As a young immigrant from Laos, growing up in Seattle and attending a predominantly white school, Mey Saelee didn't care to learn about her culture and didn't see a need to study her native language.

BANGKOK, Thailand -- A lingering legacy of the Vietnam War emerged from the jungles of Laos on Wednesday, as hundreds of members of the Hmong hill tribe minority surrendered to the communist ...

Editor's note: Ann Ostendorf of Cape Girardeau is taking a year to travel through England, Pakistan and Asia. This is one in an series of articles she is writing about her journey. aos is possibly the ...