Asian American History

USCGC Florence Finch: Honoring a female Filipino American WWII hero

T The U.S. Coast Guard has commissioned its latest Sentinel-class fast response cutter (FRC) named after Florence Ebersole Smith Finch, a Filipino American woma...

Seattle Little Saigon restaurant faces 9th break-in in 4 years

Crime

12 days ago

Seattle Little Saigon restaurant faces 9th break-in in 4 years

Phnom Penh Noodle House, a family-owned restaurant in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID), experienced its ninth break-in in four years, causing si...

Seattle police seek help in IDing suspect in racist assault on elderly Asian man

Crime

October 8, 2024

Seattle police seek help in IDing suspect in racist assault on elderly Asian man

Seattle police are seeking help to identify a suspect involved in the assault of an elderly Asian man in South Seattle on June 22. What happened: The attack occ...

Asian man brutally attacked on Seattle bus calls for better passenger safety

Crime

October 7, 2024

Asian man brutally attacked on Seattle bus calls for better passenger safety

An Asian American man was viciously attacked by another passenger on a King County Metro bus in First Hill, Seattle, on Sept. 29. The victim called for King Cou...

Restraining order renewed for Chinese woman facing racist abuse from ex-Seattle cop

Crime

October 3, 2024

Restraining order renewed for Chinese woman facing racist abuse from ex-Seattle cop

On Sept. 24, a King County Superior Court judge renewed a 10-year restraining order for Zhen Jin, a Chinese American woman who, along with her elderly uncle, ha...

Nearly 40% of Seattle’s Asian residents experienced racism in past year: survey

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September 25, 2024

Nearly 40% of Seattle’s Asian residents experienced racism in past year: survey

A new study by The Asian American Foundation revealed that nearly 40% of Asian residents in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties in Seattle have experienced anti...

Seattle man confesses to killing girlfriend days before her 26th birthday

Crime

August 19, 2024

Seattle man confesses to killing girlfriend days before her 26th birthday

Seattle Police detectives are investigating a homicide in a flooded townhome in the Olympic Hills neighborhood of North Seattle. Court documents reveal disturbi...

Seattle cop fired over racist slurs toward Chinese neighbor

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June 21, 2024

Seattle cop fired over racist slurs toward Chinese neighbor

Officer Burton Hill of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) was terminated after an investigation by the Office of Police Accountability (OPA) into his racist re...

Seattle museum closes as staffers walk out over controversial language in anti-hate exhibit

News

May 27, 2024

Seattle museum closes as staffers walk out over controversial language in anti-hate exhibit

An exhibit that aimed to confront hate against minority communities led to the temporary closure of Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum after pro-Palestine staffer...

Wing Luke Museum launches ‘Confronting Hate Together’ exhibit

Impact

May 8, 2024

Wing Luke Museum launches ‘Confronting Hate Together’ exhibit

Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum is collaborating with two other organizations for a new exhibit aimed at shining a spotlight on racism, antisemitism and bigotry that...