Story Archive
2018-12-31
3000 victims of July dam burst at risk as rice stocks deplete in Sanamxay district.
2018-12-28
'Laos doesn't pay in cash,' one source says as defense ties between the two countries grow.
2018-12-26
Meanwhile, Christians living in remote areas of the country are harassed and expelled from their homes by local officials.
2018-12-21
Government identifies and punishes countless cases of corruption, yet Laos falls in transparency index
2018-12-14
Complaints on social media force one district to retreat from its demands for cash, sources say.
2018-12-12
Six years have passed since the popular rural development expert and land rights advocate vanished at a police checkpoint outside Vientiane.
2018-12-07
Political prisoners are never amnestied, as their crimes are considered more serious than other offenses, Lao sources say.
2018-12-04
Student in capital struggles after flood condemned her once well-off family to poverty
2018-11-30
Villagers are warned not to use water or eat fish taken from the river pending an investigation.
2018-11-30
About 900 families in Vang Vieng district suffer in smog and dust
2018-11-27
Survivors have not received living stipends over past two months.
2018-11-21
The two co-owners had defrauded hundreds of Lao investors of thousands of dollars in personal savings.
2018-11-21
One official says merchants from China bribe local authorities, bend rules, and evade taxes.
2018-11-14
‘Phinh’s’ Thai employer physically abused her while she was working illegally as a maid.
2018-11-13
Experts say corners are cut as Laos and its neighbors rush to draw investment.