@historyasean: How Laos Lost Its People. For centuries, wars and forced migrations changed where the Lao people lived. The fall of Vientiane in 1779 began a chain of events that moved communities across the Mekong River and transformed the region forever. This is the forgotten story behind why Thailand has a larger ethnic Lao population than Laos itself. - SOURCE: The Kingdoms of Laos: Six Hundred Years of History, Peter Simms, 2001. Siam and Laos, 1767–1827, David Wyatt, 1963. Under Duress: Lao War Captives at Bangkok in the Nineteenth Century, Edward Van Roy, 2009. A Culture in Search of Survival: The Phuan of Thailand and Laos, Snit Smuckarn and Kennon Breazeale, 1988. Finding Their Voice: Northeastern Villagers and the Thai State, Charles F. Keyes, 2014. - Follow for Southeast Asian history! #laoshistory #laos #lao #laotian #laos🇱🇦
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Saturday 22 August 2026 09:03:38 GMT
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Mozzarella mick :
Lao root people living in Isan today are very fortunate, as they enjoy a good quality of life and have access to Thailand's developed resources.
2026-08-22 11:38:39
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CallmeshyamorSiam :
Tai elite Built lan Xang, Tai ethnic tai elite all left in 1975 Laos civil war. laos today is bunch of these tribes 👇👇
2026-08-22 12:16:04
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Pijay PreahThong :
Now you know how cruel Thailand is. They still today. They are land stealing.
2026-08-22 13:53:22
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ចតុប្រវត្តិ🇰🇭 :
I remember my Lao great-grandmother telling me that her grandparents moved to Cambodia after Siamese troops burned their city. It’s pretty crazy to think that this happened almost 200 years ago. Today, there are around 10,000 Lao descendants in Cambodia, and we are descendants of those people who fled
2026-08-22 09:52:09
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Abu khadeeja 77 :
Thai is cruel
2026-08-22 11:30:13
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Txt :
And now Laos lose it all to Vietnam. What ashamed! it's not worthy for the grand ancestors fought so hard for it.
2026-08-22 13:47:54
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yasuaki kubota :
thats y now thai dance culture carried from laos cambodia dancers were catches back 2 thailand 2 dance 2please king.
2026-08-22 15:26:41
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spec :
it Thai did not take over Loas / Burma would/ history tell these incident of wars
2026-08-22 15:06:53
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Chill Bee :
THAIFICATION 💀
2026-08-22 16:09:58
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Dr Nhat Tran :
😁😁😁 Thái Lan có vẻ có nhiều tội ác
2026-08-22 09:41:40
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แทนไม่กินผักบุ้ง :
Nahh They moved laos people bc french were going to occupy laos
2026-08-22 12:04:59
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MAC :
Isan’s population grew starting in the late 19th century due to land reform and improved healthcare, whereas French Indochina left Laos largely undeveloped
2026-08-22 15:28:47
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TruthFromThailand :
This is true. If France didnt come, there wouldn't be Laos and Cambodia but bigger Thailand 💀
2026-08-22 10:16:20
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CryptoKhans :
Laos culture is beautiful. leave them alone
2026-08-22 15:36:00
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DemonGo_2345 :
Laos was a sister kingdom to Siam (Thailand), Lan Xang Lao, and Lanna Thai Yuan. They shared common ancestors, and the legends of their first kings, of Tai-Lao ethnicity, indicate this shared heritage. However, the Thais assimilated their own kind, and the closer the relationship, the easier it is to be absorbed.
2026-08-22 15:42:25
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laddamalathong :
Because Thai people were forced out of China and they took part of the land from Laos
2026-08-22 14:56:40
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eatwithchinda0 :
@Lao with Boy 🇨🇦 is this true?
2026-08-22 16:15:49
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donr200 :
No people want to be controlled by communists so Lao people leave until today still Lao still communist, its sad.
2026-08-22 11:35:49
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