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Mae Wong National Park used to be the centre of the hill tribes like Hmong, Yao, Muzer and Karen. The park was established as a national park on September 14, 1987 and is the 55th national park of …
“Modern Jungles”: UW-Green Bay Professor Shares His Story as a Hmong Refugee
The memoir, “Modern Jungles: A Hmong Refugee’s Childhood Story of Survival,” recounts the first 14 years of Lor’s life, when he fled from his home in Laos to refugee camps in Thailand before …
Big Read Project coming to Jefferson County
This year’s title is “The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir” by Kao Kalia Yang. Yang tells the story of her family’s imprisonment in Laos, their escape to a Thailand refugee camp and immigration to …
Mother tongue lessons need boost
Fah and Muey look like ordinary Thai girls, perhaps a bit shorter and shyer than many of their classmates at Chiang Mai Rajabhat University. But thanks to a new teacher recruitment programme, they are …
‘Gran Torino’ Actor Bee Vang Addresses Surge Of Violence Against Asians And How Clint Eastwood’s Film “Mainstreamed Anti-Asian Racism”
Bee Vang was born in Fresno, California. He is Hmong and his parents are immigrants from Thailand. He is best known for his role in Clint Eastwood’s 2008 drama Gran Torino, a film that …
Epidemiology of thalassemia among the hill tribe population in Thailand
Background Thalassemia is a severe disease that occurs due to abnormalities in hemoglobin genes. Various genetic factors in different populations lead to different clinical manifestations of …
Firebreaks constructed at Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, Chiang Mai
Volunteers and villagers of the Hmong Village, Doi Pui, have constructed firebreaks around the village and at Doi Suthep-Pui National Park to prevent forest fires. Mr Weeraphan Dee-On, Deputy Governor …
Prevalence and molecular characterization of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in the Lue ethnic group of northern Thailand | Scientific Reports
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is one of the most common enzyme disorders. Prevalence and variant distribution of G6PD deficiency can vary in different regions and among differing …
‘We Never Know What Tomorrow Brings:’ COVID Strands Thousands of Refugees in Thailand
From his hideout in northern Bangkok, James could hear roars of jet planes taking off from Don Mueang Airport. They gave him hope. He counted down the days until he could finally board one of them, …
‘We Never Know What Tomorrow Brings:’ Pandemic Strands Thousands of Refugees in Thailand
From his hideout in northern Bangkok, James can hear roars of jet planes taking off from Don Mueang Airport. They gave him hope. He counted down the days until he could finally board one of them, away …
Thai King says he feels ‘sad’ on some days just like ‘other human beings’
Thai King Maha Vajralongkorn has said that he is “just like other human beings”, and that there are days when he feels sad or despondent, the Bangkok Post reported. He made the remarks to a student on …
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As their custom they settled in the highlands (mountains) from Vietnam and Laos and later in Thailand. They inherited the name “Miao”, from living in the mountains. Today Five million Hmong reside in …
Toasted Glutinous Rice Powder Is Nothing Short of Magical
It wasn’t until I learned to make larb in a cooking class in northern Thailand, however, that I realized quite how complex it is in name, in flavor, and in the inclusion, or controversial absence, of …
These Southeast Asian snack boxes use food to share refugee and migrant stories
Each box comes with a postcard featuring personal stories across the Southeast Asian diaspora, from Filipino American farmers to Hmong refugees in Thailand. “By sharing a meal, we can break down those …
Pathet Lao
After Laos had been taken over by the Pathet Lao communist Party, the Hmong fled to Thailand for refuge to escape from being persecuted. Then eventually left Thailand somewhere in the year 1995 to …
Truth behind Thailand tourist’s viral photo of ‘watch thief’
Do you remember seeing this photo do the rounds a few years back? In 2016 a Reddit user named medardboss posted this picture on the website with the caption “this pic solves the mystery of the missing …
Inventive sushi, and rarely seen Hmong cuisine, served out of a Hampton Roads food truck
This is true especially because the specials also include food rarely seen on American menus: the cuisine of the Hmong people of Laos and Thailand, which the Vangs grew up eating with their …
