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In addition, tens of thousands of Cambodians and Laotians have settled in the Los Angeles area, according to the Pew Research Center.

Late last year, the band added a fifth member, Nathan, an American of mixed Laotian and Thai heritage to the group.

Cambodian, Laotian, Vietnamese and Hmong refugees are “the human legacies of the wars in which the U.S. was implicated.”

Reports suggest that the six people who died earlier this month in the Laotian town of Vang Vieng had drunk shots of locally made vodka.

Laotian authorities have promised to investigate the cause of the deaths, which have cast a spotlight on a popular backpacking town.