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King Vatthana Savang, Queen Khamphou and Prince Say Vongsavang died in jail, the king dying of starvation, according to the U.S. State Department. In 1977, the Pathet Lao's Operation SamKieng ...
Several years later, still in school, Vang got the news that would change his life. His father had been captured by the Pathet Lao, and he would never see him alive again. Remembering the day, his ...
1637-1694 - King Sourigna Vongsa rules for 57 years - seen as Lao's " Golden Age". After his death the country splits into three. 1763-1769 - Burmese armies overran northern Laos and annexe Luang ...
They took up arms against the Pathet Lao and the North Vietnamese, fighting a battle they would not win. Vang doesn’t talk much about his days as a child soldier, though he shared a single story.
Laos is one of the world's few openly communist states. It is a one-party state and the general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party holds ultimate power and authority over state and ...
The fighting came over the mountain in 1959, the artillery so close it shook the family farm. The communist march into Laos was underway, with North Vietnam carving the Ho ...