Story Archive
2015-03-23
WWF says the Xayaburi and Don Sahong dams would threaten freshwater resources and threaten food security.
2015-03-20
Clumsy attempt to erase Sombath Somphone from list of Southeast Asian human rights issues dismays wife, supporters.
2015-03-13
The teen was lured with the promise of marriage across the border, an official says.
2015-03-13
The Lao official in charge of the project says the two sides will sign the document during the second half of the year.
2015-03-03
The move comes as gun-related crimes in large cities are on the rise.
2015-02-25
The WWF says construction of the Don Sahong dam should be delayed by at least 10 years.
2015-02-20
A provincial official says it was illegal for the court to sentence them for praying for the recovery of an ill woman.
2015-02-19
The policy will be slowly and gradually rolled out across the rest of the country.
2015-02-13
Authorities try to keep young Laotians from getting lured into the sex industry.
2015-02-04
Authorities are targeting drug kingpins, local dealers and addicts in cities and rural areas.
2015-01-28
Differences delay a ruling on whether the project’s prior consultation period is complete.
2015-01-23
Local residents question where the politicians are getting the money to construct expensive houses.
2015-01-20
She says no new information was provided at a UN rights review.
2015-01-15
But a high-ranking Lao official with a dubious role in the matter orders the statue to be returned to Ongtue Wat.
2015-01-08
Civil society groups take the country to task for enforced disappearances and other rights violations.