Story Archive
2012-09-10
More than 20,000 Laotians living by the Mekong River will be directly affected by the Xayaburi dam, a researcher says.
2012-09-05
Lao authorities look into reports of illegal abortions at Chinese clinics in Xiengkhouang.
2012-09-04
An official says that no work has begun on a second dam planned for the Mekong River.
2012-08-30
A new report says Cambodia, Laos, and Burma must leverage their resources to up their rice yields.
2012-08-28
Thai activists suing the Xayaburi dam on the Mekong River in Laos will submit more documents to the court.
2012-08-23
A foreign business group says the Lao government’s actions could destroy the country’s investment environment.
2012-08-21
Laos moves to close a loophole in marriages exploited by human trafficking syndicates.
2012-08-07
Opponents of Laos’s Xayaburi Dam take their grievances to a Thai court.
2012-08-01
A Thai MP releases video footage of young Lao girls linked to the sex industry.
2012-07-26
Garbage is piling up too fast in Luang Prabang, Laos’s World Heritage Site town.
2012-07-18
Dissident groups claim Vietnamese troops remain in Laos under the agreement.
2012-07-18
Amid a hand, foot, and mouth disease scare, Cambodia orders all its elementary schools shut.
2012-07-12
The shortfall is hitting Laos’s poor and rural families the hardest as teachers head toward private schools.
2012-07-10
A new study shows that the Southeast Asian state is a conduit for large ivory shipments to China.
2012-07-06
The two countries will call on Laos to wait for further studies on the Mekong dam.