BANGKOK, Dec. 13 -- A lingering legacy of the Vietnam War emerged from the jungles of Laos on Wednesday, as hundreds of members of the Hmong hill tribe minority surrendered to the communist ...

One hundred seventy members of a Hmong hill tribe surrendered to authorities after decades on the run in Laotian jungles, a U.S. activist said. Ed Szendrey, a pro-Hmong activist from the United ...

No such exhaustion for the Hmong; this kind of hike was normal in this hilly highland terrain of northern Laos. Five hours and numerous stops later we reached the peak of the hill and a chance to ...

BANGKOK, Thailand -- A lingering legacy of the Vietnam War emerged from the jungles of Laos on Wednesday, as hundreds of members of the Hmong hill tribe minority surrendered to the communist ...

Now she's director of the Lao Highland Association ... center in the United States that brings together the Hmong, Mien and Kmhmu tribes. "We wanted to be Americans," said Saelee, 29, describing ...

After decades on the run, 170 women, children and elderly men of the Hmong ethnic minority — once part of a U.S.-backed secret army fighting communists in Laos — emerged from their jungle ...

The busts find lowland and highland Lao pointing a finger at each other ... an especially difficult path to acceptance here. The Hmong, a tribe of 18 clans from the Laotian highlands, were ...

Thousands of Hmong fought alongside American troops and CIA agents in Laos during the Vietnam War, only to flee the country or retreat into its jungles after communists took power after the fall ...

Laotian forces have been accused of raping, disembowelling and murdering children belonging to the minority Hmong tribe in a campaign of state-sponsored terror ...

WASHINGTON -- Six months after a Hmong-American from Minneapolis was shot at and fell into the Mekong River separating Thailand and Laos, U.S. investigators have been unable to find the man or ...

MADISON - The Hmong and Laotian soldiers who clandestinely helped the U.S. fight during the Vietnam War could soon be formally recognized as veterans, thanks to newly introduced legislation.

Many in the Minnesota Hmong and Lao communities hope House lawmakers will pass a bill aimed at granting limited veterans' benefits to Hmong and Lao special guerrilla units veterans in the Secret War.