EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of a two part series about Hmong families forging a life in the Twin Ports Area. The second part of the series will reveal more about the Hmong's diverse culture, past ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — For the annual fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate the tall altar in her living room where she keeps her father’s ring-shaped shaman bells.

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – In a crowded refugee camp in Thailand, Misty Her often sneaked away to a school house and listened through a hole in the wall. She knew she could never attend, being Hmong and a ...

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For the first time, St. Paul will be led by a Hmong woman. Kaohly Her defeated incumbent Melvin Carter Tuesday night to become the next mayor. That win is something Hmong community groups are ...

The Twin Cities is home to the largest urban Hmong population in the country. The Hmong were drawn to Minnesota by job opportunities, access to welfare and public housing, social services and the ...

When gymnast Sunisa "Suni" Lee stepped out on the global stage at the Tokyo Olympics, she wasn’t just representing Team USA. She was also representing the Hmong community around the world. And the ...

As co-founder and executive director of the Hmong American Farmers Association in Minnesota, Janssen Hang has met Gov. Tim Walz several times. It’s usually been on farmland with Walz in his trademark ...

Kao Kalia Yang talks about her recently published memoir, “Where Rivers Part,” which is about her mother’s life. By Maia Coleman This article is also a weekly newsletter. Sign up for Race/Related here ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Leaders of 8,000 ethnic Hmong in a makeshift camp in Thailand vowed on Monday to fight deportation to communist-run Laos, where they say they will be tortured because their ...

Jan. 7, 2011 was a difficult day at Hmong-language station KJAY 1430 AM in Sacramento, Calif. The staff had learned that after a year in the hospital, Vang Pao had passed away the day before from ...

Dr. David Thao, who runs Woodbury Plastic Surgery, says the clinic was built to feel like a spa. Julie Dickerson remembers how unusual it was to walk into Woodbury Plastic Surgery on a Saturday ...