"They do the Hmong New Years, their celebrations, their gatherings, and if relatives in America here are free, they want to ...

Prominent United Nations-affiliated rights advocates have notified the government of Laos of their concerns over the persecution of ethnic Hmong people, many of whom are Christians, in the communist ...

Mayka, born in 1952, grew up as one of 10 children in east-central Laos, where they carried water from the well every day after school and foraged for vegetables and bamboo shoots to help their ...

As the Vietnam War raged on in Southeast Asia during the 1960s and 1970s, a separate United States-backed operation was also ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Former principal for Weston Elementary School, Jim Harris, visits Laos annually to teach himself and central Wisconsin about Hmong culture and heritage. Harris has made 22 trips ...

PHETCHABUN, Thailand (AP) — Thailand sent army troops with shields and batons to evict some 4,000 ethnic Hmong asylum seekers Monday and send them back to Laos despite strong objections from the U.S.

(WLUK) -- Flags across Wisconsin will fly at half-staff in honor of Hmong-Lao Veterans Day. The executive order requires flags f the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff ...

BANGKOK, Thailand, November 16 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency said Thursday it was seriously concerned about Thailand's deportation to Laos of 53 ethnic Hmong, including a newborn baby. Describing ...

* Over 4,000 Hmong asylum-seekers deported by Thailand * UNHCR urges Thailand to reveal assurances given by Laos (Adds U.N. statement, paragraphs 6-8) GENEVA, Dec 29 (Reuters) - The U.N. refugee ...