http://www.rfa.org daily 1 2008-04-28T20:20:14Z http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/petitioner-arrested-11132009140412.html Several hundred Lao people detained on their way to the capital weren’t dissidents, one man says. No publisher kadire patuxay lao vientiane laos 2009-11-13T20:42:24Z Story http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/laosdenies-11062009131535.html The Lao government dismisses reports of authorities detaining a group of pro-democracy protesters. No publisher lipesj patuxay students movement for democracy samkhe prison lao 2009-11-13T19:16:39Z Story http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/traffickedforsex-11042009131107.html A rising number of Lao girls are being lured into Thai brothels with the promise of work. No publisher lipesj prostitution trafficking trafficking in persons laos lao human trafficking 2009-11-04T19:54:24Z Story http://www.rfa.org/english/news/burma/burmesetrafficked-11042009121726.html Burmese migrant workers fall prey to traffickers with the promise of work in Thailand. No publisher lipesj migrant trafficking 2009-11-05T21:25:45Z Story http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/detain-11032009192837.html Ten years after a rare student uprising, nine people are in custody as they prepare a demonstration. No publisher jacksonhans laos 1999 protest vientiane lao pdr 2009-11-04T19:46:34Z Story http://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/defectorsthailand-10292009160520.html Thai authorities detain a group of would-be North Korean defectors. No publisher lipesj defector food shortage nuclear sanction 2009-10-29T21:30:37Z Story http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/climatechange-10062009153510.html Rising temperatures are predicted to affect crop yields and water supplies, and will hit Southeast Asia hard. No publisher lipesj laos cambodia burma rice climate agriculture global warming 2009-10-07T15:56:43Z Story http://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/escape-10052009105233.html Defectors give an account of how and why they fled North Korea. No publisher jacksonhans defector pyongyang north korea dprk 2009-10-28T22:13:25Z Story http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/childlabor-09152009101743.html Throughout East Asia, vulnerable children are forced and trafficked into every kind of work. No publisher lipesj child children labor labour ilo slave child labor 2009-09-15T18:17:53Z Story http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/expandingties-09082009102237.html As the Lao president travels to China to seal closer economic ties, neighboring countries worry about Beijing's expanding influence. No publisher lipesj mining choummaly sayasone spratly south china sea laos 2009-09-09T16:57:00Z Story