Koreans Charged in Cooking Oil Heist
Korea Times, News Report, Posted: Sep 25, 2010
Two Korean men were arrested in New Jersey and charged with attempting to steal 1,400 gallons of used cooking oil from a local eatery last week.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: arrested, korean men, new jersey, steal, used cooking oil
Obama Appoints Five Asian Americans to Key Posts
Asian Week, News Report, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
Obama announced his plans to appoint two female Laotian Americans to key administration posts.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: indianobama, laotianobama, Obama appointees, obamaappointees, obamaasian
19 Filipinos Win in Hawaii Primaries
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Sep 24, 2010
A Filipino American is the Republican Party's nominee for lieutenant governor of Hawaii.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Politics & Governance
Tags: asiancandidates, asianrepublicans, filipino, filipinocandidates, hawaii, primaryelections
More Chinese Kids Use Both Parents' Names
Sing Tao Daily, News Report, Posted: Sep 22, 2010
Giving children both of their parents' last names is becoming increasingly popular in China as a result of the one-child policy.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: chinesenames, chineseparents, hyphenatednames, lastnames, onechildpolicy
Latinos Hit Hardest by Recession
El Nuevo Día, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
No ethnic group has suffered more from the U.S. economic recession than the Latino community, reports El Nuevo Día.
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino
Tags: economiccrisis, latinoseconomy, latinosjobs, latinospoverty, latinosrecession, recessionlatinos
Obama Picks Two Filipino Advisers
Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Sep 21, 2010
President Obama has appointed two prominent Filipino Americans as White House advisers on Asian-American issues.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: Asian American issues, Obama appointees, white house advisers
Vietnam to Offer Affordable Housing to its Poor
Nguoi-Viet.com, News Report, Posted: Sep 15, 2010
Vietnam is trying to be a socialist country. It has begun construction on affordable housing projects for its poor.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: affordable housing, low-income, Vietnam
Hong Kong-Bound Filipino Workers Cancelling Jobs
GMANews.TV , News Report, Posted: Sep 14, 2010
Job recruiters are worried over reports that several overseas Filipino workers bound for Hong Kong have been canceling their employment contracts following the backlash from the August 23 hostage tragedy in Manila, where eight tourists from the Chinese region were killed.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: canceling, employment, filipino, job recruiters, workers
Controversial Ad Campaign Creates Headlines Nationwide
Asianweek.com, News Report, Posted: Sep 13, 2010
The controversial message, “Which one deserves to die?” featuring 10 smiling Asian American physicians, beauty queens, basketball players, family members and office workers has generated coast-to-coast buzz and headlines for the Hep B-free movement.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: ad, campaign, controversy, Hep B-free
Friendly Fire May Have Killed Some Manila Hostages
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
Some of the eight victims in the August 23 hostage-taking tragedy died due to “friendly fire,” according to forensic findings from the Philippine police.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: friendly fire, hostage, Philippines
Obama: Mexico Is No Colombia
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Sep 10, 2010
President Barack Obama yesterday dismissed the comparison Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made between Mexico and Colombia.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latin America, Latino, Politics & Governance
Tags: clintonmexico, drugcartels, mexicancartels, mexicocolombia, narcoviolence, obamamexico
Hanoi to Close 200 Internet Cafes Near Schools
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Sep 09, 2010
Hanoi authorities have identified 204 gaming shops to be disconnected from Internet service providers as they are located too close to schools.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Science & Technology
Tags: internetcafe, vietnam, vietnaminternet
Egypt Exhibit to Stay in Indiana
ALO Magazine, News Report, Posted: Sep 07, 2010
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis now houses a major exhibit on Egypt and Arabic culture as part of its permanent collection.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic
Tags: Arab American, children's museum of indianapolis, cultural understanding, Egypt, Middle Eastern
Korean Man Wins $10 Million Jackpot
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Sep 07, 2010
A Korean man recently joined the millionaire's club after his numbers came up in the state lottery, the same set of numbers he says he dreamed of years earlier.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: dream, Korean, lottery, millionaire, numbers
Filipinos Students Most Improved in English, Math
Filamstar.net, News Report, Posted: Sep 03, 2010
Filipino students showed the most improvement on the English-language and math portions of state standardized tests for the past eight years.
Categories: Asian, Education, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: education, english proficiency, filipino american students
18K Undocumented Filipinos Flew Home in '09
Filamstar.Net, News Report, Posted: Sep 02, 2010
More than 18,000 undocumented Filipinos in the United States voluntarily went home last year, avoiding possible detention and deportation.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: bad economy, Filipinos, homeland, U.S. crackdown, voluntary return