie.

Shang-Chi is a Marvel comic book superhero who is not as well known. He is Destin Daniel Cretton Chinese (hollaaa!) and also the son of villain Fu Manchu (dicey and racist, but okay). Shang-Chi is half American white, half Chinese, because of course he is (most Marvel/DC comic book characters of Asian descent are half white because … it just seems right.). Shang-Chi is a kung fu wizard (I dearly hope he has more superpowers than this) who learns that his dad is a freaking crook and murderer and then has a lot of feelings about it.

Sandra Oh

Sandra Oh is hosting “Saturday Night Live” for the first time this weekend on March 30 because this 47-year-old woman is an award-winning actor who has been working for decades and people are only just now realizing she’s like, mega talented and hella charming to boot.

Tune in. Watch her be funny. She has bangs right now, you guys! I love it!  Stacy Nguyen can be reached at stacy@ nwasianweekly.com.

Shang-Chi

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