Story Archive
2016-08-12
Effluent released from the biofuel facility has contaminated a stream, and provincial authorities want more robust action from the owners.
2016-08-09
Sources say the government picked the civil society representatives in an attempt to forestall criticism.
2016-08-05
Police to seek out the "members of the network or gang" that are connected to three arrests in March under a government decree prohibiting online dissemination of "untrue information."
2016-08-01
Villagers no longer bathe in the water which is polluted with effluent.
2016-07-27
Vientiane has decided that it should decide who should get paid and how much for those displaced by the Lao-China railroad project.
2016-07-25
Southeast Asian foreign ministers reject strong wording over disputed ocean gateway.
2016-07-22
The wall connects to a bridge across the Nam-Ou River in Luang Prubang province where a Chinese-built dam is located.
2016-07-21
The two men and one woman had criticized the Lao government and ruling party on social media while working in Thailand.
2016-07-21
Lee-Yen Tin was shot dead during a robbery attempt as she walked along a street with her husband.
2016-07-14
Most residents of three villages in Champone district do not have titles for the land claimed by a Chinese-backed concern.
2016-07-13
Somsavat Lengsavad has been ordained a Buddhist monk at Phonphao temple in Luang Prabang.
2016-07-12
Smugglers find that females make good camouflage for the illicit drug trade.
2016-07-08
The firm says failed negotiations with the government prompted its decision to pull out.
2016-07-07
Sombath Somphone's apparent abduction in 2012 remains unsolved as Vientiane refuses to host civil society meeting.
2016-06-29
Ownership argument over three-hectare parcel in Luang Prabang underscores difficulties with land-grab issues.
2016-06-27
The country's prime minister moves to block new digging along a river already fouled by chemicals and mud.
2016-06-23
Government stops operations at a Vientiane plant as it begins a nationwide examination of electronics recycling operations.
2016-06-21
An investigation attempts to determine if the migrant worker was lost at sea or the victim of foul play.
2016-06-20
Thongloun Sisoulith reinforces his anti-corruption message in Attapeu province as the government targets illegal logging.
2016-06-17
Bounthanh Thammavong is serving nearly five years in a Lao prison for criticizing the country’s communist government on social media.
2016-06-09
Timber smugglers attempt to hide their ill-gotten lumber as the government attempts to enforce a moratorium on cutting.
2016-06-03
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has formed the group to prevent illegal logging and lumber smuggling to neighboring countries.
2016-06-03
The director general of Electricite du Laos apologizes to consumers for erroneous billings in May.
2016-05-27
Authorities announce the detention of the three following their forced disappearances earlier this year.
2016-05-24
Customers think there's more at work than just the heat wave and Electricite du Laos admits that it guesses at what to charge.
2016-05-24
Security details are watching towns and villages in a bid to prevent further attacks by ‘bandits’ and other criminals.
2016-05-23
An earlier agreed-on bid was too high, raising concerns over cost overruns and substandard work.
2016-05-20
Many can no longer make a living because the blaze at Dao Heuang market in Pakse destroyed their shops and merchandise.
2016-05-17
The moratorium requires officials to implement measures to control and inspect the felling of trees, transport of timber, and logging businesses.
2016-05-16
Authorities have arrested two, while a third has vanished for criticizing the government while they were in Thailand, friends and relatives say.
