Hmong News – Thailand

Hmong News – Thailand

New refugee screening system stirs fear among asylum seekers

Thailand is set to launch a new screening system aiming to differentiate refugees from illegal migrants; which could alter thousands of lives. Read Full Article

Refugee screening ‘ripe for abuse’

Hmong women from Vietnam, many of them asylum seekers, take part in an embroidery workshop in Bangkok. On Sept 22 new vetting rules will come into force and Thai officials will start screening some …

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HALED celebrates 2nd annual Mekong Night Festival

HALED has started a tradition of hosting a night festival. This event was inspired by night markets in Thailand, but is also used as a way for the Hmong community to grow closer together.

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Campus Connection: Viterbo University adds Thailand to global programs

For Viterbo nursing students and faculty members, a journey of 8,236 miles and countless moments of awe and discovery began with a single step taken four years ago by Lin …

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Hill tribes, Spider-Man and elephants: Thailand votes

>From Hmong hill people voting in the shadow of mist-cloaked jungle mountains to Spider-Man cosplayers on Bangkok’s scorching streets, millions turned out to cast their ballots in Thailand’s election …

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Fashion show from international Hmong Thai designers premieres in St. Paul

The Hmong Thai Fashion Show on Saturday will showcase the work of six designers from Thailand, including one who flew here to be in the show.

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Why The Mountain Lanes Around Thailand’s Chiang Mai Are Perfect For A Motorbike Road Trip

Hire a motorbike in Chiang Mai and discover some of the most stunning mountainous country forested paved lanes in Southeast Asia.

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Fresno non-profit making a difference locally and world wide

Thong Vang is the Social Impact Strategist at A Hopeful Encounter. He was born in a refugee camp in Thailand, raised in Fresno and has a Hmong background. Thong mentions, “Since we don’t have a …

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Hmong family found dead in Thai border province; 3-month-old baby among victims

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WANG CHAO, Thailand – An indigenous Hmong family of five, including their three-month-old baby, have been found dead in Wang Chao district, located in the border province of Tak in western Thailand.

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Hmong family found dead in Thai border province; 3-month-old child among victims

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WANG CHAO, Thailand – An indigenous Hmong family of five, including their three-month old child, have been found dead in Wang Chao district, located in the border province of Tak in western Thailand.

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Free FAFSA workshop helps students prepare financially for college

Minnesota currently is in the bottom third of states the lowest rates of completion for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), with only 28.5% of eligible students having …

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Family of 5, including 3-month-old baby, brutally murdered in northern Thailand

Police are investigating the brutal murder of five members of an indigenous Hmong family in the northern province of Tak. The culprit behind the crime remains at large. The youngest victim was a mere …

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Hmong women use TikTok to reveal marriage exploitation in Thailand

Some young Hmong women are using TikTok to expose the slave-like conditions they have to endure at the hands of their husbands’ families. Experts say these women often are forced to do significant …

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Thai exports to reach nine trillion baht by year-end

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The Ministry of Commerce has projected that Thailand’s exports will reach nine trillion baht by the end of the year and rise to 9.25 trillion baht in 2023, based on forecasts of …

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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 …

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Recipe for Venison Pad Kaprow from Primal Eats

It’s a Hmong recipe that is called the King of Street Food in Bangkok and Southeast Asia. The team at Primal Eats shows Local 5 Live viewers how to make Pad Kaprow using Primal …

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In Thailand, actor Sakda Kaewbuadee is asylum seekers’ guardian angel

On a hot Sunday in June in an alley in the northern suburbs of Bangkok, some 300 Hmong, an ethnic group from Vietnam, were living in complete secrecy, having fled persecution in their communist …

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The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir

In search of a place to call home, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn jungles of Laos to the overcrowded refugee camps of Thailand and onward to America. But lacking a …

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