Hmong News – Thailand
Memorial honors soldiers of ‘secret war’
Laos was neutral during the Vietnam War, but the CIA recruited Hmong soldiers to carry on a covert campaign. After the U.S. pulled out of Laos and Vietnam, tens of thousands fled and lived in refugee camps in Thailand. Many refugees eventually resettled in …
Things That Matter: Hmong story cloths — a-not-so-traditional tradition
It has been about 40 years since Hmong people began to relocate from refugee camps in Thailand to La Crosse. In the aftermath of the Vietnam War, thousands of Hmong were forced to flee Laos, and they spent many years in camps, where they re-created their …
Court acquits Hmong accused of land encroachment
A Provincial Court in northern Thailand has acquitted a Hmong man accused by national park officers of encroaching into a protected area. Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) reported that the Provincial Court of the northern province of Mae Hong Son on …
Court acquits Hmong tribesman accused of land encroachment
The Provincial Court in northern Thailand has acquitted a Hmong tribesman accused by national park officers of trespassing into national park area. The Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) reported that the Provincial Court of the northern Province of Mae …
Fire at Thailand school for poor tibal girls kills 17
Namae Patikiri, a 57-year-old member of the Hmong hill tribe, lost six grandchildren in the blaze. “Five of them had only moved here a year ago,” she said, crying. “The other one had only been here for two weeks.”
17 hill-tribe girls charred in dormitory fire in Thailand
Namae Patikiri, a 57-year-old member of the Hmong hill tribe, lost six grandchildren in the blaze. “Five of them had only moved here a year ago,” she said, crying. “The other one had only been here for two weeks.
Deadly Fire At School For Girls In Thailand Kills At Least 17
Namae Patikiri, a 57-year-old member of the Hmong hill tribe, lost six grandchildren in the blaze. “Five of them had only moved here a year ago,” she said, crying. “The other one had only been here for two weeks.”
Family fights for information about Hmong man jailed in Laos in 2011
The last time Ka Yang heard from her husband was more than four years ago, when he called her from jail after he was deported from the family’s hideout in Bangkok. Thailand had made a controversial decision in 2009 to stop hosting thousands of …
