Mason Yang plays Aben in HMONG FUTURES by Katie Ka Vang, running April 9–May 3, 2026 at Gremlin Theatre. Currently a senior ...

Fifty years ago, Hmong people first arrived in Minnesota as refugees from the wars of Southeast Asia. In their Laotian homeland, they were earmarked for destruction for having aided the U.S. side in ...

Pang Her Vang, the president of the Mong United Eqauality Association, poses for a portrait in the Kling Public Media Center in St. Paul on Wednesday. CHRIS FARRELL: This is "Minnesota Now." I'm Chris ...

In the spring of 2018, while on the sidelines of the 7th International Conference on Hmong Studies in the American city of St. Paul, Shi Tian walked into the local Hmong Culture Center to attend a ...

The Hmong first arrived in Minnesota in late 1975, after the communist seizure of power in Indochina. They faced multiple barriers as refugees from a war-torn country, but with the help of generous ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. NINA MOINI: This year, 2025, marks 50 years since Hmong people started immigrating to Minnesota. Now the state is home to a vibrant community of at least ...

At museums in the Twin Cities, where Hmong families settled after a Vietnam proxy war in Laos, story cloths and other artifacts recount their history. By Alex V. Cipolle Reporting from Minneapolis ...