Ian Baird took his new job, as a geographer specializing in the upland peoples of Southeast Asia, knowing that members of one of those groups, the Hmong, were disappointed with the scope of his ...

BANGKOK, Thailand -- A lingering legacy of the Vietnam War emerged from the jungles of Laos on Wednesday, as hundreds of members of the Hmong hill tribe minority surrendered to the communist ...

Nai Siew Saechao (l) and May Yan Saechao (r) share a laugh talking about the herbs they grow at Peralta Hacienda Historical Park in Oakland. Photo: KQED/Don Clyde The Mien people of Laos had to leave ...