FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — When Phong Yang, a Hmong refugee from Laos, landed in California's Central Valley — via stops in Thailand and France — he was 14 years old. He learned to speak Hmong from his ...

MINNEAPOLIS — It's a story that loses a lot in translation: Holy Apostles Episcopal Church in St. Paul, Minn., is working on a Hmong version of the Book of Common Prayer. This simple-sounding endeavor ...

The computer widget will help translate documents, websites, and chats from one of 37 other languages into Hmong. "It's very important for the community because we've been here in America for 30 years ...

The Hmong Cultural Center has completed a major project initiative involving the translation into English and production of two books -Tshoob Kos (Wedding Procedures) and Kev Cai Pam Tuag (Funeral ...

History, it turns out, will have to be rewritten in St. Paul. That's because a pair of McDonald's billboard ads erected last week and aimed at Hmong customers has left many people confused. "While it ...

ST. PAUL - How do you say "State Fair" in the Hmong language? Same way everybody else says it: State Fair. "We're Minnesotans, so we participate in all sorts of Minnesota events, like anyone else," ...

In this March 22, 2012, Phong Yang, a teacher at California State University Fresno, poses for a photo in Fresno, Calif. Yang has worked with Hmong community members and Microsoft researchers to ...