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VOL 34 NO 20
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BLOG What we should learn from Sawant » P. 10
33 YEARS YOUR VOICE
Food equals love Nan-Hui Jo’s trials (and also memories of mom)
What dish by your mom was your favorite?
and tribulations
Conviction lowered, but still a possibility of deportation
In celebration of our mothers we asked staff and colleagues what was their favorite dish prepared by their moms. Here are some appetizing responses: “It’s a simple dish, but my mom always made me omelettes growing up. She would mix the
Photo from Sacramento Bee
Omelette
eggs in a bowl with soy sauce, fish sauce, and green onions, and then cook the mixture until it became browned and crispy on the edges. We would eat the omelette with white rice and a basic Vietnamese {see MOM cont’d on page 15}
“It’s Bao Time” First Taiwanese food truck in Seattle hits the streets
Nan-Hui Jo
By Jenn Fang Northwest Asian Weekly On April 28, the judge in Nan-Hui Jo’s child abduction case rejected the motion to dismiss the guilty verdict against her, and sentenced Jo to 175 days of jail (counted as time served) and three years probation. A jury found Jo guilty of child abduction in March — despite errors in jury instructions highlighted by Jo’s defense in their motion — after Jo fled an abusive relationship she believed endangered both herself and her child and (because she lacked documentation to remain in the United States) and returned to Korea.
A survivor of years of domestic violence at the hands of her former partner which included both physical and emotional abuse, Nan-Hui Jo escaped with her daughter Hwi to South Korea after her American work visa expired. After six years, Jo applied for a travel visa to allow her American-born child travel to the United States to tour schools while Jo’s own permanent resident application was pending. However, Jo’s former partner, Jesse Charlton, had filed child abduction charges against Jo, and when Jo arrived in America, she was arrested. After her first {see JO cont’d on page 6}
Photo by Nina Huang/NWAW
Susumu Ito’s 95-year journey Congressional Gold Medal war hero, cell biologist, Harvard teacher, reflects on wonderful life By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly A little bit of Taiwanese night market on Boren in Seattle
By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly Earlier this year, Sean Jen quit his job at a consulting firm to start his own Taiwanese food truck.
One of the first of its kind in Seattle, Jen wanted to honor his heritage as well as the food he enjoyed most. Growing up, food was very {see JEN cont’d on page 15}
Ito with Congressional Gold Medal
Susumu Ito constantly carried three things with him during his tour of duty in World War II: a bible with a medal shield, his camera, and a Senninbari. The latter item is a Japanese strip of cloth decorated with 1,000 stitches which is made by women when men go off to war. It was part of the Shinto culture of
Imperial Japan. His mother made it for him to protect him from harm. It worked as Ito returned without injury. Ito made sure that no one saw his Senninbari as he did not want to alarm any of his fellow soldiers. For his service in World War II, in 2010 Susumu Ito received the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian U.S. {see ITO cont’d on page 12}
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