PHETCHABUN, Thailand — Thailand sent army troops with shields and batons to evict more than 4,000 ethnic Hmong asylum-seekers Monday and send them back to Laos despite strong objections from the U.S.

BANGKOK, Thailand—Thai officials plan to screen thousands of ethnic Hmong in northern Thailand to determine which should be repatriated to Laos, Thai and Lao authorities said Tuesday. Thai military ...

The Hmong, an ethnic minority group from Laos’ rugged mountains, helped U.S. forces during the Vietnam War. Many Hmong fought under CIA advisers during the so-called “secret war” in Laos before it ...

PHETCHABUN, ThailandPHETCHABUN, Thailand — Thai troops packed more than 4,000 ethnic Hmong into military trucks for a one-way journey to Laos, all but ending the Hmong’s three-decade search for asylum ...

BANGKOKBANGKOK — The Thai government said it would not disclose the timing for its expulsion of 4,000 ethnic Hmong to Laos, but human rights groups warned it could begin as early as Sunday evening and ...

PHETCHABUN, Thailand — Thailand early this morning launched an operation to close a refugee camp and send about 4,000 ethnic Hmong back to Laos, despite concerns about their safety. Col. Thana ...

HUAY NAM KHAO, Thailand, July 5 -- Soaked by rain, thousands of poor ethnic Hmong refugees from Laos were living without shelter in northern Thailand on Tuesday, forced from their homes under a Thai ...

The way Elvis Thao sees it, Hmong rock band the Sounders, and their frontman Thai Thao (no relation), are "never going to die." "(Thai Thao) will be that Jimi Hendrix, that Babe Ruth, he's the ...

BANGKOK, Thailand, November 16 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency said Thursday it was seriously concerned about Thailand's deportation to Laos of 53 ethnic Hmong, including a newborn baby. Describing ...

Increased cooperation between Thai and Vietnamese authorities is putting Vietnamese refugees and asylum seekers in Thailand ...

BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand will return some 8,000 ethnic Hmong refugees to Laos despite their claims that they face persecution in their homeland, the Thai prime minister said Monday. Prime Minister ...