Chue Vang left his native Laos in 1979 to begin a new life in Missoula. He owns a small farm west of Missoula with his wife Va Moua, where they grow produce to sell at the Farmers Market in Missoula.

He came to dislike the Pathet Lao and the North Vietnamese. “If they take over the town or city, wherever, they collect everything,” Vang said. “You have five chickens, they take two for ...

The U.S. didn’t succeed in pushing back the communist insurgents of Pathet Lao. Following the 1975 communist takeover, many more Laotians left their homes. In Thailand, they dwelled in refugee camps, ...

Laotian refugees felt safe in South Louisiana. A push for mass deportation under President Trump has changed that.

Long Tieng closed to outsiders for decades after the Pathet Lao seized control of Laos, living on in Hmong refugees’ memories and the stories shared with younger generations.

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra expressed her condolences on Thursday over the passing of the former president of Laos, Khamtai Siphandone at the age of 101.

Captured and at the mercy of an increasingly cruel enemy, German-born US Navy pilot Dieter Dengler was left with no choice but to attempt a daring escape from the Pathet Lao prison camp in which ...

In 1968, North Vietnamese troops backed by Pathet Lao fighters launched several attacks against the base, which was defended by CIA-backed Hmong tribal fighters, and Thai troops and border police.

Invading North Vietnamese, aided by Pathet Lao, were carving sanctuaries in the Plain of Jars and trying to advance on Vientiane and topple the U.S.-backed regime.

The Pathet Lao take advantage of this by broadcasting orders in Vietnamese over their radios. Kong Le, himself an inveterate radio listener, believes fully half the 75,000 Pathet Lao forces that ...