OUI Mr. BAUDIN est bien époux de Kongmany , soeur de Cai son car celle-ci était mon professeur d'anglais. Mr. BAUDIN , lui, était directeur du collège de Thakhek. Ya Mè DOC avait 2 filles, la première s'appelle Svanthong, mariée à un haut fonctionnaire thailandais ( general Issraphong HOUNPHAKDY )
Land is being cleared for construction of the Nongtha Urban Development Project in Chanthabouly district, Vientiane, after the groundbreaking ceremony took place last year.
Vientiane residents are eager to see the progress of the development project.
The project will see the transformation of 74.85 hectares of land in the Nongtha wetland area into an urban development that has essential infrastructure, houses, and environmental protection measures, at an estimated cost of about 1,996 billion kip (US$250 million).
Due to financial issues on the part of the investor, the Ha Do Group of Vietnam, construction has been delayed until now, Chanthabouly district Deputy Governor Mr Sengphone Souvanny told Vientiane Times yesterday.
Work has just now started on building a road on land for which the group has paid compensation to the former occupiers, he said.
Most of the people who had land within the project area have agreed to compensation of US$4 per square metre, but the group is considering paying more to people who have lost both land and housing.
The Ha Do Group has paid the Lao government US$1.5 million to compensate people who have had to move out of the area.
If the cost of compensation rises above this figure, the group will pay an additional 10 percent or US$150,000.
Now that the group's finances are in order, Mr Sengphone said he believed the project would continue to make progress.
The Ha Do Group holds a 50-year concession on the site, which lies within Nongtha Tai and Neua, Dondeng, Phonsavang and Houayhong villages.
The first phase of the project will see US$80 million invested in turning the site into a modern urban area.
The project is one of many such developments taking place in Vientiane to further the overall socio-economic and residential development of the city.
According to the developers, the project will see the construction of roads, hotels, guesthouses, rental properties, restaurants and tourist facilities incorporated into a leisure park.
Vientiane residents have been waiting for this development for a long time and are keen to see how their former home will be transformed.
Several companies have investigated the possibility of developing the Nongtha area in recent years but none have actually gone ahead.
The development of the wetland into an area of premium accommodation replete with tourist facilities has long been considered a possibility due to its proximity to the city centre.
The wetland is an attractive area and it is hoped its development will bring in visitors and residents both from within the country and overseas.
By Khamphone Syvongxay (Latest Update January 05, 2012)
This morning, President Obama and Secretary of Defense Panetta unveiled new strategic guidance that reflects our 21st century defense needs and secures America’s leadership for the future. The Defense Department and State Department continue to work side-by-side to bring the full range of American assets to bear on our foreign policy. As the new strategy notes, meeting our challenges cannot be the work of our military alone. Diplomacy and development are equal partners with defense in our smart power approach to promoting American interests and values abroad, building up our economic prosperity, and protecting our national security.
This new guidance is a critical element in our integrated approach to strengthening American leadership in a changing world. It enhances the capabilities and relationships we need to lead and meet our responsibilities for years to come. And it promotes our strategic priorities, including sustaining a global presence while strengthening our focus on the Asia-Pacific region; deterring our adversaries and fulfilling our security commitments; investing in critical alliances and partnerships, including NATO; combating violent extremists and defending human dignity around the world; and preserving our ability to respond quickly to emerging threats. As we move forward with this strategy, we will continue to consult our allies and partners to address our shared concerns, seize new opportunities, and bolster global stability.
I look forward to continuing the close partnership between the Departments of State and Defense as we work together to realize President Obama’s vision for the security of the United States and its people.
Je ne dis pas le contraire , mais avec les fonds souverains des pays émergents riche pour n avoir pas les mêmes soucis que les pays européens , peuvent pratiquement tout acheter et puis tout délocaliser . Et que va-t-il rester en France ? Là est la question .
N oublie pas, ce n est que le commencement, en dix ans , tout au plus quinze ans , ils ont mis les pays riches en faillite chronique .
Total n est plus française grâce à la diligence de madame la juge, la sidérurgie non plus , Renault l était-elle encore ... il faudrait peut être faire l inventaire de ce qu il reste à la France avant de savoir qu'un jour qu on a tout vendu pour les sourires de la princesse .
Martin Stuart-Fox is Emeritus Professor of History in the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He is the author of several books on Lao politics and history, plus more than seventy articles and book chapters.
INTRODUCTION
In December 1975, after a thirty-year struggle, the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) seized power from the former Royal Lao regime, abolished the monarchy, and established the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR). The new institutions of government were modeled on those of the former Soviet Union and Laos is today one of only five remaining Marxist-Leninist states, two of which (China and Vietnam) are its powerful neighbors. It is also one of only five Theravada Buddhist countries, three of which (Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, and Thailand) comprise its other three neighbors. The paradox of Laos today reflects its position on this fault line between communist leadership and Buddhism.
During its first 10 years in power, the LPRP pursued orthodox socialist policies: it nationalized industry and cooperativized agriculture. But plummeting production and peasant opposition forced a reconsideration. In 1986, the ruling party introduced what it called the "new economic mechanism." Over the next decade, land rights were returned to peasant owners, state-owned industries were privatized (except for a few strategic industries), the economy was opened up to foreign capital, and development aid welcomed. Laos reduced its close dependency on Vietnam, and in 1997 both countries joined ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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2009 was the 100th anniversary of the birth of the famous “Red Prince” Souphanuvong, president of the Lao PDR until 1986, and Advisor of Communist Party’s Central Committee Party until his passing in 1995. Such centenaries are auspicious times in Lao culture, and consequently there have appeared several biographies of the “beloved leader”.
Featured here are: เรียนรู้ประวัติศาสตร์ลาวผ่านชีวิตเจ้าสุพานุวง โดย ศุขปรีดา พนมยงค์ (Understanding Lao History through the Life of Prince Souphanuvong by Sukprīdā Phanomyong), and ປະທານສຸພານຸວົງ : ຊີວິດ ແລະ ການເຄື່ອນໄຫວ ປະຕິວັດ (President Souphanuvong: Life and Revolutionary Movement, produced by Research Institute of Social Science), being further contributions to the ongoing elaboration of Lao political iconography. These are unreservedly positive accounts of the Prince’s life and achievements, compiled by authors from either side of the Mekong. Both are illustrated with black and white photographs covering events from childhood until his passing.
Interestingly, we seem to be enjoying something of an awakening of interest in Lao history, with the NLA receiving some 10 titles of histories published in Laos in the last two years. The broader context seems to be the 450th anniversary of Viengchan in 2010, which was officially celebrated by the Lao government.
Anourak Phiphaksa Vehicular registration process bettered
By Vinnaly
(KPL) Head of Driving and Vehicle Management Unit of Vientiane Public Works and Transport Division Mr. Nounsay Phasaisombat said the process of registering vehicles was significantly improved due to the use of modern technology.
Mr. Nounsay said that so far this year his Unit had registered over 50,800 vehicles including over 31,200 motorcycles.
?This year 2011, the number of people coming to register their vehicles is up by 5-6% as compared to last year,? said Mr. Nounsay.
?Pre-availability of modern technology, the registration and licensing process was very slow and took several months. The process cost a lot of time for vehicle users and complaining about our service by the general public was very common to us,? said Mr. Nounsay. ?But now we rarely get complaining phone calls and letters from the people.?
Since 2000, around 500,000 vehicles have been registered in Vientiane. This includes 50,000 registered in the last twelve months. And the number of registered vehicles has increased from 11,000 in 2000 to 50,000 this year meanwhile the number of driving licences has increased from over 97,000 in 2000 to over 238,300 this year.
ข้อสี่ ตามกติการะหว่างประเทศว่าด้วยสิทธิพลเมืองและสิทธิทางการเมืองเกี่ยวกับเสรีภาพในการแสดงความคิดเห็น (International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) ICCPR ได้บัญญัติรับรองในข้อ 19 ว่า
Laos asks for 1.12 trillion kip for post-flood infrastructure restoration
By Soulaphone Kanyaphim
(KPL) Government officials representing Ministries of Planning and Investment, Foreign Affairs and Labour and Social Welfare met representatives of NGOs, international organisations, and international community expressing the government needs as much as 1.12 trillion kip (approx USD141 million) for the restoration of basic infrastructure destroyed and damaged in flooding caused by two typhoons Haima and Nockten.
The meeting saw the presence of Minister of Planning and Investment, Mr. Somdy Douangdy.
Typhoons Haima on 24-25 June and Noktan on 30 July-1 August affected 82,493 families in 12 provinces nationwide.
The Haima hit the northern and central provinces Sayaboury, Xiengkhouang, Vientiane and Bolikhamsay. Nock-Ten hit central and southern provinces Vientiane,
Bolikhamxay, Khammouane, Savannakhet, and Champassak.
They brought heavy rains, which had caused the rise of water levels in many rivers including Mekong. As a result, many provinces
had been significantly affected by floods and landslides. The worst flooding in decades swept away houses and rice barns and damaged thousands of hectares of farmland, livestock, many schools, hospitals, roads, bridges, water supply systems, electricity networks and other infrastructure in those provinces.
Since June 24, 2011, flooding has killed at least 27 people, the total cost of damage is huge and thousands of people affected.
Vientiane province is the most hard-hit province. The damage cost of the agriculture sector in the province is estimated at 100 billion kip. Meanwhile five of nine districts in Xiengkhouang have been affected by the storm. Houses, roads, electricity and telecommunication systems have been heavily damaged.
12 -14 -2011 Dear fellow compatriots. Regarding to Mr. Bounliane quotes on the forum, he said eventually the Lao-Keow will protest Lao-Nork oppositions elements, especially RLGE will be protested by Lao-Keow in the Front of U.S.A's Embassy in Vientiane, They don't have the rights to protest only Human Rights factions, My dear fellow compatriots,regarding Bouanliane was quoting,it sounds like, every body will be very happy to see the disappearane of RLGE and RLGE's members to be arrested. Last statement, Bounliane said, he has never talked about RLGE, and never mentioned and look down on Prime Minister Khamphoui, On this statement below, he is so happy, if the RLGE is protested by Lao-Keo in the Front of U.S.A's Embassy, and RLGE dismantles by the U.S.A 's government. . I think every Lao - Nork who cheers up for Bounlaine will be very happy on the disappearance of RLGE, and Lao-Keo have no enemy to confront with them. I would pray to the Lord of Bhudda, please help Lao-Keow to set up protest RLGE in the Front of U.S.A,s Embassy. I Vettawanh Praxaysaeng, am, sacrificed myself to wait and see that event happen, Please don't let me wait so long. With best regard. Wettawanh Praxaysaeng.
2011/12/14 kham simouang
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: khamsimouang@hotmail.com To: blacksaphire@hotmail.fr Subject: FW: ຂໍໃຫ້ທ່ານຜູ້ທີ່ກຽ່ວຂ້ອງໃນຂ່າວນີ້ ອະທິບາຍເພີ້ມແດ່. Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:44:23 -0800
Dear all An assemblage for protestation in Communist regime may happen by the plan or the game of Communists. They can form any time and any day this action is on their progams. Twoo and three months ago Hanoi made public protestation in Vietnam that's for claiming their right over China about Paracell and Priesley Iseland in South China sea. Mr. Bouasone may do the public protest in Viantiane, so if it will happen like some of Lao NORK dreamed in this FORUM, that's not different from the game happened in Hanoi, Because NO ANY ACTION be made in COMMUNIST Dictatorial REGIME WITHOUT PARTY COMPRISING. If Mr.Boasone can form A REVOLUTIONARY ACT IN LAOS to GET RID OF COMMUNIST REGIME... Wah! Bouasone must confront with the Guns of Vietnam...Good for us, we must join him immediately., Because we are waiting for this situation long long time. Thank
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: laosavanh@gmail.com Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:55:33 -0600 Subject: Re: ຂໍໃຫ້ທ່ານຜູ້ທີ່ກຽ່ວຂ້ອງໃນຂ່າວນີ້ ອະທິບາຍເພີ້ມແດ່. To: laosnetworkroom@googlegroups.com
From: black saphire To: laosnetworkroom@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 9:35 AM Subject: RE: ຂໍໃຫ້ທ່ານຜູ້ທີ່ກຽ່ວຂ້ອງໃນຂ່າວນີ້ ອະທິບາຍເພີ້ມແດ່.
Even in China, more than half of its millionaires are planning to leave the country in order to invest and live in safer places for their wealth, more ...
12/15/2011 11:34 ASIA A Christmas of emergencies By Bernardo Cervellera
Christmas 2011 is marked by economic crisis, unemployment, and anxiety, even among wealthy Chinese millionaires. Post-tsunami Japan, Post-earthquake Indonesia and Turkey, Post-flood Vietnam, Thailand and Laos show that there is also an ecological emergency. In all these situations the Churches of Asia are laying seeds of hope that help the fatigue of many churches of the West. Even God was born in an emergency.
Rome (AsiaNews) - Christmas 2011 approaches marked by emergencies. First, the economic crisis that is choking the whole world. Beyond the numbers and percentages, the often incomprehensible jargon of the financial newspapers, it is consuming the life and livelihoods of millions of people who are unemployed and eroding the fragile unity of nations, once held together by the desire for well-being and possible opportunities to achieve it.
Even in China, more than half of its millionaires are planning to leave the country in order to invest and live in safer places for their wealth, more law-abiding nations, with fewer tensions and social unrest. After having enriched themselves leaving the rest of the population in poverty, after using the Communist Party to accumulate their riches, and after making China the most polluted country on earth, they are now looking for a quiet place to enjoy luxury and tranquility.
But it is doubtful that they will find one: the economic emergency is afflicting all four corners of the planet and everywhere people are anxious about their present and future.
There is also an ecological and weather emergency. This year the world - and Asia in particular – has witnessed earthquakes in Japan, Indonesia, Turkey, the tsunami that swept away the lives of tens of thousands of Japanese people, putting the survival of the nation at risk with the ensuing nuclear crisis in Fukushima , floods in Southeast Asia which for months have tried the patience of Thais, Filipinos, Vietnamese, Laotian, Burmese, destroying the rice fields, their main source of nourishment, and blocking industrial development.
But the real emergency is that of God and man. Man who does not see the world as a created gift, who considers his fellow being as prey, and the earth as a land of conquest. He who eliminates God from his horizon, eliminates mankind, subjecting it to his power and humiliating it. There is an emergency for the respect of man, for his dignity, his civil and religious liberty. In this, the atheist and materialist world in the West and East, that bows to the god of finance, blends seamlessly with the intransigence of Islamic fundamentalist or other (abused) religions, to affirm the supremacy of one group, the power a few over the multitude.
The Christmas of more than 2000 years ago was also a Christmas of emergency. Caesar Augustus had decided a census "of all the earth", perhaps to measure his power, perhaps to calculate an increase in taxes on his subjects to guarantee them peace in exchange for submission.
Even the birth of the Son of God took place in a state of emergency: during a journey to Bethlehem, in a stable because "there was no place for them in the inn". Neither were the first months of his life, or early years, easy: surrounded by violence, the massacre of the innocent little saints, persecuted, like a refugee fleeing to safer ground ...
No, God is no stranger to emergencies: he knows them from the beginning of his adventure on earth and has crossed them all to his very death. Upon a mankind terrified by them, He poured the gift of His life, His truth and His love.
If God is born, all emergencies have a meaning, which is a love which is stronger than everything and everyone.
Without Him, it becomes foolishly reasonable to rely on the Mayan calendar that promises the destruction of earth and man, throwing away all hope and taking the side of those who want to destroy people and things.
For over 2000 years the Church has proclaimed the victory of God’s truth and love over desperation. In our daily work, reporting on the witness of the Church in Asia, we are amazed at the signs of hope that Christians can offer in the most extreme circumstances: in constantly remembering the bishops and priests detained in Chinese or Vietnamese prisons, in the commitment to charity towards the victims of earthquakes and floods; in offering friendship to the youth of the Arab world who are searching for greater dignity and a future, claiming freedom and space in fundamentalist regimes. We hope that something of this vital spring of the Churches in Asia communicates itself to the Churches of the West for the task of new evangelization assigned by Benedict XVI. By now no emergency has the power to immobilize us because the loving power of Jesus Christ abides in them all.
ทั้งนี้ นาย Tadashi Yanai ได้เปิดร้าน Uniqlo เป็นครั้งแรกที่เมืองฮิโรชิม่าในปี 1984 ก่อนที่จะเริ่มขยายสาขาสู่ฮ่องกง เกาหลีใต้ และสหรัฐอเมริกาในปี 2010 สำหรับประเทศไทยนั้นได้ต้อนรับ Uniqlo ถึง 3 สาขาในปี 2011 คือที่ Central World, Central Plaza ลาดพร้าว และ Central Plaza Grand พระราม 9
อันดับ 3 นาย Akira Mori (森 章) ประธานและผู้บริหาร Mori Trust ผู้มีทรัพย์สิน 6.1 พันล้าน ดอลลาร์สหรัฐ หลังจากที่นาย Taikichiro Mori บิดาของเขาซึ่งเป็นผู้ก่อตั้ง Mori Building ได้เสียชีวิตลง พี่ชายของเขานาย Minoru Mori (มหาเศรษฐีญี่ปุ่นอันดับ 20) ก็ดูแลในส่วนของ Mori Building company ขณะที่นาย Akira ก็เข้ามาดูแลในส่วนของ Mori Trust
อันดับ 4 นาย Masayoshi Son (孫正義) ผู้ก่อตั้งและประธานบริหารบริษัท SoftBank Capital รวมถึง SoftBank Mobile เครือข่ายด้านโทรศัพท์มือถือยักษ์ใหญ่ในประเทศญี่ปุ่น มี ทรัพย์สิน 5.6 พันล้าน ดอลลาร์สหรัฐ
Khaphachao day ao khao ni lon nay véthi lao-nork tè tol deuane 11 phoune, tèva bo mi nak kane muong lao phouday sol chay (nork chark Thanh Koupranom Abhay lè Thanh Souk Thasy). Sia day youh !
Thanh colonel Robert JAMBON bo day kao theung tè phinong Lao-Hmong tho nane. Thanh day vao theung paxasone lao thoua pay lè vao theung ban ha sat, nay spp Lao.
TXLF
Réponse de TXLF à Khoupranom
Mon cher ami,
Comme tu dis, le geste du colonel Robert Jambon est un geste fort et rarissime. De son vivant il avait écrit maintes fois aux responsables politiques et aux médias pour attirer leur attention sur le drame laotien, mais il se heurtait à un mur de silence, parce que la France n'a plus aucun intérêt politique, économique et commercial au Laos. Pour la France, les Droits de l'Homme en Asie, et en particulier au Laos, ne sont pas les mêmes qu'en Afrique. Ce sont des sous-droits qui ne valent pas la peine d'être défendus ! La preuve est flagrante. Pendant que l'on fait la guerre en Afrique pour déloger les dictateurs africains, on décore les dictateurs laodèng de la Légion d'Honneur (pour avoir traité les français de sales colonisateurs et de bourreaux du peuple laotien).
En tant que bouddhiste, je n'approuve pas le geste du colonel Jambon, mais parfois je le comprends.
Touxoua Lyfoung
Dans un e-mail daté du 11/3/2011 5:18:10 p.m. Paris, Madrid, koupranom_abhay@yahoo.fr a écrit :
Réaction de Monsieur Koupranom Abhay
Bonjour Touxoua Lyfoung ,
La mort du Col Robert Jambon m'interpelle pour que je m'attarde avec émotion et respect pour saluer sa mémoire et son geste rarissime, exécuté pour honorer une noble cause .
Le temps passe , la vie change , et le Colonel n'a jamais oublié le Laos, comme moi , nous sommes enchainés pour toujours à cette terre envoutante , à ces montagnes et à ce Mékong impassible qui continue à abreuver les berges de ce beau pays.
Mes condoléances sincères à la famille du Colonel Robert Jambon .
Koupranom Abhay
Réponse de TXLF à Monsieur Souk Thasy
Bonjour Monsieur Souk Thasy,
Avec Monsieur Koupranom Abhay, vous êtes la deuxième personne qui a réagi à mon message.
J'ai pris la peine de poster ce message à tous les forums Lao Nork. Je suis un peu étonné que l'Opposition Lao Exilée reste insensible devant cet événement tragique dont la situation politique en RDPL est en partie responsable.
Oui, le colonel Robert Jambon était un grand homme. Sa mort (que nous pleurons tous) servira la cause de la Démocratie et contribuera à faire comprendre aux responsables politiques et aux médias
- que la dictature au Laos est aussi barbare que la dictature en Libye ou ailleurs.
- que les droits de l'Homme sont les mêmes en Europe, en Afrique, en Amérique et en Asie,
- que le peuple laotien n'est pas un sous peuple,
- que la vie d'un laotien vaut autant celle d'un tout autre être humain, et
- que les droits de l'Homme au Laos ne sont pas des sous-droits qui ne valent pas d'être défendus.
Amitiés
Touxoua Lyfoung
Réaction de Monsieur Souk Thasy
Dans un e-mail daté du 11/4/2011 2:09:24 p.m. Paris, Madrid, souk.thasy@gmail.com a écrit : ທ່ານ ຕູຊົວທີ່ນັບຖື
Dans un e-mail daté du 11/3/2011 11:04:16 a.m. Paris, Madrid, Touxoua@aol.com a écrit :
Amis et chers compatriotes,
Hier (mercredi 2 novembre 2011) j'ai assisté aux obsèques d'un ami, le colonel Robert JAMBON, retraité des Troupes de Marine de l'Armée française, qui avait fait trois séjours au Laos, entre 1949 et 1954, et qui s'est donné la mort, la semaine dernière, devant le Monument des Soldats morts pour la France de Dinan (Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France). J'étais accompagné du Commandant Vang Néng, Président de l'Association Solidarité Hmong en France, et de quelques ami Lao-Hmong de Rennes.
Le colonel Robert JAMBON était Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur, titulaire de la Croix de Guerre des TOE avec Palme et Officier de l'Ordre du Million d'Eléphants et du Parasol Blanc.
Voici les motifs de son "suicide" que je mets à la connaissance de nos compatriotes laotiens, avec l'autorisation de la Famille JAMBON. Ce document nous a été remis, de main propre, par la veuve du Colonel Robert JAMBOM, à la sortie de l'Eglise de Saint Samson sur Rance. Certains passages ont été lus, avec émotion, devant l'assistance, par le révérend Prête.
Le colonel Robert JAMBON pense que son geste servira à sensibiliser les autorités politiques et les médias françaises sur "le cas laotien".
Voilà un grand français qui mérite le respect de notre Communauté Lao.
Laos: 2 prisoners freed after 14 years Monday, 20 December 2004, 9:50 am Press Release: Amnesty International
Laos: Two prisoners of conscience freed after 14 years
Amnesty International is delighted by the safe arrival in France today of two Lao former prisoners of conscience, Feng Sakchittaphong and Latsami Khamphoui. The pair were released from prison in October this year having served a 14-year sentence for charges including "making preparations for rebellion" and "propaganda against the Lao People’s Democratic Republic".
Both men had advocated peaceful economic and political reform in Laos -- a country which has a zero-tolerance policy towards dissent in any form
"Amnesty International shares in the delight of Feng and Latsami’s families and hopes that their release marks another step on the road towards the full respect of human rights for all in Laos," said Natalie Hill, Deputy Asia Director at Amnesty International.
There were widely-held concerns that the pair may not have been released at the end of their sentence -- an all too common occurrence in Laos. It was also feared that the pair would not be allowed to leave the country to seek medical help abroad. Feng and Latsami are both 62 years old and suffering from poor health, including heart and kidney problems. Both men have close family connections in France.
Sadly, fellow prisoner of conscience Thongsouk Saysangkhi died in prison before he could be released. The former colleague of Feng and Latsami died in 1998 aged 59. The three men were arrested at the same time and lived under extremely harsh conditions in a prison camp, with few family visits allowed. Thongsouk had been denied adequate medical care for serious health problems.
"Our hearts go out to the family of Thongsouk Saysangkhi who should also have been rejoicing today," said Natalie Hill.
The Hmong are a little-known people in a secretive land But there is increasing evidence that the Hmong are fighting back. Over the last few decades, there have been persistent rumours of rebel fighters living in remote jungle areas - the kind of reports which the three foreigners now on trial were trying to confirm. Sunai Phasuk says it is very difficult to get accurate information about the number of rebels in Laos, or the activities they are engaged in.
Three foreigners were arrested while researching the Hmong in 2003 But last month Andrew Perrin, a journalist from Time Asia magazine, managed to gain access to a remote rebel camp, where he met hundreds of Hmong families. "What we found really surprised us. There were 800-900 people - far more than we had thought - and we were told there were another 20 similar groups around Laos," he told BBC News Online. The group he encountered was living in a state of constant siege, with women and children in desperate need of food and medical attention - and constantly on the run from the Lao authorities. "These people are hunted like wild animals," said Mr Perrin. "It has been going on for nearly 30 years." "From their hill-top camps, military patrols fire rockets into the jungle. If they spot someone, they shoot." In public, the Lao Government denies that the Hmong rebels exist. But diplomatic sources have said that, behind the scenes, the authorities believe the rebels are behind a spate of recent ambush attacks on buses in the region. Sunai Phasuk said it was not in the government's interest to openly blame the Hmong for the attacks, as it would imply the authorities were no longer in control of the situation. So, instead, the attacks are blamed on "bandits" or "bad people". Amnesty's Daniel Alberman rebuffed that explanation. "You don't kill a load of bus passengers if you're a bandit," he said. Andrew Perrin said it was impossible to say who was behind the bus attacks. Eyewitnesses have claimed that those responsible spoke the Hmong language and looked like ethnic Hmong. But Mr Perrin said the Hmong he met denied being involved in any attacks. He said there was even a possibility that the military itself was behind the ambushes. The truth of the matter is likely to remain difficult to determine, and the continuing violence could well deter others from investigating further.
Par Kate McGeown BBC Nouvelles en ligne Insurgés rebelles
Les Hmong sont un peuple peu connu dans un pays secret Mais il ya plus de preuves que les Hmong sont riposter.
Au cours des dernières décennies, il ya eu des rumeurs persistantes de rebelles combattants vivant dans des zones de jungle à distance - le type de rapports dont les trois étrangers aujourd'hui en procès tentaient de confirmer. Sunai Phasuk affirme qu'il est très difficile d'obtenir des informations précises sur les nombre de rebelles au Laos, ou des activités qu'ils sont engagés po
Trois étrangers ont été arrêtés alors des recherches sur les Hmong en 2003 Mais le mois dernier, Andrew Perrin, un journaliste du Time Asia magazine, géré pour accéder à un camp de rebelles à distance, où il a rencontré des centaines de Hmongs familles. . «Nous avons découvert nous a vraiment surpris Il y avait 800-900 personnes - beaucoup plus que nous l'avions pensé - et on nous a dit il y avait 20 autres groupes similaires autour du Laos ", a déclaré à la BBC Nouvelles en ligne. Le groupe a rencontré vivait dans un état de siège constant, avec les femmes et les enfants dans le besoin désespéré de nourriture et de soins médicaux - et permanence sur la course par les autorités lao. «Ces gens sont chassés comme des animaux sauvages», a déclaré M. Perrin. "Il a été passe près de 30 ans. " »De leur sommet d'une colline camps, les militaires des patrouilles des roquettes dans la jungle. Si ils aperçoivent quelqu'un, ils tirent. " En public, le Gouvernement lao nie que les rebelles hmongs existent. Mais des sources diplomatiques ont affirmé que, dans les coulisses, les autorités croient que les rebelles sont derrière une série d'attaques récente embuscade contre des autobus dans la région. Sunai Phasuk a déclaré qu'il n'était pas dans l'intérêt du gouvernement ouvertement blâmer les Hmong pour les attaques, car il impliquerait les autorités ne sont plus dans le contrôle de la situation. Ainsi, au lieu, les attentats sont attribués à des «bandits» ou «mauvaises personnes». Amnesty Daniel Alberman repoussé cette explication. «On ne tue pas une charge de passagers du bus si vous êtes un bandit», at-il dit. Andrew Perrin a dit qu'il était impossible de dire qui était derrière les attaques de bus. Des témoins oculaires ont affirmé que les responsables parlaient la langue Hmong et ressemblait ethnique hmong. Mais M. Perrin a déclaré que le Hmong, il a rencontré nié être impliqué dans des attaques. Il dit qu'il n'y avait même une possibilité que l'armée elle-même était derrière le embuscades. La vérité de la matière est susceptible de rester difficile à déterminer, et le la violence continue pourrait bien dissuader les autres d'enquêter davantage.
The Hmong are a little-known people in a secretive land But there is increasing evidence that the Hmong are fighting back.
Over the last few decades, there have been persistent rumours of rebel fighters living in remote jungle areas - the kind of reports which the three foreigners now on trial were trying to confirm.
Sunai Phasuk says it is very difficult to get accurate information about the number of rebels in Laos, or the activities they are engaged in.
Three foreigners were arrested while researching the Hmong in 2003 But last month Andrew Perrin, a journalist from Time Asia magazine, managed to gain access to a remote rebel camp, where he met hundreds of Hmong families.
"What we found really surprised us. There were 800-900 people - far more than we had thought - and we were told there were another 20 similar groups around Laos," he told BBC News Online.
The group he encountered was living in a state of constant siege, with women and children in desperate need of food and medical attention - and constantly on the run from the Lao authorities.
"These people are hunted like wild animals," said Mr Perrin. "It has been going on for nearly 30 years."
"From their hill-top camps, military patrols fire rockets into the jungle. If they spot someone, they shoot."
In public, the Lao Government denies that the Hmong rebels exist.
But diplomatic sources have said that, behind the scenes, the authorities believe the rebels are behind a spate of recent ambush attacks on buses in the region.
Sunai Phasuk said it was not in the government's interest to openly blame the Hmong for the attacks, as it would imply the authorities were no longer in control of the situation.
So, instead, the attacks are blamed on "bandits" or "bad people".
Amnesty's Daniel Alberman rebuffed that explanation.
"You don't kill a load of bus passengers if you're a bandit," he said.
Andrew Perrin said it was impossible to say who was behind the bus attacks.
Eyewitnesses have claimed that those responsible spoke the Hmong language and looked like ethnic Hmong.
But Mr Perrin said the Hmong he met denied being involved in any attacks. He said there was even a possibility that the military itself was behind the ambushes.
The truth of the matter is likely to remain difficult to determine, and the continuing violence could well deter others from investigating further.
2011-12-12 New Miss Minnesota is first Lao-American to hold title
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The state will send an Asian-American to the Miss USA pageant next year.
Nitaya Panemalaythong, 26, of Savage was crowned Miss Minnesota last month. The office worker and Normandale College student is the first Asian-American to win the honors, according to pageant producers.
Panemalaythong, whose family is from Laos, was born in a refugee camp in Thailand. In 1986, she moved to the United States as an infant. Her family lived in Minneapolis and North Carolina.
Her bio says her proudest achievement was buying a house last year. Why?
"She and her brother in law support 10 family members, living in that home," the bio says.
Panemalaythong was at first skeptical about entering the pageant, and at 26, she was the oldest contestant in the competition, the Savage Pacer reports.
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A retired French colonel has killed himself to protest against "indifference" to the plight of Laos's Hmong minority, French media say.
Col Robert Jambon, 86, shot himself in October on the steps of the "Indochina monument" in Dinan in western France.
In a suicide letter published by Ouest France, he described his action as "an act of war aimed at rescuing our brothers-in-arms facing death".
Ethnic Hmong have been complaining of discrimination in Vietnam and Laos.
Col Jambon fought alongside Hmong during France's war in South-East Asia in the 1940s and early 1950s.
Many members of the community joined French forces during the conflict - known in the country as the "Indochina war".
In the suicide note, the colonel wrote: "After a long period of disappointment I have decided to play my final card, or more precisely my final bullet."
He said the suicide was aimed at expressing his "shame and to protest against the cowardly indifference of our officials in the face of the terrible misfortune that is hitting our friends in Laos".
Col Jambon said he had been particularly outraged by the lack of international reaction to Thailand's decision to expel thousands of Hmong refugees two years ago.
"As for you, governments without honour and big media without honour, I spit my blood and my contempt in your face," his letter says.
The Hmong communities of northern Laos and Vietnam also fought alongside US forces during the Vietnam War, and feel they are discriminated against because of their past.