3.30.18 - 4.5.18

• NBC News: Congress passes law allowing national cemetery burials for Lao and Hmong 'Secret War' veterans.

• Lao Khaen music declared humanity’s heritage by UNESCO.

• Celebrate #LaoNewYear with Krysada Binly Panusith Phounsiri and EraNetik Kennedy Phounsiri at  Market Creek Plaza at 3:30 PM on April 8th!

• Mother’s seek to combat breastfeeding stigma in Asian-American communities.

• For your viewing pleasure: Brief History on Asian America

• Charlotte Observer: Asian Americans think an elite college degree will shelter them from discrimination. It wont.

• Legacies of War: March 2018 Newsletter featuring: Huge win for UXO sector in Laos; Announcing LaoNow 2018; Join the Circle of Hope

• Laotion Times: Harrison Ford Visits Luang Prabang

• #RepresentationMatters:

  • Executive Director Kulap Vilaysack's documentary will be be premiered at this year’s Bentonville Film Festival. It was also chosen to be the centerpiece documentary at this year’s CAAMFest!

  • All Raise’s founding members made history by becoming the first all-women venture capitalists featured on the cover of Forbes magazine.

  • Entertainment Weekly: Pixar’s Short Film ‘Bao’ (created by Domee Shi) is your ‘Incredibles 2’ Appetizer

  • Writer of ‘The Song Poet’ - Kao Kalia Yang talks about how she has no memory of Laos.

  • Founder of FilmHero, Sysamone Phaphon, talks about What Indie Filmmakers Need To Generate More Revenue And Visibility on Forbes.

• #LaoFoodMovement:

  • Laos Angeles Roots member, Saengthong Douangdara spreads the Lao food love at William Sonoma in Beverly Hills!

  • Malina Syvoravong shares one of Saengthong Douangdara’s recipes on the North Coast Journal.

• ATTENTION: Submit your shorts to NBC Universal Short Film Festival by April 30th!

3.23.18 - 3.29.18

• Watch the US Drop 2.5 Million Tons of Bombs on Laos.

• ATTENTION: 23 and Me is giving out free genetic tests if all four of your grandparents were born in Laos!

• The Guardian: Why are white people expats when the rest of us are immigrants?

• #RepresentationMatters:

  • Miya Cech cast in The Darkest Minds directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson.

  • Phillip from You Offend Me You Offend My Family discusses Asian representation in American film industry and documents Asian Americans at the Los Angeles Gun March: #MarchForOurLives.

  • Diversity is dominating the 2018 box office.

  • Pixar's next short film 'Bao' explores an empty-nesting Chinese mother - directed by Domee Shi.

• In motherland news:

  • We are witnessing the motherland developing quicker than ever before.

  • Nobphalat Sikaiphak crowned Miss Grand Laos 2018

  • Borneo Bulletin explores the hidden waterfalls in the land of 4,000 islands

  • Lao government looks to solidify ties with neighboring states and major powers like Russia.

  • Laos ties with Bangladesh 2-2 in soccer.

  • Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith wants to make the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party more transparent.

  • The Rosewood opens second Southeast Asian location in Luang Prabang.

  • Visitor attraction now open at the Vientiane City Wall.

• #LaoFoodMovement:

  • Vanh Sengaphone & Thip Athakhanh open up Snackboxe Bistro in Atlanta.

  • Laos in the House hosting 3rd Annual Pop Up Dinner in Philly.

  • Observer Dispatch spotlights Taste of Laos in Utica.

• #ImmigrantsMakeAmericaGreat:

  • Amphone Phetsisouk, definition of a refugee who risked everything to come to America, laid to rest at 63 years old.

  • Clarkston Community Center hosts first International Spring Festival with Lao culture featured.

  • Bounlorm Soumetho (family member to many Laos Angeles Roots Members)  acknowledged for his leadership in the Lao American Community of Minnesota.

3.9.18 - 3.15.18

• Lam Vong Dance to be nominated for UNESCO World Heritage Status.

• #ImmigrationMakesAmericaGreat - The Washington Post features Jennifer Mendelsohn, shining a light on the hypocrites and launching ‘resistance genealogy’

• #AAPIActors Christine Ko Joins CW’s ‘Dead Inside’ & Vinny Chhibber Joins CBS’ ‘Red Line’

• Christina Choe of Sundance-Winning ‘Nancy’ signs with WME.

• MTV’s Decoded breaks down the common argument of the Model Minority.

• Laos Angeles member, Thip Soulisak, creates fundraiser with mission of preserving Lao culture and promoting Lao American community prosperity.

• #LaoFoodMovement’s Chef Seng joins Heritage Radio Network’s Episode 31 to spread the Lao food gospel.

• Glamour Magazine: Now Trending on TV - The Sexy Asian Hunk

• It's #nationalwomensday every day. Laos named best in terms of females in parliament.

• PopSugar highlighted a Lao-Cambodian wedding. 

• For your listening pleasure: Story of brother & sister emigrating from Luang Prabang in 1998 on This is Love Podcast.

• Michelin-starred chef, James Syhabout, wants to bring the food of his native Laos to the masses.

• Featured on the Columbus Dispatch, Noi and Vongseng Luangraj of Orrville celebrate their 60th anniversary!

• New Lao Restaurant Alert: "The Lao Kitchen" in Greensboro!

• Singapore’s Augustman Magazine: 5 Things You Should Know About Vientiane and Laos

• Farm training proves key to helping reintegrate Lao human trafficking survivors.

2.23.18 - 3.1.18

- The SEAD Project: Spring Language Courses to Learn Lao now open for registration!

- Community leader Nor Sanavongsay is donating his birthday to, Sahtu Press, one of the nation’s first Lao American-owned and staffed literary publishers.

- James Syhabout continues his press tour to promote his cookbook and autobiography, Hawker Fare. He visits The Splendid Table and LA news source KTLA.

- Exploring the Asian American model minority in two ways, the different relationship with politics than other racial minorities and the Southeast Asian community, a population born from refugees and resettlement. 

- Jared Leto stars as a white man who becomes head of the Yakuza. Oh, brother. 

- President Trump threatens to remove ICE from the state of California. Go ahead. 

- Artist Sisavanh Houghton is exhibiting now at the Lauren Rogers Museum Of Art. 

- Asian-American Women In Hollywood Say It’s Twice As Hard For Them To Say #MeToo 

- At least three global surveys disclosed their findings recently, with all three indicating that Laos is going backwards in term of in global development rankings. 

- A TECH firm chief temporarily swapped his day job for the dusty roads and soaring mountains of Laos in a bid to clear unexploded landmines.

- Despite working with limited funds, state censorship, and only having three working cinemas in the country - local directors are creating a thriving film industry in Laos. 

- Recognizing the potential and prospect to develop tourism, the Lao government is determined to bring the tourist rate up exponentially. 

- Laos is pushing hard to meet United Nations (UN) development targets. The government risks bankrupting the nation in the process.

- UNILAD Adventure captures the beauty of Laos with drone footage.

- Two restaurants are open, "ma der, ma der!" Zaap Kitchen in Dallas, TX and Lao Bar in Seattle, Washington. 

- New Business Alert: Online retailer Talaat Sao!