09.04.20 - 09.10.20

Laos Angeles LIVE: Actor’s Panel - Register for our free event & learn about the entertainment industry from our Roots members!

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Sidney Li Phommarath!

• #Representation + #LaotianDiaspora

  • Local musician entertains 200,000+ followers on TikTok with unique sounds (Record-Courier)

  • With 7 dead, California pot ranch is tied to organized crime (ABC News)

• Motherland News…

  • Taking Power - Chinese Firm to Run Laos Electric Grid Amid Default Warning (Reuters)

  • Laos: Dengue fever cases rising and records 142 new cases (The Star)

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • Racine's SapSap offering popular blend of Laos and Thailand food (TMJ4 Milwaukee)

  • In Nam Pa, Portland gets a great Hmong food cart, Brussels sprouts and all (Oregon Live)

08.28.20 - 09.03.20

Laos Angeles LIVE: Actor’s Panel - Register for our free event & learn about the entertainment industry from our Roots members!

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Phonepaseuth "Tam" Khounphouvong!

• Motherland News…

  • Laos thankful for Australia's help in finding Covid-19 vaccine (The Star Online)

  • Migrants From Neighboring Countries Sneak Into Laos, Sparking COVID Fears (Radio Free Asia)

  • Thailand's CP Group to open first 7-Eleven store in Laos in 2022 (Nikkei Asian Review)

  • Mitsubishi Electric to Supply Elevators and Escalators for New National Assembly Building in Laos (Yahoo Finance)

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • Sticky Rice to open in Richardson and more DFW-area news (Community Impact)

08.21.20 - 08.27.20

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Hannah Souzada Collier!

• #Representation + #LaotianDiaspora

  • He Fought For The U.S. In Laos. Later His Documentaries Connected Hmong Communities Worldwide (Valley Public Radio)

• Motherland News…

  • Laos Adjusts UXO Clearance Target to 7,000 Hectares in 2020 (Laotian Times)

  • Ancient megadrought may explain civilization’s ‘missing millennia’ in Southeast Asia (Science Mag)

  • COVID-19 Crisis Complicates Dengue Prevention Efforts in Southeast Asia (Radio Free Asia)

• Visit Laos

  • Laos' mountaintop Hmong park slated for November launch (The Star Online)

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • Takeout Treasure: The savory and fragrant joys of Talad Thai & Lao Street Food (Lubbock-Avalanche Journal)

  • Sticky Rice to debut menu of Lao, Thai dishes in Riverwest (OnMilwaukee)

  • Lil’ Laos Pop-Up Gives Miami a Taste of Laotian Cuisine (Miami New Times)

  • Zaap Kitchen to open spicy Lao Thai restaurant on renovated East Dallas corner (Culture Map Dallas)

08.14.20 - 08.20.20

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Angela Day!

• #Representation + #LaotianDiaspora

  • How Jujubee from 'Drag Race' infused her Laotian culture into her persona and onto the screen (NBC News)

  • Popular local Hmong filmmaker dies from COVID-19 complications (KMPH Fox26 News)

  • The Vang family traveled from Laos to France to Minnesota to Florida to Nevada…in order to start a perfect French bakery—in Maplewood (Sahan Journal)

• Motherland News…

  • Laos is a missing link in Asia's fight against organized crime (CNN)

  • Laos' Collective Approach to Healthcare (BBC)

  • Laos to face sharp decline in remittances due to pandemic (The Star Online)

  • New Mekong dam ignores threats to UNESCO World Heritage city, livelihoods and ecosystems (ASEAN Today)

  • 14.5-km tunnel on China-Laos railway drilled through (The Star Online)

  • Mekong nations pressed to share data as water level falls to new low (Reuters)

  • Public debt of Laos set to increase due to pandemic effect (The Star Online)

• Visit Laos

  • Lao Zoo refocuses vision from entertainment to education (The Star Online)

  • Why agritourism will be the post-coronavirus luxury travel trend – ditch the heels and plant rice or herd cattle in Laos, Cambodia and South Africa  (South China Morning Post)

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • Urban Laotians pay handsomely for ant-egg soup (The Economist)

  • For Laotian Refugees in Richmond, Food Is Part of the Community’s Survival Story (Eater SF)

08.07.20 - 08.13.20

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  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Sandy Keosy-Symoungphone!

  • 6 Groups Making Cross-Cultural Connections (Wiki.ezvid.com)

  • Meet MeMe Thepratta of Conform The People and Girl Social Gang (Voyage LA)

• #Representation + #LaotianDiaspora

  • Casting Notice for a Hmong Centered Film, Filming in Illinois - Apply here!

• Motherland News…

  • Chinese Workers and Gamblers Illegally Stream Into Laos to Avoid Quarantine (Radio Free Asia)

  • Laos: Dengue cases surging up as 9 confirmed dead; only one Covid-19 patient left (The Star Online)

  • ‘Graduating’ as a country: Laos hopes to boost economy and upgrade status with help of new food safety and quality centre (Food Navigator Asia)

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • Taste of Southeast Asia: Lil’ Laos pop-up moves to Fooq’s Miami spot (WSVN)