The feeling of being an unacknowledged minority within an Asian minority was a major impetus behind the building of the King Pan Community Center and Temple, a hidden Oakland treasure and center of Iu ...

Oakland’s Lao Iu Mien population is estimated at 4,000 to 5,000, according to Kouichoy Saechao, president of the board of the Lao Iu Mien Culture Association (LIMCA), a non-profit based in East ...

In the East Bay Saturday, a festival focused on the culture of the Iu Mien. The sun was scorching at the 26th Annual King Pan Festival in East Oakland. But many proudly wore their traditional clothing ...

Oakland's Iu Mien community was awarded the Families Independence Initiative's Torchlight Prize, honoring self-organization in a community. This is the first year of the prize, named after the ...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Cheng “Charlie” Saephan wore a broad smile and a bright blue sash emblazoned with the words “Iu-Mien USA” as he hoisted an oversized check for $1.3 billion above his head. The ...

SACRAMENTO — At 855 pages, it has been lauded by linguists and anthropologists as the only dictionary of its kind: a comprehensive translation of Iu-Mien into English that doubles as a guide to the ...