05-05-2025 20:53 via article.wn.com

The story of Leng Wong, one of Minnesota's first Hmong refugees

The Hmong diaspora to Minnesota started nearly 50 years ago with one man: Leng Wong. He fled his home of Laos, arriving at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, in the bitter cold, on Feb. 7, 1976. ......
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