The UN refugee agency has formally asked Laos for access to more than 4,000 ethnic Hmong who were forcibly repatriated from Thailand.

The ethnic Hmong American who was traveling with the two journalists was apparently acting as their translator and contact with the rebels.

More than 4,000 ethnic Hmong have been forcibly repatriated from Thailand to Laos.

Thailand deports about 4,000 ethnic Hmong back to communist-ruled Laos, deeming them to be economic migrants.

Most of those students were ethnic Hmong refugees.

Thousands of ethnic Hmong are expected to attend his funeral in Fresno, California.

In 2005 authorities in Bolikhamsai Province detained a group of 27 ethnic Hmong.

A Hmong American is a resident of the United States who is of ethnic Hmong descent.

Oroville is also home to a considerable number of ethnic Hmong.

Yang, an ethnic Hmong, was born in Laos.