This year marks the 60th anniversary of the commencement of a major strand in the US’s secret war, Operation Barrel Roll – a nine-year US bombing campaign that would see Laos becoming the most ...

When Lee Po Cha traveled to Laos in November 2022, he was given the opportunity to detonate a bomb. It was the first time in 48 years he had been back to his birth country. It became the most ...

Wisconsin Public Radio During the Vietnam War, the American military secretly recruited fighters in Laos to aid in a fight ...

Obama has an opportunity to address the past by stepping up U.S. efforts to remove unexploded ordnance in Laos.

Though Hmong and Laotian soldiers still won't have access to many federal benefits, a new bill would recognize them as ...

Asia Society Northern California and the Japan Policy Research Institute hosted veteran journalists Karen Coates and Jerry Redfern for a program on November 12 looking at the “secret” U.S. bombing of ...

In the shadows of the Vietnam War, the CIA organized a secret war in neighboring Laos to prevent communism from spreading deeper into Southeast Asia. The Hmong fought for the U.S. — and for ...

Galen Beery photo collections USAIDS for Hmong refugees within Laos during the US secret war - Lar Yang, curator and director of Hmong 40 years - Galen Beery Photo Collections Source: Galen Beery ...