06.11.21 - 06.17.21

• #LaosAngelesRoots 

  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Dante Strambler!

• #Representation + #LaotianDiaspora

  • Unique museum collection of Hmong cultural items finds new home in downtown Wausau (Herald Times Reporter)

  • Why South East Asia's film industry succeeds against all odds (Griffith News)

  • Teacher from Laos retires after 35 years at Edinburgh (Daily Journal)

• Covid-19

  • Concerns over blood clots in Laos Covid patients intensify (The Star)

  • Laos joins hands with Vietnam to fight COVID-19 (Vietnam Plus)

• Motherland News…

  • Laotians Still Affected by Wartime Use of Agent Orange, Study Finds (RFA)

  • Villagers Displaced by Laos’ Nam Ngum 4 Dam Say Compensation is not Enough (RFA)

  • Hundreds of Families Forced to Move for Lao Coal Plant Expansion (Radio Free Asia)

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • Local Wat Pa Lao food festival celebrates Buddhist culture (Rochester First)

  • Photo gallery: Lao restaurant SapSap prepares to open (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

  • SapSap, the popular Lao-American pop-up, will open its restaurant soon (Milwaukee Journal SentineL)

  • How to make larb, a refreshing warm salad (Santa Press Democrat)

  • Tofu Larb (Recipe by NY Times)