This is the final installment in a three-part series “50 Years in the Valley: The Hmong Journey from War to Home.” Part Three ...

Vang Pao's large extended family -- including his 25 surviving children -- as well as the former CIA officials who recruited him to lead a secret army during the Vietnam War followed his flag-draped ...

Part one of a three part special report “50 years in the Valley: The Hmong Journey from War to Home,” talking to people from ...

Gen. Vang Pao has canceled plans to stage a peaceful return to Laos this week after the communist regime announced he would be executed as a Vietnam War criminal if he goes back. In September, the U.S ...

Reporting from Fresno — They promised a funeral fit for a king. There were to be dignitaries; a long red carpet; thousands of pigs, cows, chickens and ducks to be sacrificed for feasting. It had to be ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Vang Pao, a revered former general in the Royal Army of Laos who led ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. A federal judge Friday -- issued a new indictment-- dismissing charges against the general. Two years ago -- General Vang Pao and ten others were charged with plotting to overthrow ...

If you find yourself in Jenny Yang’s third-grade classroom at Vang Pao Elementary in southeast Fresno, you’ll hear students recite the Pledge of Allegiance in the mornings in the Hmong language. When ...

One year after General Vang Pao's death, his wife, Mai Song Moua still cries every time she talks about the beloved leader. Those same emotions run deep for thousands of other people within the Valley ...