Tag: Laotian
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Report shows Americans of Pacific island ethnicity have up to triple the rate of cancer deaths
Only 1 in 2 breast cancers in Guamanian, Samoan, Pakistani, Tongan, Laotian, and Hmong women are diagnosed at an early stage compared with 2 in 3 White women and 3 in 4 Japanese women, likely … Full story: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-americans-pacific-island-ethnicity-triple.html
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Xiong reponds to social media attacks over her ethnicity
Mai Xiong is a Hmong American, which can include Chinese, but her parents were Laotian, fleeing Laos to a Thailand refugee camp after the Vietnam War. Full story: https://www.macombdaily.com/2024/02/11/xiong-reponds-to-social-media-attacks-over-her-ethnicity/
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Laotian Ambassador Hosted By Fresno Lao Community
Fresh from his appearance at the Fresno Hmong Cultural New Year festivities Thursday, Laotian Ambassador to the United States, Sisavath Inphachanh, was hosted Monday by the Fresno Lao Community. … Full story: https://kmph.com/news/local/laotian-ambassador-hosted-by-fresno-lao-community
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Laotian Ambassador’s Visit to Fresno Hmong New Year Brings Promise of New Beginnings
Hmong New Year celebration in the country continues in Fresno through the weekend, but this year is different. It’s different beca … Full story: https://kmph.com/news/local/laotian-ambassadors-visit-to-fresno-hmong-new-year-brings-promise-of-new-beginnings
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Megan Khang Pro Golfer: America’s First Player of Hmong and Laotian Descent
At just 25 years old, Khang has competed in several golf tournaments and won her first big tournament recently at the LPGA CPKC Women’s Open in 2023. Standing at 5 ‘1, she has been playing golf ever … Read Full Article
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New Bill would Allow Hmong, Laotian Vets to Get Veterans Stamps on Drivers Licenses
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) — A bill that would allow Hmong and Laotian veterans official stamps on their drivers licenses got a hearing at the capitol on Tuesday. Representative Shae Sortwell says those … Read Full Article
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From a village belle in Laos’ Hmong town to Miss Universe: Payengxa Lor’s journey to stardom is an inspiration all women
VIENTIANE, March 24 (Laotian Times): In 2022, a young Hmong woman made history as the first person from her community to win the title of Miss Universe Laos. She then competed in Miss Universe where … Read Full Article
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Oregon appoints the first Laotian judge in the United States
She spent the months before arriving in the United States in a refugee camp in Thailand, sleeping in the dirt with little food and severely sick. Now, 40 years later, she sits on the Multnomah County … Read Full Article
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Laotian refugee, University of Minnesota researcher tapped to lead St. Paul’s East Side Freedom Library
They’re struggling,” said Ratsabout, who has spent the past 10 years researching voluntary and involuntary migrations through leadership positions at both the University of Minnesota’s Institute for … Read Full Article
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Preserving the history of America’s ‘secret war’ in Laos
A new online library documents the CIA-led campaign that made it the most bombed nation in history, the effects of which are still felt by Laotian Americans today. Read Full Article
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U.S. lifts visa sanctions on Laos. What this means for Fresno’s Hmong, Laotian communities
But uncertainty remains for thousands of Hmong and Laotians, including many locally, who hold a deportation order and have been living in limbo. In 2018, the Trump administration sanctioned Laos … Read Full Article
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ASIA/LAOS – A new church dedicated to the first Laotian martyr catechist of the Hmong ethnic group
The small Catholic community in Laos rejoices at the opening of a new church dedicated to the first Laotian martyr of the Hmong ethnic group. As Fides has learned, the inauguration of the first church … Read Full Article
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Finding refuge in central Wis.: Wausau man shares refugee experience
Tucked amongst the tree and hills of Thailand near the Laotian border in the 1970s, a camp called Ban Vinai was the largest encampment of Hmong refugees fleeing the North Vietnamese. That is where … Read Full Article