Laos

Kongthaly works at Thanaleng station, the first and only railway station in Laos. He received his training in Thailand, as the Laos station adopted their operating system from Thailand railway. Ore Huiying hide caption

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Ore Huiying

The Picture Show

Taking A Look At Laos

March 14, 2013 • Ore Huiying's photo project shows how modernization in Southeast Asia is beginning to touch Laos, a quiet country in a dynamic region.

Vang Pao, Hmong Leader And General Who Led Secret War In Laos, Has Died

Former Hmong Gen. Vang Pao (right) in May 2000 during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. Luke Frazza /AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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The Two-Way

Vang Pao, Hmong Leader And General Who Led Secret War In Laos, Has Died

January 7, 2011 • He was known to some of his countryman as the George Washington of the Hmong. Vang fought against the Japanese in World War II, the French in the 1950s and the North Vietnamese in the 1960s and '70s.