Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thai Thao, former lead singer of pioneering Hmong rock group the Sounders, is performing the final show of his farewell tour at ...
An estimated 4,200 ethnic Hmong, many of whom fought for the CIA during the Vietnam War or are related to soldiers who worked with the agency, are set to be expelled from Thailand back to Laos, where ...
Era Brand is one of the six brands that will be featured in the Hmong Thai Fashion Show in St. Paul on Saturday. Emily Bright: Well, happy Minnesota Fashion Week to all those who celebrate. An ...
Controversy marks the visits of two delegations—one from St. Paul, including local Hmong leaders, and another from the Hmong Grave Desecration National Delegation—to talk to the Thai government about ...
Thailand is trying to evict some 4,000 ethnic Hmong asylum seekers and send them back to Laos despite strong objections from the United States and human rights groups. They fear that the Hmong will ...
Close to 400 Lao Hmong were repatriated to Laos from a camp in northern Thailand on Thursday. UNHCR was unable to observe the return process as it has not been granted access. We have no information ...
PHETCHABUN, Thailand (AP) — Thailand sent army troops with shields and batons to evict some 4,000 ethnic Hmong asylum seekers Monday and send them back to Laos despite strong objections from the U.S.
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's repatriation of thousands of ethnic Hmong asylum-seekers to Laos was imminent despite international objections that they could face persecution back home, a senior army ...
(Adds refugee quotes) By Nopporn Wong-Anan BANGKOK, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Almost 150 Hmong refugees from Laos, including 90 children, have called off their hunger strike in a Thai detention centre where ...
The UN Refugee Agency called on the Thai Government to cease the forced repatriation of Hmong refugees to Laos. The Thai government has begun to send about 4,000 Lao Hmong refugees living in one camp ...
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 27 June 2008 UNHCR has written to the ...
The way Elvis Thao sees it, Hmong rock band the Sounders, and their frontman Thai Thao (no relation), are "never going to die." "(Thai Thao) will be that Jimi Hendrix, that Babe Ruth, he's the ...