Hmong News – Laos
Milwaukee woman recounts own refugee experience, provides prospective as new wave of refugees arrive
Mayhoua Moua was six years old when her home country of Laos fell to communism in the aftermath of the Vietnam War in May of 1975.
Animation: A Hmong refugee’s journey to the United States
The U.S. Hmong population has nearly doubled since the year 2000. It’s been on the rise since the end of the Vietnam War when those who helped the CIA from nearby Laos fled a violent revenge campaign.
Scenes of desperation at Afghanistan airport bring back painful memories for Hmong Minnesotans
Hmong soldiers who spent years fighting on behalf of the US in Laos, were suddenly left to evacuate with their families, flooding a military airstrip in hopes of catching one of three military planes.
OPINION: Why watching the evacuation in Afghanistan reminds me of the struggles and triumphs of my refugee family
I was the first in my refugee family to be born in the United States. My parents and four older siblings were refugees from the Vietnam War, during which time, the Hmong in Laos were recruited to …
Vietnam war veteran says Afghanistan evacuation brings back painful memories
“I had been close to Hmong people in Laos, and at the end of the war I mean they were pretty much slaughtered,” Curry remembered. The images out of Afghanistan are painful, but he said the evacuation …
Short Takeoff and Landing
From Pittsburg, Kansas, to Padong, Laos, the Helio Courier, the CIA’s ‘Litterbug’ airplane, has a remarkable, if largely forgotten, history.
Hmong refugees reflect on similarities with Afghan refugees
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – The events in Afghanistan have Hmong refugees reflecting on the 1970s and 1980s when they left Laos. NBC15 spoke with one woman who said it feels like déjà vu. “I know the …
Laos and the CIA’s “Secret War” Inside the Most Bombed Country Per Capita
Despite strategic bombing being an iconic symbol of the Second World War, Germany, nor any other European country for that matter, holds the title for the …
Scenes of desperation at Afghanistan airport bring back painful memories for Hmong Minnesotans.
Scenes from Kabul on Monday, are eerily similar the Hmong evacuation of Laos following the end of the Vietnam war.
What it means to be a Hmong American
Wausau – About 12 percent of the Wausau population is made up of Hmong American’s, with ancestry tied to refugees who fled Laos after the Vietnam War in the 1970’s. The Hmong Wausau Festival, an event …
‘Happy tears’: Lee’s gold sparks joy at home in Minnesota
Her triumph delighted all of Minnesota but carried special resonance in the state’s large and close-knit Hmong American community. The Hmong fought for the U.S. in Laos during the Vietnam War and many …
Sheriff identifies man shot during California wildfire as tensions rise with pot growers
My current living situation is much like when I lived in the jungles of Laos,” one Siskiyou County resident wrote in a court filing.
Mai Xiong
My parents were farmers who were born and lived in the remote mountainous areas of Laos. We are of Hmong descent. The Hmong people are an ethnic minority group that over centuries, migrated from China …
Unique museum collection of Hmong cultural items finds new home in downtown Wausau
Retired D.C. Everest elementary school principal Jim Harris amassed the unique collection visiting Hmong villages during more than 22 trips to Laos.
This Secret U.S. Military Base Fell to the Enemy — Vietnamese Commandos
Fifty years ago on March 12, 1968, a top-secret U.S. base on a mountain top in Laos was overrun by an elite force of Vietnamese commandos. Only six of the eighteen CIA and Air Force personnel manning …
Shooting at the Moon: The Story of America’s Clandestine War in Laos
In Shooting at the Moon, Roger Warner chronicles a covert operation that used Hmong villagers as guerrilla fighters against the North during the Vietnamese War. Thought to be an expendable resource by …
Photo shows ethnic minority group in Laos in 2003, photographer says
A photo has circulated on social media alongside a claim it shows a group of South Vietnamese people shortly before they were killed by North Vietnamese troops at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.
Border guards intercept Vietnamese border jumpers from Laos
A group of six Vietnamese border jumpers were caught trying to sneak into Vietnam on Sunday evening through the country’s border with Laos. Authorities in Nam Giang District, Quang Nam Province, where …
