Your current location:HOME >travel >Immigrant's $1.3B Powerball win spotlights the Iu Mien community 正文
TIME:2024-05-01 07:02:30 Source: Internet compilationEdit:travel
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Cheng “Charlie” Saephan wore a broad smile and a bright blue sash emblazoned with
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 46-year-old immigrant’s luck in winning an enormous Powerball jackpot in Oregon earlier this month — a lump sum payment of $422 million after taxes, which he and his wife will split with a friend — has changed his life. It also raised awareness about Iu Mien people, a southeast Asian ethnic group with origins in China, many of whose members fled from Laos to Thailand and then settled in the U.S. following the Vietnam War.
“I am born in Laos, but I am not Laotian,” Saephan told a news conference Monday at Oregon Lottery headquarters, where his identity as one of the jackpot’s winners was revealed. “I am Iu Mien.”
During the Vietnam War, the CIA and U.S. military recruited Iu Mien in neighboring Laos, many of them subsistence farmers, to engage in guerrilla warfare and to provide intelligence and surveillance to disrupt the Ho Chi Minh Trail that the North Vietnamese used to send troops and weapons through Laos and Cambodia into South Vietnam.
California's population grew in 2023, halting 3 years of decline2024-05-01 06:20
I'm a female solo traveller... here are THREE European cities I wished I'd skipped2024-05-01 06:11
Travel insiders' expert tricks to get a FREE upgrade on your holiday2024-05-01 05:20
The ultimate coffee2024-05-01 05:15
Walmart launches store2024-05-01 05:11
Revealed: The 20 best walks in Britain (and the maps that show you the perfect route)2024-05-01 04:57
Your state pension might NOT increase by the full 8.5% this month2024-05-01 04:44
This is Money2024-05-01 04:42
US, Mexico drop bid to host 2027 World Cup2024-05-01 04:37
I'm a recruitment expert2024-05-01 04:20
ACL injuries are more common in women soccer players than men. We may learn why2024-05-01 06:29
World's biggest bridges revealed after collapse of colossal Baltimore landmark2024-05-01 06:20
Will the Budget cut taxes2024-05-01 06:03
More than 214k vehicles seized by police forces last year2024-05-01 05:30
US challenges 'bogus' patents on Ozempic and other drugs in effort to spur competition2024-05-01 05:25
This is Money2024-05-01 05:17
Blackpool rocks! Inside the coastal town brimming with old2024-05-01 04:38
How to grab a last2024-05-01 04:36
2 men are charged with cutting down famous 1502024-05-01 04:34
NASA is looking for new astronauts2024-05-01 04:32