Story Archive
2021-05-18
Women continue to be trafficked from Laos into China in spite of warnings against trusting promises of well-paid work across the border.
2021-05-17
Hungry Cambodians risk health to scrounge for scrap metal as two more succumb to coronavirus in Vietnam.
2021-05-14
Cambodia and Vietnam also struggle with spreading outbreaks, but Phnom Penh boasts two million people vaccinated.
2021-05-10
A lack of transparency in EDL’s bidding process has led to high project costs and unmanageable levels of interest and debt, sources say.
2021-05-03
The workers were paid by the plant's new owner, the Jiang Qe Co. Ltd., after talks with provincial labor authorities.
2021-04-26
Daily infections in Laos hit triple digits, while observers say Cambodians are starving during an extended lockdown.
2021-04-21
Residents of Vientiane will be under restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19 for at least two weeks, while lockdowns are also in place in provinces bordering Thailand and along the Mekong River.
2021-04-19
Lod Thammavong, Somphone Pimmasone, and Soukane Chaitad had criticized the Lao government's human rights record in online postings made while working in Thailand, angering Lao authorities.
2021-04-14
Residents of Attapeu province's Sanamxay district worry that land and forest resources will be taken from them, destroying their livelihoods.
2021-04-12
Thongloun Sisoulith wants the public to call out police abuse, just not on Facebook.
2021-04-09
Sithon Thippavong had refused local authorities' demand that he cancel a church service and renounce his Christian faith, leading to his arrest.
2021-04-07
Rural Lao residents worry that Chinese development projects could hurt livelihoods, and ruin historical sites.
2021-04-05
Unnatural Mekong flow damages wildlife and threatens farmers and fishermen.
2021-04-05
Rescue teams save 40, but former President Choummaly Xayasone loses wife and son.
2021-04-02
A Russian demining team is clearing the area of UXO in preparation for new construction, officials say.