Hmong News – Thailand
Farmer uses his cultural roots to educate immigrants on farming
With an increasing population of immigrants from Thailand, Laos and Vietnam in the area, Fue teaches local Hmong’s the value of high-tunnel farming. “For us as Hmong people, we learn by doing and by seeing rather than classroom settings,” Yang continued.
Traditional Hmong farmers in Missouri embrace new techniques
ROCKY COMFORT, Mo. — Fue Yang was born in a refugee camp in Thailand. His family immigrated to the United States in 1980 when Yang was a month old. His parents, who fled Laos in the late 1970s, spoke little English, but Yang learned it early in school …
MSIG Thailand Action Asia 50: Race at the Roof of Thailand, Doi Inthanon, for Charity
Similar to the MSIG Thailand Action Asia 50 zero edition held on 4 June 2017, the proceeds of the first edition will go towards the purchase of trees for planting and the construction of a water dam in the local Hmong and Karen hill tribe village areas.
Michele Lee’s Rice turns the wheel hard on gender and racial diversity
Lee, 37, was born in Canberra to migrant parents who formed part of the exodus from post-war Vietnam. Her parents are Hmong, a people from the mountainous border regions of Southern China, Vietnam, Thailand and Laos. Lee’s father was an academic who came …
The United Nations Has No Business Setting US Refugee Policy in Southeast Asia
Several thousand Montagnards, Hmong, Vietnamese, and others remain in Thailand, seeking asylum after fleeing persecution in Vietnam, or having lost their homes and lands as punishment or through illegal seizure. Many of these refugees can provide …
Titan Hemp Secures Exclusive Rights for Global Marketing and Distribution of All Hemp Products From Thailand
This blockbuster deal has been developed with True Hmong Global Distribution Ltd, a Thai company that has been granted exclusive permits by the Thai government to manage all farming and exports of the nation’s commercial industrial hemp. The deal gives …
Chiang Mai
This morning we were picked up by a local tour company for a morning tour. Our first destination was to the Hmong Hill Tribe VIllage. These people were once dependent on growing opium which is no longer permitted. The current agricultural product is coffee.
Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures & Education Center in Corpus Christi, TX
China, Japan, India, the Philippines, the Hmong, Korea, Thailand, and Taiwan are just a few of the places and peoples you will learn about on your visit. Some of the things you can expect to discover at the museum are such wonders as ancient Japanese …
John Kennedy, in addition to embarrassing Louisiana and himself, has hitched wagon to a falling star named Trump
Well, there would be a lot more names had it not been for the Hmong, an ethnic tribe of the Golden Triangle of Laos, Thailand and Burma (now Myanmar). The Hmong were America’s secret weapon. They protected our radar stations in Southeast Asia and rescued …
Ties to Cult Leader Denied by Adventist Church in Thailand
The church said it severed ties with Hmong cult leader Lao Yang by disfellowshipping him in 2009. The church acknowledged that Yang had been a member of the church. Niratsai Aay-Pain, an official of the church claimed that the denomination severed ties …
Thailand: Provide Legal Status, Protections for Refugees
Fortify Rights documented the mass indefinite detention of Rohingya refugees in Thailand as well as other serious human rights violations, including the forced return of Rohingya from Myanmar and Lao Hmong from the Lao People’s Democratic Republic …
Church denies ties to accused cult leader
The Seventh-Day Adventist Church Foundation of Thailand has denied any involvement with Lao Yang, the Hmong cult leader who is facing charges of sexually abusing minors, saying the church has disowned the self-proclaimed cult leader since 2009. Niratsai …
50 Picture Books to Celebrate Each of the United States
Mai Ya journeys from a refugee camp in Thailand to Madison where she must balance her Hmong heritage and American life. Sara Ackerman is a writer and kindergarten teacher. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe …
Vietnam: Imprisoned pastor eats insects, mice and frogs to survive
“Among the Hmong, I personally know about 400 people who have escaped to Thailand,” he said. “Among other ethnic groups, there are about 400 to 500 as well.” Persecution grows as the church grows. The ministry’s indigenous evangelists have seen …
42 participants in 4WDs explore greenery and culture of Thailand, Vietnam and Laos
Its Sunday market is famous for its bright colours and the extravagant costumes of the local people. Here you will find Flower Hmong (Red Hmong), Black Dao, Tay, Nung, La Chi, Phu La and other minority groups who come from far and wide to buy and sell a …
Motor racing history – a brief snapshot
This extends even to the Hill Tribes in Northern Thailand. During the Hmong New Year celebrations, “race” carts fashioned from the wooden carts used for hauling produce are entered, where Hmong boys and men will race against members of the Lisu …
Wat Phra That Doi Suthep
It isn’t only the hairpin bends and constant gear change causing inclines but also a huge tour coach suddenly swinging around a corner, a Hmong farmer from further up the mountain deciding to overtake on a blind bend or a Bangkok registered car full of …
Children still on losing side of health care
Unfortunately, Thailand’s failure to educate many mothers, especially those in poorer ethnic communities such as the Tibeto-Burman and Hmong-Mien minorities and the Thai Malay and Thai Lao, results in negative outcomes for children in terms of development …
