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{flvremote}http://hmongtvnetwork.com/bvang/videos/hmoob_muaj_tebchaws.flv|300|225|autoplay=no{/flvremote}Col. Vang Thai (ret) talks about the new Hmong nation at a Hmong new year feast

Anchorage police located an alleged abduction victim late Wednesday after scrambling to find the young woman, who was reportedly kidnapped about 5 p.m.

Vietnam, Laos Uprising: 28 Hmong Protesters Killed

Thousands of Viet-Hmong minority political and religious dissidents along the Laos - Vietnam border, who are staging mass protests demanding religious freedom and land reforms from the communist regime in Hanoi, have been attacked by Vietnam People's Army (VPA) troops and security forces in the remote Dien Bien province of Vietnam. Twenty-eight (28) ethnic Hmong people, protesting against government policies, are confirmed dead in recent days, with hundreds more missing, along the Laos -Vietnam border area of the the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), according to Lao Hmong non-governmental organizations, and the Center for Public Policy Analysis in Washington, D.C.

Large numbers of Vietnam People's Army infantry and mechanized troops, as well as Lao People's Army (LPA) soldiers, were rushed to the Dien Bein border area at the direction of the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the SRV on May 3-5, 2011. Ground attack helicopters were also reportedly dispatched from bases in Laos and Vietnam by the VPA, at the direction of the armed forces Chef of Staff of Vietnam. General Tran Quang Khue, and other VPA generals, who dominate the politburo in Vietnam, have reportedly played a major role in the crack-down, and deployment of the armed forces, against the peaceful Hmong protesters.

By Michael Doyle | McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — The 2007 U.S. arrest of the late Hmong leader Vang Pao hurt him, but it did wonders for U.S.-Lao relations, classified State Department cables show.

Vang Pao's arrest prompted widespread dismay among Hmong-Americans; at one point, an estimated 3,000 demonstrated outside a federal courthouse in Sacramento, Calif.

Lao officials were "pleased and surprised" by the arrest of the man who'd long denounced their regime, a U.S. diplomat reported. Suddenly, Lao military officers began talking. Bureaucratic barriers shrank. Cross-cultural exchanges became feasible.

"Since the arrests, we have made a surprising amount of progress in areas of our relationship with the Lao government where we had previously experienced difficulty," Mary Grace McGeehan, who was then the U.S. charge d'affaires in Laos, wrote in a June 22, 2007, memo.

The instant Koua Fong Lee screamed, "Brakes! Brakes not working!" as his Toyota zoomed up the exit ramp before it slammed into another car nearly five years ago was the instant he should have known what civil claims he might have against the automaker, a lawyer argued in court Tuesday.

Toyota Motor Corp. lawyer John Sear told a federal judge in Minneapolis that she should reject a request by attorneys for Lee and others involved in the crash to amend their original civil lawsuit against the carmaker.

A group of plaintiffs that includes Lee and the families of the three people killed in the 2006 accident sued Toyota, but they are seeking permission to amend the suit by adding more claims.

 BRUSSELS — With every step in the process of creating a bottle of fine Hmong rice spirits, Po Lo is thoughtfully intentional.

He not only strives to create a quality product, but also preserves the family recipe that has survived a war, relocation to a new country, and the opportunities provided to his generation.

Lo's distillery, Lo Artisan Distillery LLC, is at 1607 S. Stevenson Pier Road in a former framing business. Lo's custom-made still is installed after making its way from Germany, and the distillery will be open for business by midsummer.

"This is a passion-driven project for me," Lo said. "I wanted to start a rice spirit distillery because I wanted to preserve our Hmong heritage and traditions. The Hmong people have been making their own rice spirits for centuries in Laos for celebrations, ceremonies and other traditional events."

Judge David Higgs ruled Thursday that the state failed to prove that Moua Her, 29, killed Sheng Vang to keep her from testifying against him in a domestic abuse case.

If prosecutors go forward with another trial, they will be barred from including testimony from a St. Paul police officer. She had responded to an incident four months before the slaying in which Sheng Vang said she'd been beaten by Moua Her outside a University Avenue restaurant.