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Culture
New doc highlights 70 years of Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team
A new documentary highlights the 70-year history of the city’s all-girls drill team consisting of Asian American members. Key details: “She ...
Bryan Ke
Crime
4 charged in Seattle home robberies targeting Asians plead not guilty
Four adult men charged in connection with armed robberies targeting Asian American homes in south Seattle pleaded not guilty in their arraig...
Carl Samson
5 charged for home robberies targeting Asian Americans in Seattle
The five male suspects — including one minor — arrested in connection with the string of robberies that targeted Asian American homes in sou...
News
Seattle cop who laughed at woman’s death reassigned to ‘non-operational’ post
The Seattle police officer who made national and global headlines for making callous remarks about the death of an Indian woman has been rea...
5 arrested for string of robberies targeting Asian American homes in Seattle
Five male suspects — including one 17-year-old — have been arrested in connection with a series of home invasion robberies that targeted Asi...
Seattle police watchdog demands leave for cop who laughed at woman’s death
A Seattle police oversight group has recommended that Daniel Auderer, the officer who was heard laughing and making insensitive remarks abou...
Man charged with hate crime for sledgehammer attack on Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum
The man who smashed the windows of Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience with a sledgehammer last week i...
Man arrested for vandalizing Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum: ‘Chinese people ruined my life’
A man was arrested for an alleged hate crime after he vandalized the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience in Seattle’s ...
Michelle De Pacina
Seattle city council member slams colleague for public safety issues in Chinatown
Seattle city council member Sara Nelson publicly criticized her colleague Tammy Morales during a press conference due to increasing public s...
Seattle police warn residents of armed teen robbery suspects targeting Asian families
Seattle police are warning residents of armed teen suspects who are connected to at least 14 robberies targeting families of Asian descent i...
Dallas and Boston rated safest large US cities in new poll
Dallas and Boston have been rated by Americans as the safest out of 16 large U.S. cities, according to a new Gallup poll. The poll results:...
Man accused of fatally shooting pregnant Seattle restaurateur pleads not guilty
The man accused of fatally shooting a pregnant business owner in a random attack in Seattle has pleaded not guilty to his charges. Plea ente...
Chilling video shows moment pregnant restaurateur was shot to death in Seattle
A surveillance video showing a gunman running up to and shooting a 34-year-old pregnant woman in Seattle has been published by multiple outl...
Convicted felon charged for fatally shooting pregnant Seattle restaurateur
Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated Cordell Maurice Goosby’s age as 37. He is 30. A man accused...
Pregnant Seattle restaurant owner shot dead by convicted felon in unprovoked attack
A restaurant owner in Seattle was fatally shot by a convicted felon in what police are calling an unprovoked attack, according to reports. H...
Asian American History
Seattle, Philadelphia Chinatowns among ‘America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places’
Philadelphia Chinatown and Seattle Chinatown-International District (CID) were listed among America’s “11 Most Endangered Historic Places” f...
Seattle teriyaki restaurant reopened by family in memory of owner killed during robbery
A teriyaki restaurant in Seattle has reopened over two months after its owner was shot and killed during an armed robbery. Hansoo Kim, the f...
Ryan General
Man arrested, then freed, for allegedly threatening to kill Seattle journalist with baseball bat
A Seattle man has been released after being arrested for allegedly threatening to kill a local journalist last week. The incident, which was...
Civil Rights
Seattle becomes first US city to ban caste discrimination
Seattle has become the first city in the world outside of South Asia to implement a ban on caste as part of its anti-discrimination law. The...
Indian graduate student killed by speeding police car in Seattle
An Indian graduate student was struck and killed by a Seattle police car while on a crosswalk in Washington. The speeding Seattle police car...
Father of singer-songwriter Sam Kim shot dead in Seattle robbery
The father of Sam Kim, a South Korean singer-songwriter, was fatally shot during a robbery in Seattle. Hansoo Kim, the 58-year-old co-owner...
Police arrest man who fell asleep in a park after attacking woman in Seattle’s Chinatown
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) has arrested a man who fell asleep in a park after attacking a woman on the way to work in the Chinatown...
Issues & Racism
Woman filmed going on racist tirade against Asian woman refuses to apologize, doubles down on ‘n-word’ claim
Ladonna Richie, the woman involved in a verbal altercation with a Taiwanese American TikTok user identified as Stephanie, has refused to ap...
Apparel
Dazzling diplomacy: Seattle Hanbok fashion show celebrates 140 years of Korea-US relations
The “Runway to Partnership” Hanbok performance and fashion show took place on Oct. 29 at the University of Washington to commemorate 140 ye...
Daniel Anderson
Seattle deli owner suffers broken hips, fractured wrist after confronting shoplifter
Young Kim, 76, was shoved to the ground when she tried to stop a shoplifter from leaving her Delridge Deli Mart at the Frye Commerce center...
Robber gives motive for stealing Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! cards on his way out of Seattle Chinatown store
Pink Gorilla Games, a 17-year-old video game store in Seattle’s Chinatown International District, fell victim to an armed robbery on Monday...
Indian American lawmaker slams Seattle police for lack of probe on feces attacks
Kshama Sawant, a 49-year-old member of the Socialist Alternative party and Seattle City Council since 2014, called out the Seattle Police D...
Seattle’s first Asian mayor cuts anti-Asian hate crime fund by 50 percent
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has reportedly slashed nearly 50% of the city’s anti-Asian hate crime fund as a consequence of a $140 million d...
Plan to expand homeless shelter near Seattle’s Chinatown dropped after protests
Chinatown-International District residents cheered the Friday announcement that King County, Seattle, will no longer pursue the planned exp...
Seattle protesters clash with supporters of ‘homeless megaplex’ plan
Unhoused counter-protesters confronted over 100 Chinatown-International District residents protesting against the proposed “homeless megapl...
Man shot dead in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District
A 35-year-old man was shot dead at the intersection of 13th Ave. South and South Lane Street in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District ...
Dozens of protesters march against Seattle’s planned homeless shelter near International District
Approximately 100 protesters flocked to Seattle City Hall to express concerns that a planned homeless shelter in the SODO neighborhood will...
Seattle Chinatown community members angered over ‘flat out racist’ expansion of homeless shelter
Seattle’s International District community members expressed disappointment over the King County council’s homeless shelter expansion in a ...
A Washington state park dedicated to Chinese goddess Mazu is finally in progress after years of effort
The effort to build a Washington state park dedicated to the Chinese Goddess of the Sea, Mazu, took a step forward on Aug. 30 when King Cou...
Seattle Chinatown community ‘left in the dark’ about homeless shelter expansion
A recent major homeless shelter expansion in three Seattle neighborhoods – Chinatown-International District, SODO and Pioneer Square – has ...
William Yuk
Seattle man charged with assault, hate crime for attacks on 3 Asian women
Michael John Allen, 40, is facing hate crime and assault charges after allegedly attacking three Asian women in two separate incidents in d...