01.18.20 - 01.23.20

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Latda Fierstein!

• #Representation + #LaotianDiaspora

  • Laos once considered the letter R a Western interloper. The Internet helped bring it back. (Washington Post)

• Motherland News…

  • Poor Young Women and Girls in Laos Continue to Fall Prey to Trafficking Schemes (Radio Free Asia)

  • Lao Workers Are Abused at a Chinese Factory in Luang Prabang (Radio Free Asia)

• Visit Laos

  • Social enterprises, stylish boutique stays and sun-soaked lap pools: the cosmopolitan rise of Cambodia and Laos (Marie Claire)

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • Is that Thai food, or Lao? 5 typical dishes from Laos that will help you see the difference (Southern China Morning Post)

  • A Rare Laotian Food Pop-Up Starts Friday at Andersonville’s Acclaimed Passerotto (Eater Chicago)

  • New west Omaha restaurant has homemade Thai, Laotian food (Omaha World-Herald)

  • Take a look at the food at Khon's Lao Fusion (AZ Central)

  • Hanumanh Brings Lao Bar Bites Back to Shaw (Eater DC)