Hmong News – Laos
Hmong community reacts to President Obama’s pledge to help Laos
The Hmong community in Central Wisconsin is responding to President Obama’s pledge to help Laos. During a historic trip to the country, Obama pledged to give the country $90 million over three years to clear bombs left behind during the Vietnam War.
Eau Claire Hmong community reacts to Obama’s visit to Laos
Eau Claire (WQOW) – As President Obama becomes the first sitting president to visit Laos, some Eau Claire residents are watching the 3 day trip from afar and sharing their reaction. News 18 spoke with some people in the Hmong community who say while Obama …
Obama leaves for Laos, following pledge to clean up old bombs
“That issue has been ignored for over 40 years, and now our country is owning up for the mistakes it made during the Vietnam War,” said Kahm Yang of the Hmong American Center. This cleanup effort hits close to home for many in the Hmong community who still …
CIA spook recalls Thailand’s role in secret war
In Laos, he fought alongside thousands of anti-communist troops under General Vang Pao’s ethnic Hmong guerrillas, the Lao army and 4,000 US Special Forces-trained Thai “Tiger Soldiers” ( Tahan Sua Pran) against invading communist Vietnamese.
80 million unexploded bombs: Obama pledges U.S. help for Laos
U.S. Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, said Obama’s journey helps honor the Lao and Hmong veterans who supported the United States during the war. “The president’s visit to Laos reminds us of the Hmong and Lao individuals that served as part of the Special …
Laos and the US: blood and secrets
Most importantly, Lair built up contact to Vang Pao. As a captain in the Laotian army, he was the highest ranking officer amongst the Hmong community and was talked in to the idea of creating a guerrilla force. As general, Vang Pao commanded this almost …
The U.S. will spend millions to help clear unexploded bombs in Laos
Many of them were ethnic Hmong, thousands of whom would resettle in the U.S. after the fight in Laos was lost. Minnesota and Wisconsin were among the most common destinations for those who fled Laos. A leader of the Hmong American Center in Wausau tells …
Hmong comedian, activist reacts to Obama’s visit to Laos
Eau Claire (WQOW) – As President Obama becomes the first sitting president to visit Laos, some Eau Claire residents are watching the three day trip from afar and sharing their reaction. News 18 spoke with Tou Ger Bennett Xiong, a Hmong comedian and …
Obama and the Secret US war in Laos
As the Royal Laotian army crumbled, CIA operatives recruited, armed and trained an anti-communist guerrilla force estimated at 30,000 from among hill tribes, largely the Hmong. These were bolstered by a secret army of mercenaries from Thailand and US …
This Is Not an Apology
If Cambodia was the sideshow to Vietnam, then Laos was the sideshow to the sideshow. The CIA recruited among the Hmong people of Laos, and they proved to be some of our most loyal allies in whatever the hell it was we were trying to do over there and …
Obama and the US secret war in Laos
As the Royal Laotian army crumbled, CIA operatives recruited, armed and trained an anti-communist guerrilla force estimated at 30,000 from among hill tribes, largely the Hmong. These were bolstered by a secret army of mercenaries from Thailand and US …
CIA spook recalls Thailand’s role in secret war
In Laos, he fought alongside thousands of anti-communist troops under General Vang Pao’s ethnic Hmong guerrillas, the Lao army and 4,000 US Special Forces-trained Thai “Tiger Soldiers” (Tahan Sua Pran) against invading communist Vietnamese. North Vietnam …
State Declassifies Documents on “Legendary Tony Poe” and his “Secret Army”
According to John Prados’s must-read biography of Poe for Unredacted, Poe went to Laos in March 1961 to train the Hmong to fight against the Vietnamese Communists. Hating paperwork and preferring the field, Po was content that a younger officer …
President Obama’s historic visit to Laos comes at the perfect time
It also gives hope and more opportunity to the more than 300,000 Hmong and 270,000 Laotian Americans to re-connect with their former homeland. California is home to the largest Hmong-American population (97,000) followed by Minnesota (67,000) and Wisconsin …
Obama’s Visit to Laos: Part 2—The Legacy of the War
During the Vietnam War, successive U.S. administration authorized a secret conflict in Laos, which came to include arming a large, mostly Hmong army, heavy bombing, and the insertion of small groups of CIA trainers and other contractors into the country.
Obama in Laos
An NBC News story described Laotian and Hmong Americans as “cautiously optimistic” about the visit, including the possibility of further reconciliation after the war years, or at least bringing the two countries closer together. “The visit of …
State Declassifies Documents on “Legendary Tony Po” and his “Secret Army”
According to John Prados’s must-read biography of Po for Unredacted, Po went to Laos in March 1961 to train the Hmong to fight against the Vietnamese Communists. Hating paperwork and preferring the field, Po was content that a younger officer …
Obama Makes the First U.S. Presidential Visit to Laos: Part 1
There have been a series of attacks on vehicles traveling on the main road in central and northern Laos, in an area that was full of Hmong insurgent groups in the past. In addition, there has been a string of killings of Chinese nationals in Laos over the …
