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Crime
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 happ...
Michelle De Pacina
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...
Home
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 h...
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 docum...
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...
Editorial Staff
Impact
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, antisemit...
Bryan Ke
Culture
Washington lawmakers introduce bill recognizing Lunar New Year as a holiday
Washington lawmakers recently proposed a new bill that would recognize the Lunar New Year as a state-wide holiday. About the legislation: On...
Entertainment
Alex Landi teases return as Dr. Nico Kim in ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Season 20
Alex Landi has teased his return for the 20th season of “Grey’s Anatomy.” Back in the scrubs: Landi, 31, posted a photo on...
USPS to release Year of the Dragon stamp
The U.S. Postal Service will release a Year of the Dragon stamp — the fifth in its Lunar New Year series — at a public event next week. Abou...
Wing Luke Museum staffers speak out after anti-Asian vandalism
Months after falling victim to a hate-fueled vandalism, the staffers at Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum are speaking out for the first time...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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