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The Surprising Reasons Cambodia and Laos Remain Vastly Empty
Despite their vast lands, Cambodia and Laos are surprisingly empty. Factors like geography, history, and economics have kept ...
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50 years later, photographs show experiences of Vietnam War refugees in south Louisiana
"Seeing these photos make me feel more complete as a person, because the story of me and my people is a lot more clear to me.
Sioux City Journal2d
Flavorful, colorful Lao cuisine taking center stage at Saturday's food fest
The second annual "Let's Get Lao'd" Food Festival, featuring Siouxland's best Laotian cooks, is coming to the Marquee on ...
Enter the ‘career imposters’: Gen Zs flipping the script on career fulfilment
More Gen Zs are switching careers early to chase purpose rather than conventional notions of stability. Read more at ...
Vietnam 50 Years Later: Leng Wong, Minnesota's first Hmong refugee
The Hmong diaspora to Minnesota started nearly 50 years ago with one man: Leng Wong. He fled his home of Laos, arriving at ...
Human Rights Watch4d
UN Rights Review of Laos Spotlights Lack of Progress
A United Nations review of Laos’ human rights record showed little progress since the last review about five years ago.
MPR News5d
'It allows us to be more non-linear': Literary project shares history of Lao Minnesotans
A literary organization is using poetry and creative writing to document the stories of Lao Minnesotans over the last 50 ...
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Vietnam celebrates 50 years since war’s end with focus on peace and unity
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Vietnam on Wednesday celebrated the 50th anniversary of the end of the war with the United States ...
His dad deployed when he was 8. He's still looking for him 50 years after Vietnam War
Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, one man embarks on a journey to a remote mountain in Laos where his father was ...
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Veteran reflects on covert CIA bombing operation in Laos 50 years after Vietnam War
Don Super joined the military in hopes of helping the Lao people during the Vietnam War — instead, he found himself a part of a secret carpet bombing campaign.