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Khene. In the United States, the top master khaen artist is a blind Laotian-born player, Bounseung Synanonh. Master Synanonh started playing the khaen at age twelve and later lost his eyesight at age 15. Master Synanonh immigrated to the U.S. as a refugee in the early 1980s. [8] In 1987, he performed for President Reagan at the White House.
Throughout the 1990s, Lau starred in over 50 films which include his signature role as "Wah Dee" in 1990's A Moment of Romance, the Lee Rock film series (1991) as real life corrupt officer Lui Lok, the 1992 wuxia film, Moon Warriors, the 1995 biker film, Full Throttle and the 1999 Johnnie To -directed action thriller film, Running Out of Time ...
Pages in category "Television shows set in Laos" ... The Embassy (TV series) Y. Youth Over Flowers This page was last edited on 10 May 2023, at 15:06 (UTC). ...
Laotian immigration to the United States started shortly after the Vietnam War. Refugees began arriving in the U.S. after a Communist government came to power in Laos in 1975 and by 1980, the Laotian population of the U.S. reached 47,683, according to census estimates.
The Laotian Civil War was a military conflict that pitted the guerrilla forces of the Marxist-oriented Pathet Lao against the armed and security forces of the Kingdom of Laos (French: Royaume du Laos), led by the conservative Royal Lao Government, between 1960 and 1975. Main combatants comprised:
The Laotian Civil War was waged between the Communist Pathet Lao and the Royal Lao Government from 23 May 1959 to 2 December 1975. The Kingdom of Laos was a covert theater during the Vietnam War with both sides receiving heavy external support in a proxy war between the global Cold War superpowers. The fighting also involved the North ...
Pages in category "Laotian legendary creatures". The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Bryan Thao Worra (born January 1, 1973) is a Laotian American writer and poet. Thao Worra is the first Laotian American to receive a Fellowship in Literature from the United States government's National Endowment for the Arts. He was selected to represent Laos during the 2012 Cultural Olympiad.