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The Seattle Fire Department (SFD) is investigating the cause of a fire on Oct. 24 at 400 7th Avenue South in the Chinatown-International District. Originally a two-alarm fire, it was downgraded, meaning some crews were pulled back. A search of the building came up empty. SFD tweeted that the building was vacant and there were no injuries. 

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led to struggles in both life and school,” Chin said—struggles that could have been avoided.

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“We went through our entire K-12 experiences without any information to protect ourselves,” said Kaitlyn Chin, a University of Washington freshman who is a sexual assault survivor. Chin spoke during the AAPI Candidates and Issues Forum on Oct. 22 of the importance of approving Referendum 90. “We are now entering college or the workforce with trauma that has ultimately

Liezl Rebugio with the Approve R-90 campaign is a mother. “I am voting to approve 90 so my girls have better information than I did growing up to protect themselves from abuse and make good decisions about relationships and their health,” Rebugio said. The Washington state Legislature

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SEATTLE — Eleven people were indicted for their parts in manufacturing, distributing, and profiting from the production and distribution of illegal marijuana across the country and in the Puget Sound region. Some of the defendants were arrested on Oct. 21 in coordinated searches of 27 locations in the Puget Sound region and additional searches in New York. Many of the locations in Washington were illegal grow houses, and others were businesses that allegedly served as front companies.

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Former Mariners pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma, who has a combined 170 wins over his career in Japan and the major leagues, plans to retire at the end of the season, his club announced on Oct. 19. Iwakuma returned to Nippon Professional Baseball in 2019 after six years with the Seattle Mariners, but has yet to pitch for the Yomiuri Giants due to lingering Hisashi Iwakuma shoulder issues following a 2017 surgery that derailed his career in the majors. Iwakuma joined the Mariners in 2012 and racked up 63 wins over his time with the club, including a no-hitter in 2015. He spent the entire 2018 season in the minors following shoulder surgery and was acquired by the Giants in the offseason after turning down a coaching role with Seattle. 

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The South Seattle Emerald in partnership with Rainier Avenue Radio is hosting a T’Challaween Costume Parade on Beacon Hill. This event on Oct. 31 will feature a 3/4-mile, socially distant, and COVIDsafe costume parade along the Beacon Hill Greenway. Paraders will travel north to south from around South College Street to South Hanford Street along 18th Avenue South (join anywhere along the route) and catch “no-touch” candy from volunteers! Rainier Avenue Radio will livestream the event at rainieravenueradio.world. 

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills adds its first Asian cast member Geoteaming CEO John Chen held a 4-day virtual conference from Oct. 21-24. The conference was geared for people with Zoom fatigue or those who have run out of new ideas for

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (RHOBH) will welcome its first Asian American housewife after 10 seasons—and one of just a few Asian American housewives in the entire franchise. Crystal Kung Minkoff is joining RHOBH for season 11, according to People magazine. She will be RHOBH’s

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First ever English translation of South Korean “comfort women” novel Local couple teams up with UW Press

By Kai Curry NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY For over 40 years, Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton have been bringing vital works of Korean language fiction and nonfiction to the English-speaking world. Professional translators since 1979, the married couple has made it their life’s mission to share Korean stories, history, and culture with nonKorean speaking readers. Their latest effort, One Left, or Han Myong, by Kim Soom, is the first novel from South Korea that deals solely with the subject Kim Soom of “comfort women,” or wianbu. “Some books ask you, ‘Please translate me,’” Ju-Chan told the Weekly. “This book, all the pain was there, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. This woman…goes to see the last dying registered “comfort woman”…The timing was perfect because we talked about the #MeToo survivors and human trafficking. Then finally somebody wrote it after 75 years, finally a Korean writer wrote this, and we wanted to translate it…it was our duty…that’s why we did it.”

Hall Seattle presentation, that they did not take on the novel with the intention of Japan bashing, but with an appreciation for the brave work done by Soom and an intention of healing—for all. “Those of us who study Korea, we can’t help but gain some knowledge about Japan.

It’s no secret that, over the centuries, Japan and Korea have had a very contentious relationship,” Bruce said on the colonization of Korea by Japan from 1910 to 1945. “But…what the novel is really about is the see TRANSLATION on 9

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One Left is not the first novel about “comfort women,” yet it is the first to come out of Korea itself, from where some of the largest numbers of “comfort women” were either abducted or falsely misled into sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers during World War II. The Fultons were clear during their conversation with the Weekly, and during a recent Town

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teaches the world about the Moon Goddess and letting go On the heels of this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival comes “Over the Moon,” an animated children’s movie that celebrates the Moon Goddess and the holiday that originated, at least in part, to honor her legend. A joint production of Netflix in the United States and Pearl Studio in China, the film began streaming on Oct. 23 as part of Netflix’s Representation Matters Collection. It features an all-Asian cast and pays close attention to Chinese culture and traditions. “Every single person on the creative team took great care in making sure that everyone had enough research, and also that they were telling true, authentic stories,” said Cathy Ang, who voices Fei Fei, the protagonist who struggles to adapt to the loss of her mother. When Fei Fei’s father decides it’s time to move on, and introduces a potential stepmother and stepbrother into Fei Fei’s family circle, she comes up with a plan to fly to the moon to prove that her mother’s favorite story about the Moon Goddess is true. She thinks this will force her father to “remember” his wife and stall the inevitable changes that life brings. Ultimately, Fei Fei and the Moon Goddess learn that sometimes life is about letting go. “I think it’s a lesson that we all have to learn one way or another with different people in our lives, whether it be a relationship, a parent, a child,” said executive producer Janet Yang, whose prior projects include “The Joy Luck Club” and “Empire of the Sun.” “You have to let them go and you can do it in a very loving way.” Because she has to grow through this herself, Fei Fei is able to help Chang’e, the Moon Goddess, understand that she, too, has to let go of her dream of reuniting with her long-deceased lover, Houyi, and realize she is surrounded by love. “I think one of the most beautiful lessons people can take away is that family comes in a lot of different forms. There are people that are willing to take care of you and want to take care of you—if you can open yourself up to them,” shared Ang, who admitted that this Moon Festival, she tried to make homemade moon cakes for the first time. “They didn’t go perfectly,” she laughed. Ang, who is Chinese Filipino, recalls that during her childhood, “We’d go to Chinatown and see the lantern festival and see dragon dancing. I feel like I really did get to share a part of my personal family traditions in this movie.” The cultural details presented throughout the movie are evocative and detailed. “A lot of research went into all the different rituals,” confided Yang. “The food scenes, the big dinner, I could recognize every single dish on that dinner table and they’re all classic dishes,” she said. I also enjoyed the dinner scenes for the amusing banter between the aunties, and the convincing portrayal of the warmth and good cheer of holiday-time family gatherings. While the movie does pay respectful tribute to Chinese tradition, things change a little bit when Fei Fei leaves the atmosphere. I was put off by the animation style of the Moon kingdom, where I felt

propelled into a Grateful Dead meets Electric Daisy Carnival of jelly fu dogs, jelly moon cakes, and bizarre neon blobs. There are funny “biker chicks” that look suspiciously like Angry Birds, yet don’t act funny—they aren’t nice—and there are other unpleasant inclusions, such as a deadly moon beam that slices anything that passes through it, and the most cheerful inhabitant—Gobi, voiced by Ken Jeong—has been horribly outcast and exiled from the palace. In fact, the Moon kingdom is not fun. Chang’e is not the gracious host everyone, including Fei Fei, expected. She’s been disillusioned by grief and is a raging diva. She even has security and—inexplicably —an interrogation room. Who she is see MOVIES on 8

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Fei Fei (Cathy Ang) shares a precious family moment under the Moon with her mother (Ruthie Ann Miles) and father (John Cho).

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How Seattle Symphony cellist Nathan Chan brings classical music to social media By Agueda Pacheco Flores Crosscut.com REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION Before he could read, let alone read sheet music, Seattle Symphony cellist Nathan Chan had already conducted an orchestra through Mozart’s Variations. At 3 years old, Chan directed the San Jose Chamber Orchestra— and had to stand on a chair to see over the podium. The former child prodigy chalks up his early classical music chops to an unlikely and shortlived technology. “My parents had these amazing things called laser discs, which were giant DVDs, and there were recordings of great orchestras with conductors like Herbert von Karajan, Seiji Ozawa and, of course, Leonard Bernstein,” he says, excitedly. “I happened to have an affinity with them, and emulated them.” The young Chan would run to the kitchen, grab a chopstick and pretend it was a baton. His imitation was pretty good— so good that his skills caught someone’s attention during a live concert he attended with his

parents. Sitting just a few rows behind him was Sara Jobin, the San Francisco Opera’s assistant conductor. Jobin eventually mentored Chan until he began formal cello lessons at the age of 5. Now, Chan is a 26-year-old musician recording his own videos, breaking his cello out of the classical world and onto YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. One second he’s “going rogue” backstage at the Seattle Symphony, re-creating the two opening notes of Dr. Dre’s “Still D.R.E.” Next he’s covering the theme song from this year’s videogame hit, Animal Crossing: New Horizons. His YouTube channel, where he posts new videos at least twice a month, has 48,000 subscribers. In 2017, Chan left New York City to join the Seattle Symphony and has since become assistant principal cellist. A graduate of both Columbia University and The Juilliard School, Chan has played with orchestras around the world, performed at Carnegie Hall and was recruited by soul singer Roberta Flack to record on a Beatles tribute album. Having just completed a virtual

YOU’VE BEEN PLAYING CELLO SINCE YOU WERE 5. DO YOU REMEMBER WHY YOU CHOSE THAT INSTRUMENT? A lot of the times in these amazing conducting videos, in particular the recording of the Berlin Philharmonic with Beethoven No. 5, there’s a section where the entire double bass section is playing these two, very low, powerful notes. I remember being very drawn to the sound and the immense size of the double bass. I wanted to play the double bass at first, but I was, and still am, a smaller person. [My parents] said, “I think this instrument’s a bit too big. We better take it down a notch.”

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event with Emerald City Music, where he is an artist-in-residence this fall, Chan is set for his next concert, playing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with the Seattle Symphony (Oct. 29, 7:30 p.m.). The musicians must take the Benaroya Hall stage spread at a safe distance, rather than sitting elbow to elbow, but Chan doesn’t mind. “Musicians are consistently making hundreds of microadjustments,” he says, “so this does not faze me.”

HOW DO YOU THINK YOU ARE REDEFINING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CLASSICAL MUSICIAN? I’ve always hated the notion that classical music has some sort of barrier to entry. The reason why I love playing pop covers and love sharing what I do with people online is because I want to reintroduce this friendliness and approachability to classical music. In some ways, classical

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WHAT’S ONE WAY THE PANDEMIC HAS IMPACTED YOUR ART? It placed an interesting separation between my existing work and my new projects. It gave me a chance to think; Why do I do what I do? Having to take a lot of my music from the live experience to the online world was affirming. ... It’s something I had always been doing. Having that experience be the only option was very eye-opening. Although it reaffirmed a lot of things that I did online, it also made me appreciate the power of people coming together in a public space to share in something special. DO YOU THINK THE PANDEMIC HAS AFFECTED THE WAY PEOPLE VALUE ARTS AND CULTURE? Absolutely. I think one of my favorite viral things that was see CHAN on 11

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Crews vacuum ‘murder hornets’ out of Washington nest BLAINE, Wash. (AP) — Heavily protected crews in Washington state worked on Oct. 24 to destroy the first nest of so-called murder hornets discovered in the United States. The state Agriculture Department had spent weeks searching, trapping and using dental floss to tie tracking devices to Asian giant hornets, which can deliver painful stings to people and spit venom but are the biggest threat to honeybees that farmers depend on to pollinate crops. The nest found in the city of Blaine near the Canadian border is about the size of a basketball and contained an estimated 100 to 200 hornets, according to scientists who announced the find. Crews wearing thick protective suits vacuumed the invasive insects from the cavity of a tree into large canisters on Oct. 24. The suits prevent the hornets’ 6-millimeter-long stingers from hurting workers, who also wore face shields because the trapped hornets can spit a painful venom into their eyes. The tree will be cut down to extract newborn hornets and learn if any queens have left the hive already, scientists said. Officials suspect more nests may be in the area and will keep searching. Despite their nickname and the hype that has stirred fears in an already bleak

year, the world’s largest hornets kill at most a few dozen people a year in Asian countries, and experts say it is probably far less. Meanwhile, hornets, wasps and bees typically found in the United States kill an average of 62 people a year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said. The real threat from Asian giant hornets—which are 2 inches long—is their devastating attacks on honeybees, which are already under siege from problems like mites, diseases, pesticides and loss of food. The invasive insect is normally found in China, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Vietnam, and other Asian countries. Washington state and the Canadian province of British Columbia are the only places the hornets have been found on the continent. 

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fed up with white people calling 911 about people of color selling water bottles, barbecuing or otherwise going about their lives, San Francisco leaders unanimously approved hate crime legislation giving the targets of those calls the ability to sue the caller. The Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday on the Caution Against Racial and Exploitative Non-Emergencies Act, also known as the CAREN legislation. It’s a nod to a popular meme using the name “Karen’’ to describe an entitled white woman whose actions stem from her privilege, such

as using police to target people of color. All 11 supervisors signed on to the legislation, guaranteeing its passage, despite criticism that the name is sexist and divisive. It comes amid a national reckoning on race sparked by the police killings of Black Americans and instances where white people called for officers to investigate people of color. “We don’t want what happened to Emmett Till in 1955, or the long history of false accusations of black men and boys in this country, due to weaponizing law enforcement, to threaten, terrorize, and sometimes even kill them, to ever happen again,’’ said Supervisor Shamann Walton, who introduced the legislation and is Black. “I really want to emphasize that 911 is not a customer service line for someone’s racist behavior,“ he said. Walton was the only supervisor to speak. Till was a Black teenager beaten to death in 1955 after accusations by a white woman who later admitted to lying. In May, Amy Cooper, a white woman, called 911 from Manhattan’s Central Park, falsely claiming that a Black man—who had politely asked her to leash her dog—was threatening her. She has been charged with filing a false police report. In San Francisco, a white couple was criticized on social media after video was widely shared of them questioning a Filipino American stenciling “Black Lives Matter’’ on a retaining wall in front of his home in June. They later called police. James Juanillo said he chose yellow chalk to match the color of the house. When the couple approached him, they repeatedly demanded to know if it was his home because he was defacing private property.

“They tried to cast it as a criminal scene,’’ he said. “It was me calmly applying chalk, not spray paint, not in the middle of the night but very deliberately. The only thing that was missing was a pinot grigio.’’ Supporters of the legislation say it is crushing to be confronted by police because someone saw you as a threat, possibly as a criminal or as not belonging. It’s especially terrifying for Black people, whose encounters with police could end in violence. Other places have moved to make placing racist 911 calls a hate crime. California’s governor recently signed a measure making the crime a misdemeanor punishable by jail time and a fine. New York approved legislation allowing the victims of racist 911 calls to sue. The San Francisco legislation gives people the right to sue a 911 caller in civil court, and supporters hope it will make some think twice before turning to police. The discrimination need not be only racial; it can also be due to the person’s sex, age, religion, disability, gender identity, weight or height. The legislation does not spell out the standards needed to sue. But it notes that qualifying calls are those that caused the person to feel harassed or embarrassed; damaged the person’s reputation or business prospects; or forced the person from an area where they had a lawful right to be. The board has received written complaints from eight people—several whose names have different spellings of Karen—saying they support the legislation but object to its moniker, which they call sexist and ageist. Walton has dismissed the concerns, saying the legislation does not refer to any individual. 

MOVIES from 5 interrogating on such a regular basis that she needs a dedicated room is not apparent. When we meet her, she launches into a self-adulating pop tune that I didn’t find catchy and which miscategorizes the Moon in a double entendre (she’s acting like “a star,” a celebrity) that, to me, does a disservice to children for whom such stories are educational opportunities. The movie had me wondering why children’s movies have to have music, and why the numbers didn’t have more of the “stick in your head” quality equated with the Disney blockbusters that executive producer and director Glen Keane has worked on. It doesn’t mean the songs don’t do a good job of storytelling and creating mood. One of Yang’s favorite parts of the movie is when Fei Fei/Ang sings “Rocket to the Moon” and creates a legitimate feeling of soaring and that desire for escape that children often feel when something in their world isn’t going the way that they wanted. And Fei Fei herself provides a realistic role model of a young girl struggling to respond to life’s ups and downs. “She’s incredibly intelligent,” described Ang. “She’s very passionate about science and problem-solving, and she has so much confidence in herself that she just doesn’t give up on anything. Finally, she’s so motivated by love…I think she’s a beautiful character that people everywhere can look up to.” Music and psychedelic moonscape aside, the themes of the movie are heartwarming, inspiring, and, yes, educational. For those unfamiliar with the Moon Festival, the movie is sure to pique curiosity about Chinese culture, while its universal values should appeal to just about everyone. “The story about healing…is really poignant, especially right now when so many people

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feel like they’ve lost something or are grieving something,” said Ang. “I think it’s an important story for kids, parents, everyone in the world.” The general appeal of “Over the Moon” at a time when race and nationality are hot button issues was something that Yang also felt optimistic about. “It’s a difficult time these days to talk about China,” she acknowledged. “It’s become so weaponized and politicized, but what I most appreciate about [the movie] is that it’s about humans…This has always been a message that I’ve wanted to bring into all my projects—the humanization of people that might get branded or stereotyped or categorized and really we’re all just humans.” Ang hopes that “Over the Moon” will inspire the kids of today’s generation in the same way that Mulan inspired her when she was growing up. “I looked up to Mulan and I saw myself in her. I hope that Asian kids everywhere can feel validated by this movie. I hope that they see the rest of the world celebrating them and their culture. It will encourage kids to embrace who they are, embrace their roots, and hopefully also share their own stories.”  Kai can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.

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cooptation of the female body, which has a long history in Korea, a long history in Japan, and is developing a long history in the United States.” “This book is very liberating and triumphant, with a happy ending, and that’s what we were looking at,” Ju-Chan said. “If it was just a miserable and unhappy ending, probably we wouldn’t [translate] that.” Bruce, who teaches Korean literature at the University of British Columbia, added, “By all means, healing on both sides was one of the underlying reasons for our selection.” During their Town Hall talk, Bruce explained, “As for trauma, this year seems to be an especially important time for considering our work in light of social justice, truth, and reconciliation. To give voice to these women…is something we consider a necessary dimension of addressing the historical outrages that modern Korea, no less than any other nation, and perhaps more so, has experienced.” During World War II, 360,000 to 410,000 “comfort women” were forced into sexual service by the Japanese. The term itself— “comfort woman”—is a euphemism distasteful to many as it disguises the true nature of the tragedy, and the Fultons make sure to keep it in quote marks. The number of women cannot be accurately determined because, with the exception of Hitler’s Nazi Germany, regimes do not usually

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keep track when they are abusing and murdering people. While the majority of “comfort women” were Korean or Chinese, other nationalities were also represented, including Japan itself, and Europe in particular, Dutch female prisoners of war. Males of colonized Korea were also conscripted for labor in mines and factories. To date, Japan has not owned up to these wartime crimes in a manner that has been acceptable to the survivors. “What remains a sticking point in Korea, in our understanding, is that the Japanese government seems to have delegated the reconciliation part of the truth-reconciliation process to a non-governmental organization,” Bruce explained, referring to an Asian Women’s Fund that has been set up to distribute some compensation to “comfort women.” We can wait for governments to make amends, and that day might never come, but we can still heal as individuals. One of the aspects that the Fultons most

REF. 90 from 1 passed a routine sex education requirement for public schools earlier this year. But a coalition of Republicans and religious conservatives launched a swift, historic backlash that’s led to a bitter partisan fight. The resulting referendum on the November ballot marks the first time in the country that such a decision on sex ed will be decided by voters. Under the wide-ranging bill, kindergarteners would be taught how to manage feelings and make friends, while older kids will learn about consent and how to respond to violence. The curriculum must also address issues faced by LGBTQ students. At least 29 states plus Washington, D.C., require public schools to teach sex education, but the National Conference of State Legislatures and the Education Commission of the States—two organizations that track policy trends—said it has never appeared on a statewide ballot. A Washington state group funded by Republican leaders, called Parents for Safe Schools, forced the issue onto the ballot by submitting over 264,000 signatures, the most gathered for a referendum to overturn an existing bill or law in the past four decades, according to the secretary of state. It was double the minimum number needed to make the ballot, with two-thirds coming from church sites. Also speaking at the AAPI Candidates and Issue Forum, Dr. Kevin Wang said this kind of curriculum is key because health care providers—family physicians, pediatricians, primary care doctors—can’t reach everyone. “I want all youth in Washington to have a safe and healthy future,” said Wang, who is a faculty member at Swedish First Hill’s Family Medicine residency program.

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Wang said the information will be “high quality and medically accurate.” Students will learn how to respect personal boundaries, ask for consent, and learn to say and receive a no. Rebugio said 34% of all child sexual abuse victims are assaulted by the time they are 12. “Children being sexually abused often don't understand what is happening until someone provides them with the tools and language to communicate it with a trusted adult,” said Rebugio.

liked about One Left was that it gave the “comfort women” a strong sense of individuality. In the novel, the protagonist, as Bruce described to the Town Hall audience, “makes the fateful decision to visit the last surviving registered Korean “comfort woman” in a university hospital. She undergoes an epiphany in which, for the first time, she remembers and echoes her given name…a name that she has not been used for 70 years. In doing this, she is reclaiming her identity…who she was before she was taken one day from the marsh where she was gathering snails, loaded into a truck and taken with other girls to a train station…and from there a multi-day rail journey to Manchuria.” “The ending of Kim Soom’s novel convinced us that this could…emphasize that we’re not talking about an atrocity that happened to a group of people. This happened to more than 200,000 [Korean] individuals, the same way we think the ending…about one individual reclaiming her identity, could be magnified to the national level,” Bruce told the Weekly. “We thought that she’s the bravest writer in this subject,” Ju-Chan added, while elaborating on the fact that in Korea, as in most countries, shameful incidents of the past are often glossed over. “I finished my university in Korea. I am an educated person. But we were never taught that in school…People my age agree it was never mentioned…Only in the late 1990s did they

Republicans have slammed the mandate as an affront to local and parental control of education. Though school boards have the authority to create or adopt their own curriculum, opponents said the bill would still dictate what must be covered in classes. Opposition leaders say they aren’t necessarily opposed to sex education but see the statewide mandate as heavyhanded. The Washington State Catholic Conference, the policy arm of church leadership in the state, is especially opposed to the affirmative consent aspect of the curriculum because the church opposes premarital sex. “When you get into the issues of how do you say ‘yes’ or how do you say ‘no,’ that can easily open the door to that ‘It’s OK. It’s OK to say yes and no,’ and that steps on our teaching that sexual activity is to be reserved for the sacrament of marriage,” said Mario Villanueva, executive director

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start talking about ‘comfort women,’ a kind of movement, so this book really helped me understand.” The process of finding a publisher was not easy, with the Fultons reaching out to 32 outlets before coming to an agreement with the University of Washington. The couple was told, “We don’t need another sensational [topic]” or “Everybody already knows.” “I had to argue, ‘Really? It’s news to me!’” related Ju-Chan. “I only knew the tip of the iceberg. I think, in a way, Koreans have ‘comfort woman fatigue.’ They want to avoid [the subject]; they hear about it a lot. Once you start reading the book, you know what that means, how these voices of individuals come out.” Bruce and Ju-Chan aspire that, on their next trip to Korea, they will be able to meet one of the “comfort women.” Many of the survivors are now in the work of helping other victims of sexual violence, young girls, thereby facilitating their own healing by assisting others to do the same. The Fultons’ translation of One Left can be purchased at Elliott Books and other booksellers. A recording of the Town Hall Seattle presentation on One Left can be viewed at youtube.com/ watch?v=Bn1zkcKjYSI&feature=youtu. be.  Kai can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.

of the conference. Rebugio stressed the information taught to students will be age appropriate. “Approving 90 will not teach kids to have sex,” she said. “It will cover healthy friendship and how to identify trusted adults, so children have the tools to avoid sexual assault and sexual predators. Parents retain the ultimate authority with the ability to review lesson plans, and even opt out their children.” The Approve R-90 campaign has the support of 180 organizations statewide, including AAPI Chaya, Asia Pacific Cultural Center, Asian Counseling and Referral Service, AAPI Americans for Civic Empowerment, and the AAPI Coalition of Washington.  Ruth can be reached at editor@nwasianweekly.com.

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of people injured has caused a discrepancy between its owners and the police. Also, some assumed the most seriously injured person was a customer. According to a Seattle Police report, the number of injured people is seven, and the other media also took that information for their stories. Dim Sum King owner Amy Eng disputed that number. “Three people were injured and not seven,” said Eng, who has based her information on her restaurant’s video cameras. There are four surveillance cameras at her restaurant, three on the outside and one inside. Her whole family has reviewed the videos numerous times, and they solved another mystery. As of press time, Harborview Hospital said, “one male remains at Harborview in satisfactory condition and three others have been discharged.” Eng said one of four in the hospital was her staff member, who was released shortly after arriving. The staff told Eng that other than her swollen leg caused by a dim sum cart that hit her leg, the X-ray showed that she was fine. At the time of the accident, two staff members worked at the counter and seven people were inside the kitchen, including Eng’s husband. There were four to five customers in the restaurant. The other two seriously injured was a woman who was pinned behind the car’s body. She was able to free herself. The third was a man lying under the car and whose leg was sliced with broken glasses from the restaurant’s shelf. He had surgery the same day. What the Eng family had discovered was, the injured man was not one of the customers. He was a pedestrian walking with his wife, passing by the restaurant. His wife was not hurt. She was pleading for help to free her husband underneath the car.

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The female driver of a Toyota Camry was parking her car. Seattle Police said she accelerated backwards, over the sidewalk and smashing into Dim Sum King’s entrance. The police found a translator for the driver. Eng said she was thankful that no one died and all have insurance, including the driver. Dim Sum King is located in a corner storefront of the Bush Hotel owned by the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation District Authority (SCIDpda). SCIDpda boarded up the storefront, and will help to rebuild it. Inside the restaurant, everything was crushed including a counter shelf, six tables, and 26 chairs. Eng said she doesn’t know when the repairs would be done or the date of reopening. She hopes it will happen soon even though her insurance agent told her that her loss of business would be covered. When the community heard the news, customers rushed to Dim Sum King. They showed their support by buying everything over the weekend. Its inventory was sold out in one day with fans buying boxes and boxes of cold dim sum from the restaurant’s freezers.

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Dragon—In order to get the most out of a new experience, cut yourself free from your own expectations.

Monkey—In the process of facing an uncomfortable truth, you could gain insights you might have otherwise missed.

Ox—Have you crossed a point of no return? If so, dwelling on what is behind you would be counterproductive.

Snake—Although the current situation isn’t exactly what you signed up for, there is still something of value to be gained.

Rooster—A mere chapter is by no means the entire story. There is still much to be written from your perspective.

Tiger—Running into the same issues time and again? Pause to take a closer look at the potential cause.

Horse—A keen awareness of the undercurrents will enable you to get ahead of the quickly shifting dynamics.

Dog—Have some tantalizing bits of information piqued your interest? At the end of the day, it could be much ado about nothing.

Rabbit—Feeling a bit scattered lately? Instead of just reacting, make an effort to organize and direct the flow.

Goat—Many things are possible until you decide they are not. Avoid obstacles of your own making.

Pig—Assuming the reins can be a somewhat intimidating prospect, but you are nonetheless ready and able to do so.

WHAT’S YOUR ANIMAL SIGN? RAT 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020 OX 1913, 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009 TIGER 1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010 RABBIT 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011 DRAGON 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012 SNAKE 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013 HORSE 1918, 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014 GOAT 1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015 MONKEY 1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016 ROOSTER 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017 DOG 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018 PIG 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019

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CHAN from 6 shared during the height of the quarantine was “try going a day without watching Netflix” or a podcast or reading a book. These are things that nourish the soul. They keep us healthy in a way that is intangible, but extremely important. I feel honored to be in an industry where we provide that nourishment. It reinvigorated and reaffirmed my purpose of being an artist. HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT THE UPCOMING ELECTION? As an artist, I feel it’s difficult to visualize what our lives will be like in the future if Trump is elected. One of the most encouraging things I watched was a wonderful video from a Biden event hosted by Yo-Yo Ma, one of my great cello heroes. He was speaking from the perspective as an Asian American and how important it is that we all come together, especially during this administration. There’s been a lot of negativity expressed towards Asian Americans and it’s quite dangerous and something I am worried and scared about. I know my parents think about it a lot, being immigrants, how important it is for us to be accepted and loved by our country. Election night’s going to be full of heavy drinking.

WHAT OBJECT IN YOUR HOME HAVE YOU FOUND TO BE GROUNDING OR INSPIRING DURING THIS TIME? I’ve actually been getting into indoor plants, and it’s something that’s been keeping me happy. I love talking to them and playing with the young sprouts that are growing. It’s like a whole other living thing that responds to you. I love my prayer plant. It moves up and down during the day. I love watching it. My second plant that I acquired over the pandemic is a Venus fly trap. I like it when they move around—it’s like they have a mind of their own. WHAT ART FORM OUTSIDE YOUR OWN HAS KEPT YOU GOING? I’ve been reading a lot of books lately. The book I’m reading right now is Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins. It’s an incredibly intense book about a very troubled person’s life and how he’s found strength. I’m also getting inspired by beautiful furniture. I’m a huge fan of Charles and Ray Eames. I’ve been really into the midcentury modern look, [which] looks beautiful with plants. WHAT’S YOUR EXPERIENCE BEEN WITH THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY’S LIVESTREAMED CONCERTS?

We’re social distancing, sitting 6 feet apart and we get COVID-tested every week. It’s not exactly 100% back to normal. It reminds me what an important component an audience plays. I love feeding off the energy of an audience. Not having that is a unique challenge as a performer. You have to dig deep and find the love that you know is there in a slightly different way. YOU HAVE A LOT OF DOPE CELLO COVERS OF POP MUSIC ON YOUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL. WHAT ABOUT THE CELLO MAKES IT A GREAT INSTRUMENT FOR CONTEMPORARY SONGS? The cello can play both a supporting and a leadership role with the range of its sound. It’s a great instrument for accompanying other people that are singers or [playing] other instruments. But it can also play that role of soprano or pop singer. DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE COVER YOU’VE PLAYED? [It’s] technically a classical song, but it’s influenced by bluegrass and jazz. The name of the song is “Julie-O” by Mark Summer. The most striking thing about this piece is in the middle, you set the bow down and you turn your cello into a percussive instrument. I remember growing up going to classical

music camp, watching one of the teachers play this piece and how astonishingly cool I thought this piece was. That broke me out of the classical music mold and taught me that great music is great music. IN ADDITION TO YOUTUBE, YOU ALSO SHARE MUSIC ON TIKTOK. I love TikTok. The thing that I love the most is the repurposing of sounds. When I’m walking around through life, I think a lot in sounds and music and to see it expressed so well in a platform is very satisfying as a creator. IF YOU HAD TO PICK ONE ARTWORK THAT ENCAPSULATES 2020 WHAT WOULD IT BE AND WHY? As a joke I want to say “WAP” by Cardi B. But I think a better song is “Yesterday” by Paul McCartney. That’s very poignant now. The juxtaposition between what things were, how things are now and what they might be in the future. FILL IN THE BLANK: 2020 WILL GO DOWN AS THE YEAR IN WHICH SEATTLE’S ARTS AND CULTURE SCENE … Doubled down on bringing together communities. 

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Sheriff ’s Office The King County the Board found that Use of Force Review 207 Tommy Le in June deputy who shot civilfamily has filed a was justified. Le’s King County Execurights lawsuit against , ne and John Urquhart tive Dow Constanti A shooting. the of time the sheriff at the inquest of Le’s death formal King County is pending.

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