Monica Lo stayed silent for years as the man she married abused her. She said he punched and even choked her. Lo said she didn’t report the violence to law enforcement and lied to doctors about her ...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – In a crowded refugee camp in Thailand, Misty Her often sneaked away to a school house and listened through a hole in the wall. She knew she could never attend, being Hmong and a ...

Pao Houa Her, “Girl with umbrella” (2016), digital Inkjet Archival Print, found image (image courtesy Bockley Gallery and the artist) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — At the age of four, in 1986, Pao Houa Her ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — On Thursday, July 29, 2021 Minnesota gymnast Sunisa Lee competed in the women's gymnastics all-around finals at the Tokyo Olympics. KARE 11 anchor Gia Vang, a Hmong-American woman, ...

SHEBOYGAN – A South High alum won the 2024 Miss Asian Global Pageant, becoming the first Hmong woman to claim the title in the competition’s nearly 40-year history. Raine said winning the pageant as ...

SHEBOYGAN – Sharing similar experiences and dealing with generational challenges as young Hmong women, South High junior Jansunee Moua and her friends decided they wanted to create a support group. To ...

Fifty years ago, Hmong people first arrived in Minnesota as refugees from the wars of Southeast Asia. In their Laotian homeland, they were earmarked for destruction for having aided the U.S. side in ...

Children of immigrants are often asked to interpret for their parents, a task that can get particularly complicated in health care settings. For members of North Carolina’s Hmong community, there may ...

The story of a Milwaukee-area Hmong American woman who was deported to Laos, a country she has never visited, has resonated ...

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