The Hmong are an ethnic group from the highlands of Laos. When a communist movement called the Pathet Lao began to gain power in Laos during the Vietnam War, the Central Intelligence Agency recruited the Hmong to fight the communists and attack North Vietnamese supply lines. The resulting conflict far outlasted the Vietnam War.
High suicide rate. Approximately 30,000 Japanese people commit suicide each year. Japan has the highest life expectancy rate in the world in part because of universal health insurance, compulsory primary education and a general healthy lifestyle, according to a new study.
I have lived abroad in Asia for six years and something I hear a lot is the long lifespans of Japanese people. I always thought this to be bizarre because they also have one of the highest suicide rates in the world. Japanese men have an average lifespan of 79 years old, and women, a little of 86 years old.