04.30.21 - 05.06.21

• #Representation + #LaotianDiaspora

  • Laotian American truck driver took leave from work, sold car to stop anti-Asian hate (NBC News)

  • Group of Women Asking for Prayers Rob $1,500 From Lao Buddhist Temple Monks in Arizona (NextShark)

• Covid-19

  • The world is watching India’s coronavirus crisis but Asia’s developing nations are all at risk (Southern China Morning Post)
    

• Motherland News…

  • Lao Workers Are Paid Back Wages at Chinese-Owned Cement Plant, Ending Dispute (Radio Free Asia)

  • 'Plain of Jars', one of the most mysterious archaeological sites, reveals its true age (DailyMail)

  • China's Debt-Trap Diplomacy (The Hill)
    

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • The Weekly Eater: Lead with the Lao menu when exploring at Olay’s (Star Advertiser)

  • Kitchener's Knife and Pestle a cut above with its Lao cooking (New Hamburg Independent)