02.26.21 - 03.04.21

02.26.21 - 03.04.21

Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon is out on March 5! Watch it in select theaters or on Disney+ Premier Access!
-Check out photos from when Laos Angeles organized a Baci Su Kwan ceremony for the Raya team!

• #LaosAngelesRoots 

  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Jenny Sanasinh Easley!

• #Representation + #LaotianDiaspora

  • How Disney's 'Raya and the Last Dragon' Found Inspiration From Southeast Asia (The Hollywood Reporter)

  • As schools reopen, Asian American students are missing from classrooms (Washington Post)

  • State tries to block inmate transfers to ICE (AV Press)

• Motherland News…

  • UNESCO Requests New Impact Assessment for Luang Prabang Dam (Radio Free Asia)

  • Laos: After successful elections, results are expected to be announced this week (The Star)

  • Laos: Covid-19 insurance now a requirement for entry into the country (The Star)

  • Thailand Court Rejects Appeal for Petition Against Laos’ Pak Beng Dam (Radio Free Asia)

  • Income support to help 17,000 garment workers in Lao PDR hit by COVID-19 (ILO)

  • Spotify expanding to over 80 new locations including Brunei, Laos and Cambodia (NME)

• Visit Laos

  • We Finally Know The True Age of These Huge, Mysterious Jars Scattered in Laos (Science Alert)

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • Han Lao has closed in Brentwood (Sauce Magazine)

  • Zaap Lai is Thai and Lao dining at its best (Johnson City Press)