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Pacific Northwest News � Volume 29 Number 6 � March 18, 2019 � www.asianreporter.com
The Asian Reporter
Isozaki wins PritzkerArchitecture Prize
Page 2
Ichiromaniareturns to Japan
Page 7
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The Asian Reporter
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SACRED SILENCE. Children on a bicycle move past a giant effigy locally known as “ogoh-ogoh” that symbolizes evil spirits to celebrate “Nyepi,” the annual Day ofSilence marking the Balinese Hindu New Year in Bali, Indonesia. Most Balinese practice self-reflection and stay at home to observe the quiet holiday. Tourists visiting theisland are asked not to leave their hotels and the airport also is closed. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Bali’s
airport closed for 24 hours, the internet
was turned off, and streets emptied as the
predominantly Hindu island in Indonesia
observed its New Year with an annual Day
of Silence.
“Nyepi” began at 6:00am on Thursday,
March 7, clearing beaches and all public
spaces of people except for special patrols
to ensure silence was observed. For the
second year, phone companies turned off
the mobile internet on the island, home to
more than 4 million people.
Balinese stayed indoors, covered
windows, and kept the lights off for the day
of reflection that is the most sacred in
Balinese Hinduism.
“A Day of Silence to mark Saka (Balinese
calendar) New Year for us Balinese Hindus
is an opportunity to restart life with a pure
heart,” said Wayan Gota, a hotel manager
in Kuta, one of the island’s tourist
hotspots.
“For me, through the ritual of observing
thoughts while meditating on Nyepi, in
essence I get the opportunity to evaluate
Have a
safe and
prosperous
Year of
the Pig!!
February 5, 2019 to January 24, 2020
Continued on page 4
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DRAMATIC DESIGNS. This undated photo shows Ceramic Park Mino in Tajimi, Gifu, western Japan, which wasdesigned by architect Arata Isozaki. Isozaki, who is credited with bringing together the east and west in his innovativedesigns, has been awarded this year’s Pritzker Architecture Prize, known internationally as the highest honor in the field.(Hisao Suzuki/The Pritzker Architecture Prize via AP)
China sets aside crops for wild elephants to spare farmersBEIJING (AP) — China said it plans to grow crops specifically for wild
elephants to graze on in an effort to spare the livelihoods of local farmers. The
southwestern province of Yunnan will set up the special farm in a habitat
protection area in Menghai county where 18 of the animals frequently raid the
crops of farmers from villages in the area. The 126-acre farm will grow corn,
sugarcane, bamboo, and bananas. The official Xinhua News Agency quoted an
unidentified official with the local forestry bureau as saying protecting local
residents was key to Asian elephant conservation. Wild Asian elephants are a
protected species in China, and conservation efforts have allowed their numbers
in the country to rise to about 300. As is the case with their African cousins,
Asian elephants are critically endangered due to habitat destruction and
poaching. An estimated 30,000 are left in the wild.
Asian Cup host UAE fined $150K for fans targeting QatarKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Asian Cup host United Arab Emirates
(UAE) has been fined $150,000 for fan misconduct during the team’s semifinal
loss to eventual champion Qatar. The Asian Football Confederation said
incidents included fans in Abu Dhabi “making insulting sounds” during Qatar’s
national anthem. Qatar players dodged shoes thrown by some spectators after
the second goal in a 4-0 rout at Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium. The politically
charged game was played on January 29 following 18 months of an economic and
travel boycott of Qatar by hostile regional neighbors, including the UAE. The
Asian soccer body said UAE fans also “got into a fight among themselves after
the match,” and one ran onto the field. The UAE will have to play its first home
qualifying game for the 2023 Asian Cup in an empty stadium.
Japan agrees to finance Sri Lanka’s light railway systemCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s finance ministry says Japan has
agreed to provide a loan to build the first light railway system aimed at easing
traffic congestion in the capital city of Colombo. In a statement, the ministry
said the loan will be granted in six stages until 2024 for the $1.8-billion project
that will begin this year. It said an agreement to release the first installment of
$260 million was signed between the Japan International Cooperation Agency,
which coordinates official development assistance, and Sri Lanka’s finance
ministry. The loan comes as Sri Lanka struggles to repay $5.9 billion in foreign
loans this year, of which 40 percent needs to be serviced during the first three
months.
Vietnam says fishing boat rammed, sunk by Chinese shipHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese fishing boat capsized after being
rammed by a Chinese vessel in the South China Sea’s contested Paracel Islands,
according to a Vietnamese official. China said its boat came upon the fishing
vessel after it started sinking and sought help for the crew. The boat was fishing
near Discovery Reef when the incident occurred, said the Vietnamese official,
who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to
the press. The Paracel archipelago is claimed by both Vietnam and China, which
took control of the islands in 1974. An online report by the newspaper Tuoi Tre
said the five crewmen aboard the Vietnamese boat clung to the bow of their
upturned vessel for two hours until they were rescued by another Vietnamese
fishing boat. The official Chinese Communist Party newspaper reported that a
Chinese government vessel received a distress call from a Vietnamese fishing
boat and sailed to the area, where it found the boat partly sunk. The online
report, quoting Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang, said the Chinese
ship immediately contacted China’s maritime search and rescue center to
dispatch a rescue vessel and the five Vietnamese fishermen were rescued.
China says new law will bar demands for tech handoverBEIJING (AP) — China says it will bar government authorities from
demanding overseas companies hand over technology secrets in exchange for
market share. Vice chairman of the cabinet’s economic planning agency, Ning
Jizhe, told reporters that the provision will be contained in a foreign investment
law. Accusations that China demands the disclosure of technology secrets are a
key stumbling point in the U.S.-China trade dispute that has seen a major
disruption in commerce between the world’s two largest economies. Chinese
Premier Li Keqiang set this year’s growth target for the country at 6 to 6.5
percent. Such a growth rate, if achieved, would be among the world’s strongest.
Yet it would be slightly below last year’s 6.6 percent growth in China and would
mark a new three-decade low.
34 Rohingya women, children found stranded on beachKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — More than 30 Muslim Rohingya women
and children were found stranded along a beach in Malaysia’s northernmost
state and are believed to have been dropped off by human traffickers, authorities
said. A police official in Kangar, the capital of northern Perlis state, said
villagers found the 34 people, including nine children, weak, hungry, and
covered in mud as they made their way through the muddy coast. The official,
who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the issue, said the group
was believed to have come from Thailand. He said they have been fed and
handed over to immigration officials. Nur Aziah Mohamad Shariff, an official
with the National Security Council, said it is aware of the illegal entry and is
investigating. A Myanmar welfare group said the group is believed to have been
trafficked into Thailand from Bangladesh, before heading to Malaysia, whose
dominant Malay Muslim population makes it a sympathetic destination.
Arata Isozaki wins Pritzker fordesigns blending east, west
By Yuri Kageyama
The Associated Press
TOKYO — Japanese architect Arata
Isozaki, credited with bringing
together the east and west in his
innovative designs, has been awarded this
year’s Pritzker Architecture Prize, known
internationally as the highest honor in the
field.
The 2019 prize was announced by the jury of
the Hyatt Foundation. Founded in 1979, the
prize honors each year a living architect or
architects whose work demonstrates talent
and vision, as well as a contribution to
humanity.
Isozaki is the eighth Japanese laureate,
including Kenzo Tange, under whose
apprenticeship Isozaki began his career after
graduating from the prestigious University of
Tokyo. Tange won the prize in 1987.
Isozaki, 87, was one of the first Japanese
architects to build outside the country, and has
been praised over his five-decade career for
making a statement that transcends national
boundaries through buildings that are simple
in design, but also appear to redefine the
feelings of space in people’s surroundings.
Tom Pritzker, chairman of the Hyatt
Foundation, called Isozaki’s architecture
“truly international.”
“In a global world, architecture needs that
communication,” he said.
Isozaki’s first international commission was
the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los
Angeles, which he worked on from 1981
through 1986. Isozaki said he was inspired by
the red sandstone buildings of India.
Born on Japan’s southwestern island of
Kyushu, Isozaki says the destruction of World
War II left a lasting impression while he was
growing up, and helped him become an
architect.
“I grew up on ground zero,” he said, referring
to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which lies
across the shore from his hometown of Oita,
which burned down in the war.
“It was in complete ruins, and there was no
architecture, no buildings, and not even a
city,” he said in remarks provided to The
Associated Press by the foundation. “Only
barracks and shelters surrounded me. So my
first experience of architecture was the void of
architecture, and I began to consider how
people might rebuild their homes and cities.”
He also decided against sticking to any
single style, partly because of the
uncertainties he faced as Japan tried to
rebuild from war.
“Change became constant,” he said.
“Paradoxically, this came to be my own style.”
Among Isozaki’s works are the Palau Sant
Jordi in Barcelona for the 1992 Olympics, the
Shenzen Cultural Center in China, and the
Allianz Tower in Milan. His buildings are also
found all over Japan, including museums and
community centers in Kyushu, Osaka, and
Tokyo.
The 2019 Jury Citation said Isozaki’s
architecture defied categorization as it was
always evolving.Continued on page 5
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By Yuri Kageyama
The Associated Press
TOKYO — A 116-year-old Japanese woman who
loves playing the board game Othello has been
honored as the world’s oldest living person by
Guinness World Records.
The global authority on records officially recognized
Kane Tanaka in a ceremony at the nursing home where
she lives in Fukuoka, in Japan’s southwest. Her family
and the mayor were present to celebrate.
Tanaka was born January 2, 1903, the seventh among
eight children. She married Hideo Tanaka in 1922, and
they had four children and adopted another child.
She is usually up by 6:00am and enjoys studying
mathematics.
The previous oldest living person was another Japanese
woman, Chiyo Miyako, who died in July at age 117. The
oldest person prior to Miyako was also Japanese.
Japanese tend to exhibit longevity and dominate the
oldest-person list. Although changing dietary habits
mean obesity has been rising, it’s still relatively rare in a
nation whose culinary tradition focuses on fish, rice,
vegetables, and other food low in fat. Age is also
traditionally respected here, meaning people stay active
and feel useful into their 80s and beyond.
But Tanaka has a ways to go before she is the oldest
person ever, an achievement of a French woman, Jeanne
Louise Calment, who lived to 122 years, according to
Guinness World Records.
Guinness said the world’s oldest man is still under
investigation after the man who had the honors, Masazo
Nonaka, living on Japan’s northernmost island of
Hokkaido, died in January at age 113.
Indonesia court allows dam in orangutan habitat to proceedMEDAN, Indonesia (AP) —
Environmentalists have lost a court
challenge to a Chinese-backed dam in
Indonesia that will rip through the
habitat of the most critically
endangered orangutan species.
The state administrative court in
North Sumatra’s capital, Medan,
ruled that construction can continue
despite critics of the 510-megawatt
hydro dam providing evidence that
its environmental impact assessment
was deeply flawed.
Experts say the dam will flood and
in other ways alter the habitat of an
orangutan species numbering only
about 800 primates and likely make it
impossible to take a crucial step
toward ensuring the species survives
— reconnecting fragmented forests
the primates are spread across.
Scientists announced the discovery
of a third orangutan species, Pongo
tapanuliensis, in November after
DNA analysis and field study
revealed unique characteristics.
The population, with frizzier hair
and distinctively long calls for the
males, was previously believed to be
Sumatran orangutans, also critically
endangered. Without special
protection, it’s in danger of rapid
extinction, scientists say. The species
is found only in the Batang Toru
forest, where the dam will be built.
Announcing the decision of a
three-judge panel, presiding judge
Jimmy C. Pardede said the witnesses
and facts presented by the
Indonesian Forum for the
Environment, the country’s largest
environmental group, in its case
against the North Sumatra
provincial government were irrele-
vant.
The group, known by its
Indonesian acronym Walhi, said it
would appeal.
“We will take all available legal
channels,” said Dana Prima Tarigan,
the group’s executive director for
North Sumatra.
The group said the judges
considered the case from a narrow
administrative perspective and
ignored its environmental and
conservation dimensions.
China’s state-owned Sinohydro is
building the dam, which is reportedly
financed by Chinese loans. Critics of
the project say it’s part of China’s
“Belt and Road” plans to carpet Asia
with Chinese-financed infrastructure
and extend its economic and political
influence.
Anti-dam campaigners and groups
in favor of the project held small
protests in Batang Toru and outside
the Chinese Consulate in Medan.
ELDEST AT 116. Kane Tanaka, a 116-year-old Japanese woman,gestures after receiving a Guinness World Records certificate, back, at thenursing home where she lives in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. Tanaka,who loves playing the board game Othello, was honored as the world’soldest living person by Guinness World Records. (Takuto Kaneko/KyodoNews via AP)
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DAM PROBLEM. The director general of conservation of natural resources and ecosystemsat the Indonesian Forestry Ministry, Wiratno, center, inspects a screen displaying the map of theBatang Toru Ecosystem in North Sumatra where a population of a species of orangutans wasfound, during a press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, in this November 3, 2017 file photo. Scien-tists are calling for the cancellation of a Chinese-backed hydroelectric dam in Indonesia that threat-ens the habitat of the recently discovered Pongo tapanuliensis, which numbers only 800 animals.(AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
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North Korea airs documentary glorifying Kim’s summit with TrumpBy Hyung-jin Kim
The Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea — North
Korea’s state TV has aired a
documentary glorifying leader Kim
Jong Un’s recent visit to Vietnam that
omitted the failed nuclear negotiations
with U.S. President Donald Trump.
The footage’s release came amid reports
that North Korea is restoring some
facilities at its long-range rocket launch
site that it dismantled last year as part of
disarmament steps.
North Korean documentaries are
typically propaganda venerating Kim, the
subject of a strong personality cult among
the North’s 25 million people. Some
observers say omitting the status of the
nuclear talks also shows the North hopes
to continue negotiations, while also not
letting the North Korean people know of
any diplomatic failures that could damage
Kim’s leadership.
The documentary shows a smiling Kim
talking with Trump while walking
together inside a Hanoi hotel.
It shows Kim waving from a black
limousine when it passed through a Hanoi
street lined with residents waving North
Korean and Vietnamese flags. The footage
also shows Kim visiting the North Korean
Embassy where some embassy officials
and their family members skipped and
wept with emotions before they took a
group photo with the backdrop of a huge
picture of Kim’s late father and grand-
father.
The documentary called the Kim-Trump
summit “yet another meaningful incident
on the issue of world peace.” It cited Kim as
saying North Korea and the U.S. must put
an end to their decades-long animosity and
confrontation. But the documentary didn’t
mention about the lack of an agreement
following the Kim-Trump summit.
The Hanoi summit broke down due to
disputes over U.S.-led sanctions on North
Korea. Washington and Pyongyang blame
each other for the talks’ breakdown, but
both sides still leave the door open for
future negotiations.
Two U.S.-based websites specializing in
North Korea studies cited commercial
satellite imagery as indicating that North
Korea is rebuilding some structures at its
northwestern rocket launch facility. South
Korea’s spy service gave a similar
assessment to lawmakers in Seoul in a
closed-door briefing.
“I would be very, very disappointed in
Chairman Kim,” Trump said when
reporters asked him about reports of new
work at the North’s launch site. “I don’t
think I will be” disappointed, Trump said,
“but we’ll see what happens.”
The Kim-Trump meeting in Hanoi is
their second summit, since they met for the
first time in Singapore last June. After
the first summit, Kim pledged to work
toward “complete denuclearization of the
Korean Peninsula” without providing a
roadmap or a timetable for his
disarmament steps.
Continued from page one
Crash of double-deckerbus in Hong Kong kills two
HONG KONG (AP) — A double-decker
bus that crashed into a broken-down truck
at the entrance to a harbor tunnel in Hong
Kong killed the drivers of both vehicles.
Along with the two fatalities, 15 people
aboard the bus and one inside the truck
were injured in the morning collision in the
semi-autonomous Chinese region’s Kow-
loon district.
Police said the 59-year-old bus driver,
identified only by his surname, So,
apparently failed to brake in time and
slammed into the truck, which was sitting
in a middle lane awaiting a tow truck.
They said So had worked as a bus driver for
17 years, while the truck driver, identified
by his surname, Lam, was self-employed.
Police were investigating So’s physical
state along with the mechanical condition
of the bus. Crowded Hong Kong relies
heavily on public transportation.China touts engineering feats
of new international airportBEIJING (AP) — Construction of a new
airport in China’s capital that promises to
be one of the largest in the world is
speeding toward completion.
Construction of the Beijing Daxing
International Airport is slated to finish in
late June, project manager Li Jianhua told
reporters at the site. It is to open at the end
of September — less than five years after
building began.
Situated in the city’s south, the airport
will serve 200 million people from 28 cities
in and around Beijing, Tianjin, and the
northern province of Hebei, according to
Beijing authorities. The terminal
building’s size of 11.08 million square feet
will make it the largest single airport
terminal in the world.
Li said the airport’s size won’t impede
travellers from walking through it
efficiently. The farthest distance between
the terminal and any given boarding
gate will be 1,970 feet, or an eight-minute
walk.
The Daxing project is meant to alleviate
some of the stress on Beijing Capital
International Airport, the world’s
second-busiest airport in 2018 after
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International
Airport.
DOUBLE-DECKER DISASTER. Firefightersinspect a bus after an accident in Hong Kong. Thedouble-decker bus crashed into a broken-down truckat the entrance to a harbor tunnel in Hong Kong, killingthe drivers of both vehicles. (Apple Daily via AP)
SUMMIT SPIN. North Korean Embassy staff clapwith emotion as their leader Kim Jong Un arrives atthe embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam. North Korea’s state TVhas aired a documentary glorifying leader Kim’s recentvisit to Vietnam that omitted the failed nuclear negotia-tions with Trump. The footage’s release came amid re-ports that North Korea is restoring some facilities at itslong-range rocket launch site. (KRT via AP)
U.N. says methamphetamine output booming in Southeast AsiaBANGKOK (AP) — Production of methamphetamine is
skyrocketing in Southeast Asia, with prices dropping and
usage expanding, the U.N.’s anti-drug agency said.
Even as seizures of the drug known as speed, ice, and
“ya ba” in its various forms reached a record high last
year, street prices have dropped, indicating increased
availability, said a report released by the United Nations
Office on Drugs and Crime.
The agency said methamphetamine has become the
main drug of concern in 12 out of 13 East and Southeast
Asian countries, up from five a decade ago. The only
exception was Vietnam, where heroin is considered the
major problem.
In Thailand alone, 515 million methamphetamine
tablets were seized in 2018, 17 times the total amount of
the drug seized a decade ago in all 13 countries combined,
the U.N. agency said. Much of the supply comes from
neighboring Myanmar.
“Data on seizures, prices, use, and treatment all point to
continuing expansion of the methamphetamine market in
East and Southeast Asia,” said Tun Nay Soe, the agency’s
interregional program coordinator.
The report warns that organized crime groups in the
region have stepped up their involvement in making and
trafficking methamphetamine and other drugs in the
Golden Triangle, the region where the borders of
Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand meet that has historically
been a major source of opium and heroin.
It said the drug market in East and Southeast Asia had
shifted from such opiates to methamphetamine since the
latter part of the 2000s.
“The shift to methamphetamine has affected even
countries traditionally known to have a relatively large
market for heroin, such as China and Malaysia,” it said.
“In Malaysia, the number of methamphetamine users
detected by law enforcement authorities surpassed that of
heroin users for the first time in 2017.”
In another indicator of the methamphetamine
epidemic, medical treatment related to its use dominated
the number of drug-related admissions in several East
and Southeast Asian countries, the report said.
The drug agency warned that other synthetic drugs
were also gaining traction in Asian markets.
“Potent synthetic opioids (e.g. fentanyl), implicated in
fatalities in other parts of the world, are being identified
by some countries in the region,” it said. Fentanyl is one of
a number of opioids responsible for the growing deaths of
drug users in the United States.
“Aside from methamphetamine which is getting most of
the attention because of the surge in seizures and street
price drops, synthetic opioids and other drugs have also
been found across the region,” said Jeremy Douglas,
UNODC regional representative for Southeast Asia and
the Pacific.
ENORMOUS AIRPORT. Workers pass through the terminal of the Beijing Daxing International Airport,which is currently under construction on the outskirts of Beijing, China. The new airport in China’s capital prom-ises to be one of the world’s largest. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
my achievements for the past year and
rearrange the plan of life for the next
year,” he said.
The night before, Nyepi is celebrated
with noisy “ogoh-ogoh” processions of giant
scary figures symbolizing evil spirits.
During Nyepi, any tourists on the island
have to stay in their hotels. TV and radio
broadcasts also stop.
In past years, tourists, both foreign and
Indonesian, have been arrested for
wandering around Kuta during Nyepi.
No flights or internet duringBali’s sacred Day of Silence
China’s auto sales contractionworsens in February
Market share for Chinese brands shrank
by three percent compared with the same
time last year to 41.8 percent.
Growth in sales of pure-electric and
hybrid vehicles, which Beijing is
promoting with subsidies, rose 98.9
percent over a year ago to 148,000 units.
Sales of SUVs, usually a bright spot for
the industry, contracted 18.6 percent to
141,000.
Continued from page 16
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SMUGGLING SURPRISE. In a handout photo provided by the Bureau of Customs Public InformationOffice, duct-taped turtles are seen inside luggage while being presented to reporters in Manila, the Philippines.Philippine authorities said they found more than 1,500 live exotic turtles stuffed inside luggage at Manila’s air-port. The various types of turtles were found inside four pieces of left-behind luggage of a Filipino passenger ar-riving at Ninoy Aquino International Airport on a Philippine Airlines flight from Hong Kong, according to customsofficials. (Bureau of Customs via AP)
More than 1,500 turtles foundinside luggage in the Philippines
MANILA, The Philippines (AP) —
Philippine authorities say they found more
than 1,500 live turtles stuffed inside
luggage at Manila’s airport.
The various types of turtles were found
inside four pieces of left-behind luggage of
a Filipino passenger arriving at Ninoy
Aquino International Airport on a
Philippine Airlines flight from Hong Kong,
customs officials said in a statement.
The 1,529 turtles were turned over to the
Wildlife Traffic Monitoring Unit of the
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR), the statement said.
Convictions for the illegal trading of
wildlife are punishable by a prison
sentence of up to two years and a fine of up
to 200,000 pesos ($3,861).
In 2018, Philippine authorities turned
over to the DENR a total of 560 wildlife
and endangered species, including 250
geckos and 254 corals smuggled through
air parcels, baggage, and shipments,
according to the statement.
WATER WOES. Residents line up with containers while waiting for water trucks in Mandaluyong, metropoli-tan Manila, the Philippines. Parts of metro Manila are suffering from a water shortage due to the continued dipof levels at the La Mesa dam as the country enters the dry season and the onset of El Niño, which causes below-normal rainfall conditions. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Philippine water shortage affectsmore than 6 million people
MANILA, The Philippines (AP) — More
than 6 million people have been affected by
a water shortage in large areas of the
Philippine capital and a nearby province,
with long lines forming for rationed water.
A spokesman for Manila Water Co. Inc.,
Jeric Sevilla, said water supplies will be
cut for several hours a day for 6.8 million
people in more than a million households
until the rainy season fills dams and
reservoirs in May or June.
The company said a spike in demand
and reduced water levels in a dam in the
sweltering summer are the culprits,
exacerbated by El Niño weather condi-
tions.
Congress is scheduled to hold inquiries
into the cause of the crisis.
“Possessing a profound knowledge of
architectural history and theory, and
embracing the avant-garde, he never
merely replicated the status quo,” it said.
Isozaki is now based in Japan’s
southwestern region of Okinawa but also
runs offices in China, Italy, and Spain. He
has taught at Columbia University,
Harvard, and Yale. His works also include
philosophy, visual art, film, and theater.
Isozaki will be awarded the prize in a
May ceremony at the Chateau de
Versailles in France.
Associated Press National Writer JocelynNoveck in New York contributed to this report.
Arata Isozaki wins Pritzker for designs blending east, west
Continued from page 2
Thailand PM croons, bragsabout successes on official tripBy Tassanee Vejpongsa
The Associated Press
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thai-
land — Thailand’s military-
installed prime minister crooned
a love song and boasted of his
government’s achievements during an
official visit to his home province in the
northeast ahead of the March 24 election.
Prayuth Chan-ocha led a 2014 coup
ousting Thailand’s last elected govern-
ment and is seeking this time to take
power through more legitimate means.
He appeared before a crowd of
thousands on a trip that was nominally
part of his official duties. The style of the
visit closely resembled what many people
would consider campaigning, and he has
been carrying out such activities for
several months.
“We achieved so much in five years. If we
can continue to pass another five years, we
can achieve even more,” he told supporters
in Nakhon Ratchasima province, 130
miles northeast of Bangkok, where he was
born in an army camp in 1954. “It’s up to
you whom you will choose to pick up this
work.”
Supporters chanted “Stay on longer,
Uncle Tu,” using his nickname. Prayuth
greeted and took selfies with fans who
came to welcome him, and he warmed to
the hometown audience.
“I am stopping here, with you, because
you are the best,” he sang laughingly to
them, cribbing from a love song. The
sentiments he held toward his home
province extended to all of Thailand’s 77
provinces, he told them, declaring his
heart was “with you, you, you, and you.”
He was also greeted by a large crowd as
he presided over the opening of a newly
renovated train station in another
northeastern province, Khon Kaen.
Prayuth initially disclaimed any
political ambitions after the 2014 coup.
However, the Palang Pracharath Party
nominated Prayuth as its candidate for
prime minister and hopes it can form a
government.
Critics say new election laws enacted by
his military government give Prayuth an
advantage in the polls and make it difficult
for political parties not allied with the
military to form a government.
Thai politics for more than a decade
have been dominated by a battle for power
between supporters and opponents of
former Prime Minister Thaksin
Shinawatra, who was ousted from office by
a 2006 coup. The army and other
conservative elements in Thai society,
alarmed that Thaksin upended the
traditional power structure by gaining
unbeatable electoral majorities with
populist policies, have sought to suppress
his political machine.
Thaksin went into exile in 2010 to avoid
serving a prison term on a
conflict-of-interest conviction, but his
sister Yingluck became prime minister in
2011, only to be forced from office just
ahead of the 2014 coup.
CONFIDENT CANDIDATE. Prime MinisterPrayuth Chan-ocha mingles with supporters afterattending a government-sponsored event in NakhonRatchasima, Thailand. Prayuth has been nominated bya pro-army political party to become prime ministeragain in the March 24 general election. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Meet Coi Vu!
Since December, Coi Vu has been living her
dream. As the newly appointed director of
the Asian Family Center (AFC), a program of
the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organiza-
tion (IRCO), Coi considers it an honor to lead and
design programs for the families AFC serves. But
this job, she says, is the culmination of two decades
of social-service work that was
inspired by her personal
experiences as a refugee.
In 1979, Coi was still in her
mother’s womb when her family
and many village members fled
Vietnam on a boat that eventually
shipwrecked off the coast of
Malaysia. Her father drowned
trying to rescue her mom and
siblings when he was caught in a
whirlpool. The rest of her family
were rescued by Malaysians who
took them to a refugee camp. After she was born, a
village uncle named her LaiCoi — Lai for Mai Lai
(Malaysia in Vietnamese) and Coi for mo coi, which
means orphan. (Orphan is a cultural term used
when one parent dies.)
Her family arrived in Portland in 1980. Growing
up as a 1.5-generation Vietnamese American, Coi
learned early on to navigate her dual identities. In
her 20s, she worked full-time while raising two
young nieces on her own and studying for a Bachelor
of Science degree in psychology and later a Master
of Arts degree in education. She then focused her
career on social-justice work as a community
organizer at organizations such as Impact NW and
Open School.
Like many artists and writers in Portland, I met
Coi during her five-year stint overseeing public
programming at 19 branches of the Multnomah
County Library where she offered a venue for
performances and talks. Through that position, she
was involved as a programming advisor on a
mega-documentary about the Vietnam War by Ken
Burns, a collaboration she described as memorable
for her because people are still healing from the
trauma of the war and it’s still “very real for our
communities.”
Currently she’s also a human-rights commis-
sioner for the City of Portland, an appointment in
which she looks into human-rights needs and
violations and works to bring social-change policies.
When she was hired as the director of AFC, she saw
it as a great opportunity to “lift up voices” and
advocate for other immigrants and refugees, saying,
“Every day I go home and think about the huge
responsibility and privilege it is to be in this role.
As AFC director, she’s tackling policies for early
childhood equity to help ready children in preschool
and kindergarten for elementary school. Through
IRCO, she works on direct services
such as housing stability, health
navigation, legal services, energy
assistance, and youth and
parenting programs that support
families.
IRCO and AFC are also
increasing immigration legal
services because there’s a “fear in
our communities” about current
restrictions in applying for green
cards and citizenship.
“Our Southeast Asian and
African communities are also facing deportation at
high rates,” says Coi. Through AFC she’s helping
immigrants and refugees know their rights while
advocating for policy and social change.
Established in 1976 by Asian refugees, IRCO
originally assisted refugees in finding jobs, services,
and a pathway to become citizens. As the organiza-
tion grew, it became inclusive of all immigrant and
refugee communities. AFC was founded by IRCO in
1994 and celebrates its 25th anniversary on May 2
at a gala event held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel,
located at 1441 N.E. Second Avenue in Portland.
Coi believes there’s still work to do to uplift immi-
grant and refugee communities and she’s com-
mitted to the effort. Always positive, she says she
keeps her spirits up by focusing on the “humanity of
people” even when she disagrees with them.
“When we lose focus on humanity, we get discour-
aged because we no longer feel the bond and link
with each other,” she explained. “What grounds me
is the understanding and belief we’re all connected.”
Coi was diagnosed with thyroid cancer six years
ago. As a cancer survivor, she’s well aware of the
impermanence of life, the importance of every
moment, and how “every relationship is precious
and should be valued.” To me, the signature in her
e-mail speaks to her personal mission and spirit:
I was born onto my mother’s earth. I rise above the
sea of my father’s death.
I am who I am of this sea and of this earth, of this
time and of the time of my birth.
Coi Vu is the newly appointed directorof the Asian Family Center in Portland.
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Man who lived in Asia refugeecamp now behind altar in Mississippi
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — A man who was living in a
refugee camp in the Philippines more than 20 years ago is
now the pastor at a Catholic church in Mississippi.
The Vicksburg Post reported that the Rev. Joseph
Nguyen was installed as the 18th pastor of St. Mary’s
Catholic Church in Vicksburg.
In 1991, the Vietnam native was waiting at the refugee
camp with family members to come to the U.S. Now,
Diocese of Jackson Bishop Joseph Kopacz has placed him
to succeed the retired Rev. Malcolm O’Leary.
Nguyen says he was inspired to enter the priesthood by
the dedication to serve others shown by two missionary
priests at the camp.
Nguyen arrived stateside in 1993. He was ordained in
2008, and came to St. Mary’s in September. It’s his first
pastor assignment.
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Rule to prevent illegal sales ofbaby eels approved in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — New controls are coming to
Maine’s valuable baby eel fishery this season.
A state panel approved new requirements for the
exportation of baby eels, called elvers. The Maine
Department of Marine Resources wants to add a
requirement that baby eel exporters notify the Maine
Marine Patrol 48 hours before preparing to pack and ship
the eels. The officer will then witness the packing.
The new rule is designed to deter illegal sales of the
valuable fish. Elvers are almost always worth more than
$1,000 per pound at docks. They’re then sold to Asian
aquaculture companies so they can be raised to maturity
for use as food.
Department of Marine Resources commissioner Patrick
Keliher is expected to sign off on the changes before the
elver fishing season begins March 22.
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Filipino teachers return to Baltimoreclassrooms after visas extended
BALTIMORE (AP) — Most of the two dozen Filipino
teachers who had to leave Baltimore at the end of the last
school year because of expiring visas have returned to
their classrooms.
Baltimore City Schools chief human capital officer
Jeremy Grant-Skinner told The Baltimore Sun that the
district was committed to bringing the veteran educators
back because of the value they brought to a school system
beset by high teacher turnover.
Most of the teachers worked in tough-to-fill math,
science, and special-education positions, and were hired
through a foreign teacher recruitment effort in the late
2000s to compensate for a lack of U.S.-born teachers.
The district worked with an immigration firm to secure
visa extensions and will now try to help the teachers
establish permanent residency. One case has yet to be
settled.
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Ichiromania returns to Japan:Will he retire, or won’t he?
By Stephen Wade
AP Sports Writer
TOKYO — There’s an adage in Japanese that
translates easily to English.
Deru kugi wa utareru.
The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.
Ichiro Suzuki has been the nail in a culture that values
formality, caution, and deference to authority. Doing it his
way, he’s developed into Japan’s greatest baseball player
and arguably its best athlete.
“At such a young age he already had his own mind,” said
Keizo Konishi, a reporter with the Japanese news agency
Kyodo. “The older generation tells young people what they
should do. Particularly in the structured baseball world.”
Ichiro has played 2,651 major league games since
joining the Seattle Mariners in 2001. Konishi has seen
almost every one; from Seattle to New York, then to
Miami, and back to Seattle. Add on hundreds before that
with the Orix BlueWave.
The odyssey returns him to Japan where Ichiro is
expected to play in a two-game series when the Mariners
and the Oakland A’s open the season March 20-21 at the
Tokyo Dome.
Afterward, who knows? Some Japanese want the
45-year-old to finally retire, and the Mariners have said
they want to go with youth.
One thing is certain in Tokyo: Ichiromania rules.
He’s a source of national pride; the first position player
to make it big in the majors, countering the perception
that the country produced only pitchers, and players like
Ichiro were too small. He’s revered for breaking through,
for his fashion sense, and his zen-like training. He’ll be the
first Japanese player inducted into the Baseball Hall of
Fame, almost surely on the first ballot.
He can also be aloof and arrogant, known to disdain
interviews, and often evasive with a habit of turning his
back on reporters and disparaging questions he doesn’t
like. Japanese journalists have often been targets, and
organizers say just over 1,000 are accredited for the two
games.
“On so many occasions he’s given me very interesting
answers,” Konishi said in an interview with The
Associated Press. “But he can give me a hard time. He
tries for perfect preparation. So he also requires me to be
perfect, which is not easy.”
The baseball editor at Kyodo, Takashi Yamakawa,
described two Ichiros.
“He’s acting, I think. He’s playing Ichiro,” Yamakawa
said. “There are two different aspects. There’s the very
normal, polite Japanese man. And there’s maybe the real
Ichiro breaking the rules, fighting for himself. He’s always
thinking in a different way.”
If Ichiro is the seldom-bending nail, his father,
Nobuyuki, was the hammer who put his son through
rigorous, well-documented daily baseball training from
age seven.
“It bordered on hazing and I suffered a lot. But I also
couldn’t say no to him,” American Robert Whiting quoted
Ichiro saying in his book The Samurai Way of Baseball.
The book was first sold under the title The Meaning of
Ichiro.
Whiting points out that Ichiro means “most cheerful
boy” in Japanese. He writes he “was not always so cheerful
about practicing, especially during the harsh winter days
of central Japan, when his fingers grew so numb from the
frigid air that he could not button his shirt.”
Whiting has spent much of his life in Japan writing
about baseball and Japanese culture. He speculated that
because of World War II and the American occupation,
Japan developed an inferiority complex in relation to the
United States. Tokyo’s 1964 Olympics and the booming
economy of the 1970s and ’80s remedied much of that, and
Ichiro and pitcher Hideo Nomo further boosted morale.
“The athletic field has a different kind of symbolism,”
Whiting said in an interview with The AP. “No American
could name a famous Japanese; not a top singer or the
prime minister or even the emperor after Hirohito. The
Japanese were simply known as people who could make
things. But everybody could name Nomo and Ichiro. It had
a huge impact on the country’s psyche.”
From its beginning in Japan about 150 years ago,
baseball — known as yakyu (field ball) — has been viewed
as a moral discipline and linked to the martial arts and
relentless training. Whiting recounts how the first game
between Japan and the U.S. took place in Yokohama in
1898. Japan won 29-4, and many of those players were
members of Samurai families.
“Basically, Japanese baseball involves an insane
amount of practice,” Whiting said. “The whole idea of
self-sacrifice and the development of spirit. Japanese
baseball starts voluntary training right after the new year
and camp started February 1. American spring training
looks like a three-week vacation at the Fontainebleau
Hotel in Florida.”
Whiting called Ichiro “transformational” with five
times the buzz that Nomo created just a few years before.
“He shocked everybody by how good he was. He is an
everyday Japanese position player — not a pitcher — who
had what it took to be a big star. It was something people
didn’t imagine before.”
Ichiro was must-see TV when he joined the Mariners.
Large-screen video displays in central Tokyo played —
and replayed — every game as the Mariners won 116
times in the regular season. Ichiro won the American
League batting title and was the league’s Rookie of the
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ICHIROMANIA. Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners bats during the third inning of a spring training baseball game against the Oakland Athleticsin Peoria, Arizona. Jerry Dipoto’s first introduction to the world of Ichiro was only a small taste compared to what the Seattle Mariners are about toexperience when they open the season in Tokyo with a pair of games against Oakland. The most decorated player ever to export his talents from Japanto the major leagues is returning home for what could be a farewell to his Hall of Fame career on both sides of the Pacific. His teammates can’t wait.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Permanent daylight savings in Oregon?“Hell yes,” says governor Brown
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon governor Kate Brown has
endorsed a growing movement to make daylight savings
time permanent.
When asked if she was in favor of a proposal to abolish
the yearly time shift, the Democrat told reporters “Hell
yes!”
“I think everyone’s done with the time change,” she
added.
Washington and California are also considering
shifting to permanent daylight savings time. Florida
became the first state to approve such a change.
Any state law extending daylight savings time would
have to be approved by congress.
Brown noted that this was one of the few issues where
she agrees with President Donald Trump. The president
tweeted earlier this month that daylight savings time
year-round would be “O.K. with me!”
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Tick tock, tick tock: Tokyo Olympics clock hits 500-day markBy Stephen Wade
AP Sports Writer
TOKYO — Tick tock, tick tock. The
Tokyo Olympic clock has hit 500
days to go.
Organizers marked the milestone last
week, unveiling the stylized pictogram
figures for next year’s Tokyo Olympics.
The pictogram system was first used
extensively in 1964 when the Japanese
capital last hosted the Summer Olympics
— just 19 years after the end of World War
II.
A picture system to illustrate sports
events was used in the 1936 Berlin
Olympics, and 12 years later in London.
Other Olympics sporadically used some
drawings for the same purpose.
But the ’64 Olympics originated the
standardized symbols that have become
familiar in every Olympics since.
Japanese athletes posed with the
pictograms and their designer, Masaaki
Hiromura. Organizers also toured regions
that will host Olympic events, including
the area north of Tokyo that was
devastated by the 2011 earthquake and
tsunami that resulted in damage to nearby
nuclear reactors.
“They are simple but yet dynamic,”
Hiromura said, explaining his designs to
several hundred people. “These are
pictograms that look like they are about to
start moving.”
Hiromura designed 50 pictograms for 33
sports. Some sports will use more than one
pictogram when the Olympics open on
July 24, 2020.
The ’64 Tokyo Olympics came up with
the pictograms, partly because the games
were the first in Asia and held in a country
where the language was inaccessible to
many international visitors.
Unlike other recent Olympics, con-
struction projects are largely on schedule.
The new National Stadium, the center-
piece of the games, is to be completed by
the end of the year at a cost estimated at
$1.25 billion.
That’s not to say these Olympics are
problem free.
Costs continue to rise, although local
organizers and the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) say they are cutting
costs — or at least slowing the rise.
As an example, last month organizers
said the cost of the opening and closing
ceremonies had risen by 40 percent
compared with the forecast in 2013 when
Tokyo was awarded the games.
Overall, Tokyo is spending at least $20
billion to host the Olympics. About 75
percent of this is public money, although
costs are difficult to track with arguments
over what are — and what are not —
Olympic expenses. That figure is about
three times larger than the bid forecast in
2013.
Tsunekazu Takeda, the president of the
Japanese Olympic Committee (IOC) and a
powerful International Olympic Com-
mittee member, is also being investigated
in a vote-buying scandal that may have
helped Tokyo land the Olympics.
Takeda has denied wrongdoing and has
not resigned from any of his positions with
the IOC or in Japan.
He is up for re-election to the Japanese
Olympic Committee this summer and
could face pressure to step aside.
OLYMPIC COUNTDOWN. Karate athleteKiyo Shimizu, top photo, performs during a celebra-tion to mark 500 days to go until the Tokyo Olympics,in Tokyo. Organizers marked the milestone by unveil-ing the stylized pictogram figures for the event. In thebottom photo, Rio Olympics silver medallist ShotaIizuka, top center left, karate athlete Shimizu, top cen-ter right, and elementary school students pose withthe new 2020 Olympic pictograms. (AP Photos/KojiSasahara)
UMN recyclables have fewer places to go due to Chinese banBy Isabella Murray
The Minnesota Daily
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The
University of Minnesota’s
Recycling Program recycled
more than 3.2 million pounds of material
in 2018. But with China’s ban on most
imported recyclables, some of the
university’s recycled material has no place
to go.
More than one year after the Chinese
government banned most recyclable
materials from being imported into the
county, the United States recycling
market is crowded with products that
previously would have been sold to China.
At the university, the recycling program
must store recyclables in their facilities for
longer periods of time as the supply of
recycled materials in the U.S. exceeds
demand for it.
“It feels like we are waiting in line,” Nick
Kluge, waste services supervisor for the
university’s recycling program, said to The
Minnesota Daily.
However, the university’s program has
avoided most of the ban’s negative impact
because of the way material is recycled on
campus.
The university’s program keeps
recyclables in separate bins, which are
later hand sorted. This lowers the amount
of wrong recyclable material being mixed
together, Kluge said. When material is
mixed together, it becomes contaminated,
making the material less valuable. The
program is still receiving revenue for the
recycled material they sell, which Kluge
said is not as common in the industry as it
once was.
Before China’s recycling ban was
enacted last year, around 45 percent of the
world’s recycled material was imported to
China from 1988 to 2016, according to the
Environmental and Energy Study
Institute.
In some places around the country,
certain recyclables are being incinerated
because there is no market for the material
at the moment. Minnesota has a statute
that prohibits recycled material from
being sent to a landfill or incinerated.
To stimulate the market for recyclable
materials in Minnesota, an initiative in
governor Tim Walz’s proposed budget
would offer grants to help companies start
and expand their use of recyclable
materials. This would help provide the
university with a bigger market to sell
their materials. The university currently
plans to store some recyclables in the
university’s ReUse Program Warehouse
because there is not enough room in the
recycling facility.
While the recycling industry is
struggling, some say the cause of the
problem goes back to how much material
consumers are using.
“Recycling and these things are all
great, but we have to look at consumption,”
said Todd Tanner, the university’s ReUse
program coordinator. “A lot of people
recycle a little bit here and there and think
they are making a difference, but really
they are just scratching the surface.”
Around 40 percent of material disposed
of at the university was recycled or
composted in fiscal year 2018. The
recycling program has a long-term goal of
getting 90 percent of material out of the
trash stream, said Elizabeth Logas-
Lindstrom, the university’s recycling
coordinator.
The university has different collection
bins around campus for recycling paper,
cans, and bottles. After recyclables are
collected on campus, they are then hand
sorted by employees at the university’s
recycling facility before being sold to
manufacturing companies. These
collection and sorting methods lower how
much material accidentally gets mixed
together.
Most large-scale recycling companies
collect their recyclables in one bin, which is
then sorted by a machine before they’re
sold.
“Having a cleaner product makes it
easier to find a market for material,” said
Brandon Wright, vice president of
communications and media relations for
the National Waste and Recycling
Association. “What we need right now is
more markets.”
Wright said the single-bin recycling
collection system has increased how much
material is recycled, but has also increased
how much non-recyclable material
contaminates the recycling stream.
Around one-fourth of material recycled in
the United States is contaminated,
according to the Environmental and
Energy Study Institute.
“Historically, contaminated recycling
streams were not a problem because there
was still a market for those materials,”
Wright said. “The market is not what it
used to be.”
After China’s ban went into effect, some
recycling programs had to give their
recyclables away because they can’t make
a profit from it, Tanner said.
Most of the university’s recycling
program funding comes from the
university, which has protected them from
financial stress due to the ban.
With a more competitive market for
recycled materials, recycling programs,
including the university’s, are increasing
efforts to educate people on what can be
recycled to prevent wrong material from
getting into the stream.
“Quality is much more important now,”
said Ben Knudson, a recycling expert for
Hennepin County. “In the past it was,
‘Let’s recycle more and we will figure it
out.’ Now (it is), ‘When in doubt, throw it
out.’”
To help educate people on campus about
recycling and organics, the university
recently launched a zero-waste
ambassador program that trains students,
faculty, and staff on how to educate others
about waste reduction and better recycling
practices.
“People think if something is plastic,
they can throw it into the recycling. It is
much more complicated than that,” said
Lea Payette, a university student who
attended a recent training session for the
zero-waste ambassador program.
While the university is storing collected
recyclables in its facilities for longer
periods of time, it’s continuing to increase
what material can be recycled on campus.
This semester, the recycling program is
rolling out a pilot project to recycle plastic
film, including plastic bags and packaging,
in certain buildings on campus.
In an effort to help the recycling market
in Minnesota and increase the value of
recycled material, the Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency (MPCA) is pushing for an
$800,000 biennial fund to provide grants
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U.S. immigration agency movesto close international officesWASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland
Security Department is moving toward
closing immigration services offices
outside the United States, saying it is
expected to free up millions of dollars a
year to better address a backlog in
domestic locations.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services spokeswoman Jessica Collins
said the agency is in preliminary
discussions to close offices in 20 countries
outside the United States. There are about
70 employees in Great Britain, Mexico,
South Africa, Italy, India, the Philippines,
China, and other countries.
Collins says the agency will work closely
with the State Department to avoid any
interruptions to services overseas.
Organizations, including Amnesty
International and Human Rights First,
criticized the move saying that closing
international offices would mean fewer
services for refugees. The agency says
refugee processing won’t be affected.
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“Beyond the Gate: A Tale ofPortland’s Historic Chinatowns”
Currently on display, noon-5pm (Thu-Sun), Portland
Chinatown Museum (127 NW Third Ave, Portland). View
“Beyond the Gate: A Tale of Portland’s Historic Chinatowns,” a
display of rare and seldom-seen objects such as Chinese opera
costumes, theatrical sets, bilingual text, audio-visual media, and
interactive visitor stations that tell a sprawling transnational
story of contact and trade between China and the west, focusing
on Portland’s Old Chinatown (1850-1905) and New Chinatown
(1905-1950). The exhibit is an expanded permanent version of the
display featured at the Oregon Historical Society in 2016. For
info, call (503) 224-0008 or visit <www.portlandchinatown.org>.
“A Dragon Lives Here”Currently on display (Tue-Sun), 10am-5pm, Wing Luke
Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience (719 S King
St, Seattle). Learn about Bruce Lee at “Do You Know Bruce?”
Part four of the display — “A Dragon Lives Here” — explores his
Seattle roots and the fact that Seattle, now known as a city for
innovation, technology, and entrepreneurs, also played a key role
in shaping Bruce Lee and his groundbreaking approach. For info,
call (206) 623-5124 or visit <www.wingluke.org>.
“New Years All Year Round”Currently on display (Tue-Sun), 10am-5pm, Wing Luke
Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience (719 S King
St, Seattle). View “New Years All Year Round,” a fun, family-
friendly exhibit that looks at New Year traditions, stories, toys,
games, and cuisine. For info, call (206) 623-5124 or visit
<www.wingluke.org>.
Free citizenship classesThrough Mar 31 (Sun), 12:30-3:30pm, Rockwood Library
(17917 SE Stark St, Portland). Learn about the process of
becoming a U.S. citizen and prepare for the citizenship interview
at free classes taught in English by a volunteer from SOAR Legal.
Participants learn about U.S. history and government. To
register, call (503) 384-2482, ext. 116, or e-mail <akelly@
emoregon.org>.
“Stories from Nihonmachi”Through May 5, 11am-3pm (Tue-Sat), noon-3pm (Sun); Apr 4,
3-6pm (First Thursday); Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center (121 NW
Second Ave, Portland). View “Stories from Nihonmachi,” a
multimedia exhibit by Portland artist and educator Lynn Yarne.
In the display, Yarne explores the history and culture of
Portland‘s Japantown/Chinatown district through the stories of
nine elders. Working with family members and former Old Town
residents, she gathered stories, images, and auditory recordings
to create a multimedia altar piece. Her work explores community,
memory, and the power that comes from recognizing the
strength, resilience, and sacrifice of one’s ancestors. In
conjunction with the exhibit, Grant High School digital media
students are presenting re-imagined logos from Portland Japan-
town businesses, sports teams, and organizations of the past. For
info, call (503) 224-1458 or visit <www.oregonnikkei.org>.
“Worlds Beyond Here”Through Sep 15 (Tue-Sun), 10am-5pm, Wing Luke Museum of
the Asian Pacific American Experience (719 S King St, Seattle).
View “Worlds Beyond Here: The Expanding Universe of APA
Science Fiction,” an exhibit that looks at the connection between
Asian Pacific Americans and the infinite possibilities of science
fiction. The display features pieces such as an Augmented Reality
sculpture garden, a Connection Machine (early supercomputer)
from the Living Computers Museum, a local 14-year-old
cosplayer who creates robots out of cardboard, a mix of literary
and pop culture works, and more. For info, call (206) 623-5124 or
Mar 28, 7pm, Oregon Historical Society Museum (1200 SW
Park Ave, Portland). Attend a free screening of Never Give Up!
Minoru Yasui and the Fight for Justice, a documentary about
civil-rights lawyer and activist Minoru “Min” Yasui. The
screening is followed by a discussion with film co-director Holly
Yasui and Peggy Nagae, the lead attorney for Yasui’s coram nobis
case. For info, call (503) 222-1741 or visit <www.ohs.org>. To
learn more, visit <www.minoruyasuifilm.org>.
Cherry Blossom BazaarMar 30-31, 10am-4pm, 139 NW Second Ave (Portland).
Attend the annual Cherry Blossom Bazaar, a large rummage sale
of Japanese treasures, including collectibles, dolls, furniture,
fans, kimono, ikebana, kokeshi, jewelry, books, dishware, and
more. The event is free and open to the public. For info, call (503)
224-1458 or visit <www.oregonnikkei.org>.
Massacred for Gold
Mar 31, 2:30-4pm, Portland Chinatown Museum (127 NW
Third Ave, Portland). Attend an illustrated lecture by R. Gregory
Nokes, author of Massacred for Gold: The Chinese in Hells
Canyon, at the Portland Chinatown Museum. Massacred for
Gold details an 1887 incident in which as many as 34 Chinese
gold miners were massacred on the Oregon side of Hells Canyon.
The robbery, massacre, and cover-up by a gang of white
horsethieves and schoolboys was the worst crime committed by
whites against Chinese immigrants in the American West in the
19th century. For info, call (503) 224-0008 or visit <www.portland
chinatownmuseum.org>.
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Aladdin opens March 27 at Portland’s Keller AuditoriumDisney’s Aladdin, the hit Broadway
musical, is coming to Portland for a limited
premiere engagement beginning March
27. The musical, adapted from the
animated Disney film and centuries-old
folktales including One Thousand and One
Nights, is featured at Keller Auditorium
through April 7. The performances are
held as part of the Broadway in Portland
series.
Aladdin opened on Broadway at the
New Amsterdam Theatre to critical
acclaim on March 20, 2014 and quickly
established itself as one of the biggest new
blockbusters in recent years, breaking 13
New Amsterdam Theatre house records
and welcoming nearly 10 million people
worldwide. The show’s global footprint has
expanded to include productions in Tokyo,
Hamburg, London, and Australia, in
addition to two U.S. productions.
The musical is an adaptation of Disney’s
classic story of a poor Arabian boy who
seeks to win the heart of a beautiful
princess with the help of a magic genie.
The tale sweeps audiences into a world of
adventure, comedy, and romance.
The animated film Aladdin was
released by Disney in 1992. It was a box-
office smash and the highest-grossing film
that year.
The musical begins by welcoming the
audience to the ancient city of Agrabah,
where a poor but streetwise young man
named Aladdin is caught stealing a loaf of
bread in the marketplace. He narrowly
escapes the guards with the help of his
friends and fellow thieves — Babkak, who
is always thinking about food, the timid
Omar, and tough-as-nails Kassim.
Soon, a royal entourage appears. It
includes prince Abdullah, who is on his
way to woo princess Jasmine. Aladdin gets
in the way and the prince mocks him.
After Jasmine refuses the prince and
swears to marry only for love, the Sultan
decrees she must obey the law and marry a
prince. In defiance, Jasmine runs away,
but in doing so, triggers the villainous
royal vizier, Jafar, who is desperate to gain
control of the kingdom, to find a spell to
lead him to a lamp holding an all-powerful
genie.
Eventually Jasmine and Aladdin meet.
Trying to avoid trouble, the two escape and
end up sharing with each other their
experiences of feeling trapped. Aladdin
finds the lamp and eventually releases the
genie. As his adventure continues, a cave
collapses, lies are told, and wishes are
granted.
The travelling production features a full
score, including the five cherished songs
from the Academy Award-winning sound-
track and more written especially for the
stage.
The show plays Tuesdays through
Fridays at 7:30pm, Saturdays at 2:00pm
and 7:30pm, and Sundays at 1:00pm and
6:30pm. An additional matinee show is
scheduled for Thursday, March 28 at
1:00pm. The Keller Auditorium is located
at 222 S.W. Clay Street in Portland.
For more information, or to buy tickets,
call (503) 248-4335, or visit <www.
broadwayinportland.com> or <www.port
land5.com>. To learn more, visit
<www.AladdinTheMusical.com/tour>.
Cirque du Soleil’s Corteo dazzles Portland audiencesCirque du Soleil’s Corteo
landed in Portland last week to
perform seven shows at the Rose
Quarter’s Moda Center.
Attendees on opening night were
not disappointed, as the troupe
brought its unique and
astounding program to the
Pacific Northwest.
Corteo, which features 44
performers and eight musicians
representing 18 nationalities,
began unpacking its 21 trucks
filled with stage components,
costumes, musical instruments,
makeup, sewing machines,
rigging equipment, and so much
more shortly after arriving. The
company and crew quickly set up
the main stage, two backstages,
four musician stations, and
wardrobe and makeup areas, and
also unloaded and arranged the
numerous props used in the
production.
Corteo, which means cortege in
Italian, tells the story of a joyous
procession and a festive parade in
a carnival atmosphere imagined
by a clown as he pictures his own
funeral. The show highlights
acrobatics, drama, and music in a
theatrical world of fun, comedy,
and spontaneity situated in a
mysterious space between
heaven and earth watched over
by angels.
The show first premiered in
Montreal under the Big Top in
April 2005. The events in Port-
land featured Cirque’s arena
production.
The evening of 16 acts began
with “Chandeliers,” which fea-
tured three women — the
Dreamer Clown’s former loves —
who performed aerial acrobatics
on three giant chandeliers.
“Bouncing Beds” highlighted
young kids acrobatically
bouncing on two 600-pound beds.
The “Cyr Wheel” act included
large metal hoops being rolled
around the stage by the artists,
who served as human spokes
inside the hoops.
The show continued with
“Suspended Pole,” in which an
artist performed contortion-like
shapes while flying on a
suspended pole, and “Golf,” a
humorous act with the Giant
Clown. “Artists Marionette”
presented a live puppet show for
the audience and “Hula-Hoop”
highlighted a performer spinning
and twirlling a multitude of
hoops. “Helium Dance” brought
memories of child-like delight
and “Teeterboard” showed the
athletic prowess and grace of the
performers before a 20-minute
intermission was held.
Part two of Corteo began with
“Paradis,” an act with a trampo-
line net the length of the entire
stage and two Korean double
stations by which artists flew
through the air. Then a haunting
melody was performed in “Crys-
tal Glasses and Tibetan Bowls,”
in which performers with Tibetan
bowls rotated in a circle around
the Loyal Whistler, who played
music on his crystal glasses. A
circus would not have been
complete without “Juggling,” an
act with fast-moving feats of
juggling and acrobatics with
rings, hoops, and clubs.
In “Acrobatic Ladder,” a
performer balanced on a single
ladder while attempting to reach
an angel high above. “Teatro
Intimo” presented a zany version
of “Romeo and Juliet” and
“Duo-Straps” displayed the
agility, balance, and strength of
the performers. And the finale,
“Tournik,” with its maze of bodies
swinging from horizontal bars
performing circus arts, brought
the crowd to its feet in applause.
Corteo, with its two backstages
— the company’s only touring
show arranged in such a unique
way — alongside Cirque du
Soleil’s commitment to rein-
venting the circus arts, kept the
audience on the edge of their
seats while making them laugh.
The troupe was in town
through March 17. If you missed
the performances held in Oregon,
the show’s next stop is in Reno,
Nevada, from March 21 to 24. To
learn more, or to buy tickets, visit
<www.cirquedusoleil.com>.
BROADWAY IN PORTLAND. Disney’s Alad-
din, the hit Broadway musical, is coming to Portlandfor a limited premiere engagement beginning March27. The musical is an adaptation of Disney’s classicstory of a poor Arabian boy who seeks to win the heartof a beautiful princess with the help of a magic genie.Sixteen performances will be held at the Keller Audito-rium, located at 222 S.W. Clay Street in Portland, be-tween March 27 and April 7. (Photos/Deen van Meer,courtesy of Broadway in Portland)
CORTEO. Cirque du Soleil’s Corteo landed in Portland last week to perform sevenshows at the Rose Quarter’s Moda Center. The troupe dazzled audiences with acrobatics,drama, humor, and music. Pictured are three acts in the show (clockwise from top left)— “Chandeliers,” “Crystal Glasses and Tibetan Bowls,” and “Tournik.” (AR Photos/JanLandis)
ONGOING EVENTS
“Music, Movement,and Sound”
Currently on display (Tue-Sat), 11am-4pm,
Clark County Historical Museum (1511 Main
St, Vancouver, Wash.). View “Music, Move-
ment, and Sound: An Exploration of Clark
County’s Musical Roots,” a family-friendly exhi-
bit featuring interpretative panels, historical
objects, interactive stations, and more to recall
the history of music and dance in Clark County
and southwest Washington. For info, call (360)
993-5679 or visit <www.cchmuseum.org>.
“Ice & Stone”Through Mar 24, noon-7pm (Mon),
10am-7pm (Tue-Sun), Portland Japanese
Garden (611 SW Kingston Ave, Portland). View
“Ice & Stone: Suiseki Viewing Stones from the
Huntington & Hokkaido Photographs by
Michael Kenna.” Suiseki is the Japanese art of
stone appreciation. From ancient times, people
in Japan have found beauty in rocks and
cherished them for their unique patterns which
evoke the grandeur of nature. A key element in
the art of viewing stones is the way the stones
are displayed. Each stone is positioned to be
seen from its most compelling angle, typically
mounted on a hand-carved wooden base, known
as a daiza, or set in a sand-filled tray, called a
suiban. The stones are paired with black-and-
white photography of ruggedly poetic Hokkaido
landscapes by Seattle photographer Michael
Kenna. The exhibit is on loan from the presti-
gious Huntington Library, Art Collections, and
Botanical Gardens. For info, call (503) 223-1321
or visit <www.japanesegarden.com>.
“In the Office:Subarna Talukder Bose”
Through Mar 30, 11am-5:30pm (Tue-Fri),
11am-5pm (Sat), Russo Lee Gallery (805 NW
21st Ave, Portland). View “In the Office,” an
exhibit by artist Subarna Talukder Bose, whose
paintings contemplate the microcosm in the
macrocosm — human circumstances within the
cosmic cycle. While the cosmos embraces
diversity, we humans react to diversity with
discrimination. The artist explores the constant
interplay of these opposing stances. For info,
call (503) 226-2754 or visit <www.russolee
gallery.com>.
“Small Worlds”Through Mar 30 (Tue-Sat), 11am-5:30pm,
Augen Gallery DeSoto (716 NW Davis St,
Portland). View “Small Worlds,” a group exhibit
of miniature works by artists Naomi Shigeta,
Ajay Garg, Yuji Hiratsuka, and others. For info,
call (503) 546-5056 or visit <www.augengallery.
com>.
Kiss
Through Apr 6, 7:30pm (Thu-Sat), 2pm
(Sun), CoHo Theatre (2257 NW Raleigh St,
Portland). Watch Kiss, a play about two couples
who meet for a quiet evening at home in a Syrian
city stricken by wars. For info, or to buy tickets,
America’s Test Kitchen provided this article toThe Associated Press. More recipes, cookingtips, and ingredient and product reviews are
available at <www.americastestkitchen.com>.
Warm Farro with Mushrooms and Thyme
Servings: 6
Start to finish: 1 hour
1 1/2 cups whole farro
Salt and pepper
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
12 ounces cremini mushrooms, trimmed and chopped coarse
1 shallot, minced
1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme or 1/2 teaspoon dried
3 tablespoons dry sherry
3 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
1 1/2 teaspoons sherry vinegar, plus extra for seasoning
Bring four quarts water to boil in a large pot. Add farro and one teaspoon salt and
cook until grains are tender with slight chew, 15 to 30 minutes. Drain farro, return
to now-empty pot, and cover to keep warm.
Heat two tablespoons of oil in a 12” skillet over medium heat until shimmering.
Add mushrooms, shallot, thyme, and 1/4 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring
occasionally, until moisture has evaporated and vegetables start to brown, eight to
10 minutes. Stir in sherry, scraping up any browned bits, and cook until the skillet
is almost dry.
Add farro and remaining one tablespoon oil and cook until heated through, about
two minutes. Off heat, stir in parsley and vinegar. Season with pepper and extra
vinegar to taste and serve.
Nutrition information per serving: 311 calories (79 calories from fat); 9 g fat (1 g
saturated, 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 247 mg sodium; 45 g carbohydrate; 8 g
fiber; 2 g sugar; 9 g protein.
EARTHY EATS. Warm Farro with Mushrooms and Thyme can be prepared in just an hour. The recipe ap-pears in The Complete Diabetes Cookbook. (Carl Tremblay/America’s Test Kitchen via AP)
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An electrical engineer and a weekend
baseball umpire and coach, Iwao Fukushi
recalls getting up to watch the Mariners on
TV in Gunma prefecture, just northwest of
Tokyo, and then heading to work between
innings.
“I would go to the office and then watch
on the coffee break — just five minutes,” he
said with a snicker, suggesting it might
have been longer. “We saw him every day,
and he seemed to always have one or two
hits.”
Fukushi said he believes Ichiro will
continue playing after the opening games,
or become a coach. Others think he should
stop now.
Some on social media in Japan say he’s
being used mostly to sell merchandise,
suggesting his value now is largely
commercial.
“For me, he should quit here,” said
Takashi Yamakawa, the baseball editor.
“Perfect. It’s a beautiful story.”
“Whatever he does, take your
sunglasses,” Whiting added. “Because
when he comes to bat, everybody in the
stadium will be shooting a flash camera or
an iPhone with a flash.”
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Ichiromania returns to Japan: Will he retire, or won’t he?
UMN recyclables have fewerplaces to go due to ban
to Minnesota manufacturing companies to
help increase their use of recycled
materials.
“Our markets here in Minnesota are
being flooded with material from other
parts of the country,” said Wayne Gjerde, a
sustainable materials management spe-
cialist for MPCA. The organization helps
companies use recycled material in their
products, and the budget initiative is a
way to increase these efforts, Gjerde said.
As the university is storing more
recycled material in their facilities, they
are continuing to find ways to expand
recycling on campus while educating the
community on best practices.
Continued from page 8
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NORTHWEST JOB MARKET
Metro runs the Oregon Zoo, Oregon Convention
Center, Portland Expo Center, Portland’5 Centers
for the Arts and provides services that cross city limitsand county lines including land use and transporta-tion planning, parks and nature programs, and gar-bage and recycling systems.
Visit <www.oregonmetro.gov/jobs> for currentopenings and a link to our online hiring center.
Metro is an Affirmative Action /
Equal Opportunity Employer
BIDS, SUB-BIDS & PUBLIC NOTICES
SENIOR DEVELOPER ANALYSTPortland, Oregon
Analyze, design, develop, test and document busi-ness and database applications for mainframe, clientservers, Internet and/or PC technologies. Applyknowledge of applications development and applica-tion administration to analyze, design, develop, test,implement, train, document, administer and maintainsoftware applications and/or enhancements. Dutiesmay include components of report development, In-terface development and Web software, or develop-ment of smaller scale databases on standaloneplatforms, in compliance with IT department stan-dards.
Experience and Required Skills:
Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Elec-tronic Engineering, Computer Science or closely re-lated field and 5 years of programming experiencedeveloping business applications, 5 years of experi-ence using .NET programming, ASP.NET web appli-cations, web services and console applications, C#, 5years of database development and programming onboth SQL server and Oracle platforms, 5 years of Win-dows Server application services, including IIS, TaskScheduler, Certificates and Services and 5 years of ex-perience developing tools, widgets and other pro-grams with the Esri ArcGIS desktop, electric ArcFM,ArcGIS server, ArcGIS Portal and Web applications.All experience can be gained concurrently.
To submit an application and résumé, complete anonline application profile by visiting our website at
$48,274.00 - $69,999.00 annually.Deadline date: March 21, 2019.
PARKING MANAGERPart-time, Portland Expo Center.
$22.82 - $31.95 hourly.Deadline date: March 20, 2019.
These opportunities are open to First OpportunityTarget Area (FOTA) residents: This area includes thefollowing zip codes located primarily in N, NE and asmall portion of SE Portland: 97024, 97030, 97203,97211, 97212, 97213, 97216, 97217, 97218, 97220,97227, 97230, 97233, 97236, and 97266, whose totalannual income was less than $47,000 for a householdof up to two individuals or less than $65,000 for ahousehold of three or more.
Visit <www.oregonmetro.gov/FOTA> for thecomplete job announcement and a link to our onlinehiring center or visit our lobby kiosk at Metro, 600 NEGrand Ave., Portland.
Metro is an Affirmative Action /
Equal Opportunity Employer
PRINCIPAL
OPERATIONS ANALYSTPortland, Oregon
Work with a team of analysts who gather require-ments and understand work processes in order tobuild performance metrics that support operationalexcellence for CST&D, including project metrics thatsupport process improvement. The position works onsetting direction for the metrics team, including timingand processes for integration with PACE and leadingTableau efforts. Create Tableau data model for T&D,provide backend support, lead Tableau rollout to T&Dbusiness. Create metrics to support business needs.Provide day to day direction for team and set priorities.Define roadmap for reaching a performance drivenculture and a process and timeline for integration withPACE.
Experience and Required Skills:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engi-neering or closely related field (or foreign equivalent)and 5 years of IT experience in the application, design,development and implementation of various BI toolssuch as Tableau, OBIEE (Oracle Business IntelligenceEnterprise Edition) and Informatica. Or Master’s de-gree in Computer Science, Engineering or closely re-lated field (or foreign equivalent) and 3 years of ITexperience as listed above. All experience can begained concurrently.
To submit an application and résumé, complete anonline application profile by visiting our website at
Clark College is currently accepting applications fora classified Early Childhood Education Specialist 3.This is a full-time cyclic, 9.5-month position in theChild and Family Studies Program for lead teacher inthe preschool program. Salary is $3,105/month. Forcomplete position description, closing date, require-ments and to apply, access our website at<www.clark.edu/jobs>. Clark College Human Re-sources, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver, WA98663 (360) 992-2105. AA/EO employer.
METROPORTLAND’5 CENTERS FOR THE ARTS
ON-CALL PAINTING AND
RELATED SERVICESITB 3645
Metro, a metropolitan service district organized un-der the laws of the State of Oregon and the MetroCharter, located at 600 NE Grand Avenue, Portland,OR 97232-2736, is requesting proposals for On-CallPainting and Related Services for the Portland’5 Cen-ters for the Arts.
Sealed bids are due no later than 2:00pm PacificTime April 2, 2019, in Metro’s business offices at 600NE Grand Avenue, Portland, OR 97232-2736, Atten-tion: Riko Tannenbaum, Procurement Analyst, ITB3645.
The purpose of this ITB is to seek bids from qualifiedfirms to provide On-Call general painting and paintingrelated light maintenance services at the three theaterbuildings managed by Portland’5 Centers for the Arts:
Bids can be viewed and downloaded from the Ore-gon Procurement Information Network (ORPIN), at<http://orpin.oregon.gov/open.dll>.
Metro may accept or reject any or all bids, in wholeor in part, or waive irregularities not affecting substan-tial rights if such action is deemed in the public inter-est.
Metro extends equal opportunity to all persons andspecifically encourages minority, women-owned andemerging small businesses to access and participatein this and all Metro projects, programs and services.
Metro and its contractors will not discriminateagainst any person(s), employee or applicant for em-ployment based on race, color, national origin, sex,sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, political af-filiation or marital status. Metro fully complies with TitleVI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related statutesand regulations in all programs and activities. Formore information, or to obtain a Title VI ComplaintForm, see <www.oregonmetro.gov>.
INVITATION TO BID 3645
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF
WASHINGTON COUNTY
The Housing Authority Board will hold a public hear-ing to hear and discuss public comments on theHousing Authority’s proposed Annual Plan for FiscalYear 2018 on:
Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 10:00am
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Malaysia won’t drop case against Vietnamese in Kim killingBy Eileen Ng
The Associated Press
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia —
Malaysia’s attorney-general has
ordered the murder case to proceed
against a Vietnamese woman accused in
the killing of the estranged half brother of
North Korea’s leader, prosecutors said in
court.
Prosecutor Iskandar Ahmad gave no
explanation for the refusal to drop the
murder charge against Doan Thi Huong,
who is the only suspect in custody after the
stunning decision to drop the case against
Indonesian Siti Aisyah.
The decision to move forward with
Huong’s case was slammed by both her
lawyer and Vietnam’s ambassador, who
had hoped she would be given the same
leniency as Aisyah.
Ambassador Le Quy Quynh said he was
“very disappointed” with the decision. He
said Vietnam’s justice minister had
written to the Malaysian attorney-general
seeking Huong’s release and that Vietnam
would keep lobbying Malaysia to free her.
“We will request Malaysia to have fair
judgement and release her as soon as
possible,” he said.
Huong’s lawyer, Hisyam Teh Poh Teik,
was more blunt, telling the court the
decision was “perverse.” He said
prosecutors were being unfair to Huong as
her case was similar to Aisyah.
“Very obviously, there is discrimination.
The AG favored one party to the other,”
Teh said.
Huong and Aisyah were accused of
smearing the toxic VX nerve agent on Kim
Jong Nam’s face in an airport terminal in
Kuala Lumpur on February 13, 2017. They
have said they thought they were taking
part in a harmless prank for a television
show.
They were the only people in custody
after four North Korean suspects fled the
country the same morning Kim was killed.
Both women were charged separately but
the charge against them is the same: That
they had colluded with the four North
Korean suspects to murder Kim.
A High Court judge last August had
found there was enough evidence to infer
that Aisyah, Huong, and the four North
Koreans engaged in a “well-planned
conspiracy” to kill Kim.
Lawyers for the women argued that they
were pawns in a political assassination
with clear links to the North Korean
Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, and that the
prosecution failed to show the women had
any intention to kill. Intent to kill is crucial
to a murder charge under Malaysian law.
Huong’s lawyer sought a deferment of
the trial, saying she was unwell and
needed medical treatment. He said Huong
only slept an hour a night since Aisyah’s
release and was not in a position to testify.
When asked by the judge if she was
unwell, Huong stood in the dock and said
she suffered from tension and stress.
“I have no idea what is going on,” a tired
and pale-looking Huong, who was wrapped
in a red headscarf and a coat, said through
an interpreter.
The judge agreed to postpone the trial
until April 1 but warned there should be no
more delay. The defense phase of the trial
was to have already begun.
Huong was sobbing as she spoke to
Vietnamese Embassy officials after the
court hearing ended.
In Huong’s village in Vietnam, her
family was crestfallen.
“I had hoped for good news today, but
unfortunately there is none. I’m very sad
and disappointed. I had hoped my
daughter would be freed like the
Indonesian woman,” said her 66-year-old
father Doan Van Thanh.
He said he believes his daughter is
innocent and told her to “stay calm and
hope for the best outcome.”
Huong’s stepmother, Nguyen Thi Vy,
was in tears as she slammed the court’s
decision.
“It’s so unfair. They were together, did
the same thing,” she said.
Huong could face a death sentence if she
is convicted.
Naran Singh, another lawyer for Huong,
said it was very rare for the
attorney-general to drop a murder case
after the judge had called for their defense.
He urged the attorney-general to be
transparent and explain why he dropped
the case against Aisyah but not Huong.
Associated Press reporter Hau Dinhin Vietnam contributed to this report.
UNEXPLAINED INEQUALITY. VietnameseDoan Thi Huong, center, is escorted by police as sheleaves Shah Alam High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia.Malaysia’s attorney general ordered the murder caseto proceed against the Vietnamese woman accused inthe killing of the North Korean leader’s estranged halfbrother, prosecutors said in court. (AP Photo/VincentThian)
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China’s auto sales contraction worsens in FebruaryBy Joe McDonald
The Associated Press
BEIJING — The downturn in China’s auto market
worsened in January and February as an
economic slowdown and a tariff fight with
Washington chilled demand in the industry’s biggest
global market.
Sales of SUVs, minivans, and sedans plunged 17.5
percent from a year earlier to 3.2 million SUVs, minivans,
and sedans in the first two months of 2019, according to an
industry group, the China Association of Auto
Manufacturers. Total vehicle sales, including trucks and
busses, fell 15 percent to 3.8 million units.
The decline in sales of passenger cars in January was 15
percent.
Economists and industrial analysts often combine the
first two months of the year when looking at consumer
activity to screen out the effect of the Lunar New Year
holiday, when factories close for up to two weeks and
commercial activity falls.
Chinese consumers are putting off big purchases amid
an economic downturn that saw growth last year fall to a
three-decade low of 6.6 percent. Trade tension with
Washington is fuelling consumer jitters.
The auto slump is squeezing revenue for global and
Chinese automakers that are spending heavily to meet
government targets to develop electric vehicles.
Last year’s auto sales suffered their first decline in
nearly three decades, falling 4.1 percent from 2017 to 23.7
million.
The downturn has prompted suggestions Beijing will
cut sales taxes or offer other incentives.
Sales by Chinese brands fell 23 percent to 1.3 million
units in January and February, according to CAAM.
Malaysia backtracks on plansto abolish death penalty
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s
government has backtracked on abolishing capital
punishment, saying instead that the death penalty would
no longer be mandatory for selected offenses. Rights
groups slammed the reversal and urged it to reconsider.
Deputy law minister Hanipa Maidin made the
announcement in parliament but didn’t give any reasons
for the change. He was quoted by the country’s Bernama
news agency as saying the death penalty would not be
mandatory for 11 offenses but courts would have
discretion to impose such sentences for those crimes.
N. Surendran, adviser to rights group Lawyers for
Liberty, said it was a “complete U-turn” from the
government’s announcement in October that it planned to
abolish the death penalty for all of the nearly three dozen
offenses for which it was applicable.
The total abolition plan was widely praised
internationally and he said the sudden reversal was
“shocking, unprincipled, and embarrassing.” He said it
appeared to be motivated by fear of a political backlash
and slammed the government for “moral cowardice.”
“In short, the government sacrificed principle on the
altar of political expediency,” he said in a statement. He
urged the government to reconsider its decision. He said
the death penalty is not a deterrent for serious crime and
noted that a wrongful conviction is irreversible.
The Malaysian Coalition Against the Death Penalty
echoed the call for the government to review its decision.
The group voiced concern that there are no protections for
the vulnerable and no sentencing guidelines for the court
to consider in deciding whether to hand down a death
sentence.
“So long as the death penalty exists within our system,
there is no guarantee that an innocent or vulnerable
person will not be wrongly sentenced and executed,” it
said.
The two groups also urged the government to maintain
its current moratorium on all executions and review the
