LA PALMA – The local Thai news media flocked to the inauguration of one of this town’s newest City Council members. The reporters wanted to meet the man who, by their accounts, is the first elected ...

Almost 20 years have passed since Ketwakarn Laitipaya let go of her lifetime dream of graduating from college. The rent, the bills and her growing family forced both her and her husband to leave ...

Besides being the first Republican from Hawaii elected to Congress in 20 years, U.S. Rep. Charles Djou is the first person of Thai ancestry to serve in Congress. The White House historian’s office ...

LA PALMA – This city’s new mayor is believed to be the first Thai American to ever hold the title in the United States. Henry Charoen’s council peers have appointed him to La Palma’s top post. “I was ...