Story Archive
2024-01-02
Products in decriminalized Thailand are being sold in Laos, where the substance is still banned.
2024-01-02
Laos’ younger population could help fill the worker gap next door while its own economy sputters.
2023-12-28
Facebook posts, an all-night search and surveillance footage helped police track the girls down, family says.
2023-12-27
Nostalgia for good times is not the way to deal with an increasingly unstable and unpredictable world.
2023-12-25
Autocrats from Myanmar to Vietnam showed they couldn’t control crime in 2023.
2023-12-24
In the past, churches needed OK from local authorities, but this year the central government grants approval.
2023-12-21
The Ministry of Finance has asked China and other lenders to restructure payments.
2023-12-19
Residents say they support the crackdown on human trafficking and illegal trade.
2023-12-14
Mother of one of the young workers says they’re being hit with rods and made to stand in the hot sun.
2023-12-14
Hotels and restaurants in the popular designations would cater to visitors arriving from China via the new rail line.
2023-12-12
The 16 young Laotians were taken to Myanmar to work as scammers in a casino.
2023-12-11
Residents blame chemicals leaking from nearby Chinese-owned plantations.
2023-12-11
Debt-ridden Laos looks not just to China but to Russia for international support amid economic woes.
2023-12-08
But workers are not optimistic about the reforms.
2023-12-05
Residents welcome the news, but say underlying reasons for the crimes remain unresolved.