08.12.22 - 08.18.22

• #Representation + #LaotianDiaspora

  • Fresno County attorney becomes California's 1st Hmong American female judge (ABC30)

  • Laotian refugee, University of Minnesota researcher tapped to lead St. Paul’s East Side Freedom Library (Twin Cities Pioneer Press) 

• Covid-19

  • Locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases continue to rise in Laos (The Star)

• Motherland News

  • Laos sees visitors increase in first half of 2022 (The Star) 

  • Thousands affected by floods in northern Laos (The Star)

• #LaoFoodMovement

  • Laos to Your House, Chicago's only Lao-inspired food project, focuses on 'a forgotten Asian country' (Chicago Tribune)