The Hmong people, who mostly reside in Southeast Asia, have long suffered persecution in Laos. In the '60s and '70s, many Laotian Hmong collaborated with the CIA to fight the communist Pathet Lao.

Memorial ceremonies and events mourning the 40th anniversary of the refugee exodus from the Royal Kingdom of Laos, and mass killings of tens of thousands of Lao and Hmong people fleeing across the ...

The date makes him 8 when the Pathet Lao – a political movement in Laos allied with the Vietnamese communists – expanded its power. As the fighting escalated, Gen. Vang Pao and his CIA backers came ...

For three years now, Laos has marked the advance of spring by nearly falling into the hands of the Communists. Last week was no exception. Heavy fighting suddenly erupted on the Plain of Jars, and, as ...

The silvery Cessna Wren scudded high above the Plain of Jars, and the tiny man in rumpled fatigues peered down through eyes red-rimmed with exhaustion. Below him the wind moved casually over ...

During the Vietnam War's "secret war" in Southeast Asia, Leck Sengsoulichanh fought with the Laotian army as it supported U.S. troops. For his efforts, he spent 13 years doing hard labor in a ...