As Hmong refugees in Thailand face deportation back to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Hmong activists in the U.S. are seeking help from President Obama to prevent what would be involuntary deportations. President Obama has stated in an earlier letter before taking office that as president, he would…
Surprise surprise! North Korea’s leader, the notorious Kim Jong-il was just re-elected in a nationwide election. In an unsurprising result Kim was re-elected by voters in Constituency 333 with 100 per cent support, the official KCNA news agency said on Monday. The report said voters renewed their “unshakable…
Kal Penn (Harold and Kumar) leaves his recurring role on the popular Fox show, “House” to work as a liason between the Obama adminisration and the Asian constituency. White House spokesman Shin Inouye said Tuesday that the actor who had a recurring role on Fox’s TV show “House”…
As Hmong refugees in Thailand face deportation back to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Hmong activists in the U.S. are seeking help from President Obama to prevent what would be involuntary deportations. President Obama has stated in an earlier letter before taking office that as president, he would…
The administration and Congress under President Obama is more diverse than ever. In our latest issue of Pacific Ties (available soon online), Elizabeth Park reports on seven prominent Asian Pacific Islanders (APIs) in Obama’s administration and First Family. I am pleased to see a variety of ethnic backgrounds…
Pacific Ties is all about the diversity, not Bennetton colors style but more like “hey look at all these cool people you did not know about”. Let’s start with the first family: New York Times: In First Family, a Nation’s Many Faces