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A CIA military base was their home during the ‘Secret War’ in Laos. Now Hmong Americans can finally see it again.

LONG TIENG, LAOS – We met in the Laotian capital of Vientiane, not far from the spot on the Mekong River where the Xiong family fled to Thailand one night in May 1975. At the time of their escape, it ...
as.com

Not in China or Korea: This Asian village was considered “the most secret place on Earth” 50 years ago

Scottish sports journalist and content creator. After running his own soccer-related projects, in 2022 he joined Diario AS, where he mainly reports on the biggest news from around Europe’s leading ...
Sydney Morning Herald

Inside the town the CIA dubbed ‘the most secret place on Earth’

Historical places are often anticlimactic to visit. Expecting they will maintain their resonance indefinitely, you arrive to find the concrete and flaking paint strangely mute. This is why most have ...
Military Times

Betrayal and death: Former allies fear the fate of Afghans facing US abandonment

Capt. Song Khoua Xiong, the commander of a Hmong guerilla unit in Laos that allied with the Americans during the Secret War, and his children are shown in Long Tieng in 1969 or 1970. (Photo courtesy ...
VietNamNet

Vùng đất từng là nơi 'bí mật nhất thế giới' thành điểm du lịch hút khách

LÀO - Nửa thế kỷ trước, Long Tieng được mệnh danh là "nơi bí mật nhất thế giới". Ngày nay, vùng đất này trở thành một trong những điểm đến hút khách du lịch ở xứ sở triệu voi. Ẩn sâu trong ...