11.13.20 - 11.19.20

-Register for our free event on 11/22: Laos Angeles LIVE: Lao Food Panel!

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Amy Linsamouth!

• #Representation + #LaotianDiaspora

  • After an incarcerated firefighter was nearly killed on the frontlines, California delivered him to Ice (The Guardian)

  • Closed by pandemic, Minneapolis art center takes its shows on the road (Star Tribune)

  • Excerpt: Sisters on the Other Side of the River, from ‘Somewhere in the Unknown World: A Collective Refugee Memoir’ (Sahan Journal)

• Motherland News…

  • Beijing-friendly Cambodia and Laos pushed out to ASEAN's fringe (Nikkei Asia)

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • This Oakland Food Truck Is Betting Big on Deep-Fried Chicken Feet (Eater SF)

11.06.20 - 11.12.20

-Register for our free event on 11/22: Laos Angeles LIVE: Lao Food Panel!

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Malina Syvoravong!

• #Representation + #LaotianDiaspora

  • Souvankham Thammavongsa wins $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize for short story collection How to Pronounce Knife (CBC)

  • After an incarcerated firefighter was nearly killed on the frontlines, California delivered him to Ice (The Guardian)

  • Watch: From Laos to French Guiana: The story of the Hmong people (France24)

  • State to release ethnic studies recommendations for school curriculums (ABC 10)

• Motherland News…

  • Lao Hospitals Underfunded, Understaffed, Health Care Workers Say (Radio Free Asia)

  • Laos Takes Down Chinese Decorations in the Capital Following Citizen Complaints (Radio Free Asia)

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • Listen: FoodCrush Podcast: We talk Lao fare with Darleen Vanmanivong of Thum (OnMilwaukee)

10.30.20 - 11.05.20

-Register for our free event on 11/7: Laos Angeles LIVE: Self-Care & Healing Workshop!

• #Representation + #LaotianDiaspora

  • 7 bodies, nothing stolen: Were killings at California marijuana grow 'a message'? (LA Times)

  • Minnesota voters stream to the polls despite the coronavirus threat (Star Tribune)

• Motherland News…

  • Death Toll Climbs in Vietnam, Laos Heavily Flooded Following Major Storm (Radio Free Asia)

  • Controversial Luang Prabang Dam Construction Well Underway in Laos (Radio Free Asia)

  • Lao Villagers Demand Investigation of Polluting Chinese, Vietnamese Farms (Radio Free Asia)

  • Starbucks targets new market, in coffee exporting Laos (Fox Business)

• Visit Laos

  • Rescued Bears Enjoy a Relaxing Pool Party (Yahoo News)

10.23.20 - 10.29.20

10.23.20 - 10.29.20

-Register for our free event on 11/7: Laos Angeles LIVE: Self-Care & Healing Workshop!

-We’re a proud partner of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2020 - check out their programming!

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Deneb Cygnus Luangoudom!

• #Representation + #LaotianDiaspora

  • Hmong Voters Could Be Key To Winning Wisconsin. Here's How Organizers Are Reaching Them (Wisconsin Public Radio)

  • Photo moves strangers to drive homeless California man home to Wisconsin (Kare 11)

• Motherland News…

  • Laos to Reopen Border to Travelers From China Under Streamlined COVID-19 Rules (Radio Free Asia)

  • Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos Take Stock of Destruction as Region Braces For New Tropical Storm (Radio Free Asia)

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • ‘A win-win’: Miami restaurants stay afloat by renting their kitchens to other chefs. (Miami Herald)

10.16.20 - 10.22.20

-Register for our free event on 10/19: Laos Angeles LIVE: Self-Care & Healing Workshop!

-We’re a proud partner of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2020 - check out their programming!

• #LaosAngelesRoots

  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Thomas Brooks aka musical artist Spoke! !

• #Representation + #LaotianDiaspora

  • Her spicy papaya salad would make you cry - in a good way (The Tampa Bay Times)

  Motherland News…

  • Sixth Thai-Laos friendship bridge to complete in 2025; Laos-China railway construction steaming ahead (The Star)

  • Seven Lao Christians Evicted From Their Homes for Refusing to Renounce Their Faith (Radio Free Asia)

  • Lao tourism partners slash prices to woo local travellers (The Star)

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • Inventive sushi, and rarely seen Hmong cuisine, served out of a Hampton Roads food truck (The Virginian-Pilot)