‘Mount Everest Way’ Named in Queens
A street in Jackson Heights has been co-named “Mount Everest Way” in recognition of the Nepalese community’s growing influence in the area, reports Everest Times.
A street in Jackson Heights has been co-named “Mount Everest Way” in recognition of the Nepalese community’s growing influence in the area, reports Everest Times.
The Asian American Arts Centre will give more than 100 works of art inspired by the Tiananmen Square massacre to the California-based organization Humanitarian China for a traveling exhibition and a planned museum, reports Sing Tao Daily.
Tiananmen Square activist Wang Dan celebrated his 50th birthday with friends, including others who 30 years ago fought against autocracy, reports World Journal.
The grand-niece of Yu Gwan-sun, a heroine of the March 1st Korean independence movement, speaks with The Korea Times about her great-aunt and other relatives active in the movement.
The nephew of Thang Kheong Ng, who died after being attacked at Seaport Buffet in Sheepshead Bay, asks the public to offer support not just to the victims’ families but to the suspect’s as well, reports Sing Tao Daily.
Chhaya Community Development Corporation explains to News India Times what they took issue with in the Amazon deal.
The Korea Daily talks with Jennifer Kim, co-director of the Immigrant Justice Project.
“When I met President Carter, I told him I was Teresa Chao and thanked him. He said: ‘I remember you. That was my job, what I should do. I wish you the best’,” Teresa Chao, aka Teresa Buczacki, told the World Journal. Chao, who used the Chinese Yunhui Chao backRead More
Nepali-born Prasha Tuladhar, who had advocated for organ donation, died two days before the third anniversary of her receipt of a double-lung transplant.
Celebrants gather on Feb. 9 for the Flushing Lunar New Year parade.
After eight years, victims and their families received compensation for the fire that engulfed their homes on Grand Street, World Journal reports.
Announcement of a resolution of a years-old problem gave Mayor Bill de Blasio an opportunity to make amends with the Chinese community, reports Sing Tao Daily.
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson joined Queens Council member Paul Vallone at a meeting with Korean-American leaders to address community issues such as education and small businesses, report QNS and Queens Chronicle.
Desi Talk interviews Kevin Thomas, the first Indian American member of the New York State Senate and one of the newly-elected Democratic senators who reflect the changing demographics of Long Island.
NYC Public Advocate candidate and former City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito visited the Chinese community on Jan. 31 to discuss her positions on various issues, reports Sing Tao Daily.