10.12.18 - 10.18.18

• Sacramento News & Review: After the #SecretWar

• Vox: Harvard is on trial for discriminating against Asian American students.

• Next Shark: 11 Things You should Never Say to An Asian Woman. Ever.

• #Representation

  • McDonalds rewards $50,000 to the two Filipino American Boys Who Created the Fake Mcdonalds Ad for Representation.

  • Huff Post: Randall Park Wants More Working-Class Asian American Stories on Screen

  • NBC News: Asian Immigrants are underrepresented on TV despite being fasted growing immigrant population.

  • From Joy Luck Club to Crazy Rich Asians, Film Festival Reflects on Asian-American Representation

  • HuffPost: Prabal Gurung Casts All Asian Models in Ads to Showcase Diversity

  • Civic Election Could End Long Streak of No South Asian Representation at Vancouver City Hall

  • How South Asian and Middle Eastern influencers are changing the beauty industry

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • #LaosAngelesShine featuring Haylee Thikeo

• Motherland News…

  • Russian Engineers Start Mine Clearance in Laos

  • CNN: Rosewood Luang Prabang raises luxury stakes in Laos

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • Washington Post: How DC learned to love minced alligator

10.5.18 - 10.11.18

• Rebecca Rusch wins an Emmy for her documentary “Blood Road” inspired by her father’s time in Laos during the #secretwar

• Star Tribune: String of disasters exacts heavy damage in Asia.

• Hartford Courant: Laotian Veterans Recognized with New Monument in Middletown.

• #Representation

  • The Washington Post: SNL’s Awkwafinia and Lucy Liu’s Monologues show how much has changed.

  • Prabal Gurung Fall 2018 Campaign Stars and All-Asian Cast

  • The Cut: When Asian Women Are Harassed for Marrying Non-Asian Men

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • #LaosAngelesShine featuring Lina Luangrath

• Motherland News…

  • Top 15 Best Things to Do in Luang Prabang.

  • Sea-globe: Demining Laos, and the UXO.

  • Bangkok Post: Giving Voice to Vulnerable Lao Youth

  • Religous Life in Luang Prabang

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • San Francisco Chronicle: 3 Cookbooks Relay Immigrant Experience (James Syhabout’s Hawker Fare)

  • Eater New York: Larb Ubol in Hell’s Kitchen Is Still Among NYC’s Top Thai

9.28.18 - 10.4.18

• #LaoNow2018

  • IT IS NEXT WEEK... do you have your tickets yet?!

  • Performers were announced!

  • Film, Storytelling, Chef, and Fashion Panels announced!

• Rebecca Rusch wins an Emmy for her documentary “Blood Road” inspired by Laos.

• Star Tribune: String of disasters exacts heavy damage in Asia.

• #Representation

  • NBC News: Awkwafina to host “Saturday Night Live”

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • #LaosAngelesShine featuring Anousack Chanthavongsay

• Motherland News…

  • Forbes: You Should Experience This Enticing Resort in the Laos Jungle

  • Top 15 Best Things to Do in Luang Prabang.

  • Sea-globe: Demining Laos, and the UXO.

  • Bangkok Post: Giving Voice to Vulnerable Lao Youth

  • Religous Life in Luang Prabang

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • Eater New York: Larb Ubol in Hell’s Kitchen Is Still Among NYC’s Top Thai

  • Lao Cuisine Shines at Vientiane Noodle Shop

  • DCist: Country Lao Restaurant Opening Near Dacha

9.21.18 - 9.27.18

• #LaoNow2018 is coming up... do you have your tickets yet?

• Eranetik dances on stage at Life is Beautiful in Las Vegas, Nevada.

• New Lao book released: When Everything Was Everything

• #Representation

  • NBC News: Awkwafina to host “Saturday Night Live”

  • John Hopkins Newsletter: Searching is a triumph for Asian Representation

  • The Torch: Illumination on Asian Representation

  • Tufts Daily: Professor delivers talk on media representation and Ssian accents.

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • #LaosAngelesShine featuring Seraphina Lotkhamnga

  • Rita Phetmixay hosts a Self Care + Khao Piek Holistic Healing Workshop!

  • Chef Saengthong Douangdara recreates one of Chrissy Teigen's recipes from her second cookbook!

• Motherland News…

  • Top 15 Best Things to Do in Luang Prabang.

  • Belt and Road Project changes the lives of many in both China and Laos.

  • Laos News Agency: Charity run for Attapeu

  • 6 Must See Attractions of Luang Prabang

  • Star Tribune: Lao drug kingpin gets second life sentence

  • Sea-globe: Demining Laos, and the UXO.

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • Eater LA: LA’s only Laotian Restaurant Serves Hard to Find Curry Noodles

  • Maya Thai Laos Restaurant Opens in San Pablo

9.14.18 - 9.20.18

• #LaoNow2018 is coming up... do you have your tickets yet?

• Eranetik will be at Life is Beautiful at the Container Park Stage!

• Binly (@bboylancer) was featured in the San Diego Union Tribune repping Laos!  

• Please sign petition to support inclusion of Laotion American History in California’s K-12 Curricula!

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • #LaosAngelesShine featuring Timonthy Singratsomboune

  • Anneston Pisayavong releases another single on iTunes, Spotify, and wherever you get music!

• Motherland News…

  • Laos works towards wiping out illiteracy.

  • Borneo Bulletin: Tourist Sites Reopen as floods recede in Laos.

  • Mattie Do launches production of her third feature in Laos

  • Top 15 Best Things to Do in Luang Prabang.

  • Belt and Road Project changes the lives of many in both China and Laos.

• #RepresentationMatters

  • The Tahoe Weekly: Showing Bloodroad for TAMBA

  • New York Times: Opinion: Asian-Americans Need More Movies, Even Mediocre Ones

  • Variety: What Can Hollywood Learn From #AsianAugust?

  • Huff Post: Designer Casts All Asian Models for NYFW Show.

  • New York Times: Beyond ‘Crazy Rich Asians’: Angie Wang wants to make a movie.

  • Glamour: Some Critics Say the Biracial Actors in “Crazy Rich Asians” Aren’t Asian Enough - But I Call Bullshit.

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • 5 Foods and Drinks You Have to Taste in Laos.