50 years ago, Eau Claire welcomed its first Hmong refugee family. The Moua family, sponsored by Trinity Lutheran Church, ...

As co-founder and executive director of the Hmong American Farmers Association in Minnesota, Janssen Hang has met Gov. Tim Walz several times. It's usually been on farmland with Walz in his trademark ...

It was an achievement made all the more poignant because Hmong people don’t have a national identity, said Minnesota Sen. Foung Hawj, DFL-St. Paul, who stayed neutral during the campaign but then ...

Artist Poa Houa Her at her Minneapolis studio on April 21 with one of her junglescape photographs. Her lived in hiding in the jungles of Laos for over a year before escaping to a refugee camp in ...

The Hmong American Community of Oregon brought together about 3,000 people Saturday to celebrate the Hmong New Year at Reynolds High School in Troutdale. The festivities, marking the 49th anniversary ...

Sheboygan South’s Raine Xiong smiles during the 2023 Sheboygan Area School District commencement, at Vollrath Bowl, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Sheboygan, Wis. SHEBOYGAN – A South High alum won the ...

Chef Vang shares Hmong heritage through food in Minneapolis. Chef Yia Vang uses food as a catalyst for storytelling and firmly believes that every dish has a narrative. Yia fuses local Minnesotan ...

Vang: Courting rituals, a stuffed chicken and egg rolls (and eye rolls) at Hmong New Year I bring my children to this annual festival every year to try to preserve their Hmong heritage, despite their ...

The last time Mai Chue Xiong heard from her husband was more than four years ago, when he called her from jail after he was deported from the family's hideout in Bangkok. Thailand had made a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When gymnast Sunisa "Suni" Lee stepped out on the global stage at the Tokyo Olympics, she wasn’t just representing Team USA. She ...

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 ...