Story Archive
2023-03-16
Clothing makers are struggling to survive amid the kip’s devaluation and high import costs.
2023-03-16
Almost 200 bar patrons tested positive for narcotics or were determined to be high.
2023-03-15
Foreign debt from the dam-building is key reason prices haven’t declined.
2023-03-14
Dam is key part of country’s goal to generate electricity and become ‘battery of Southeast Asia’
2023-03-14
Extraction of the world's most mined mineral is having a serious impact on the biodiverse river.
2023-03-08
Drastic price surge comes despite government steps to limit imports and money-changing
2023-03-06
Government development and industrial concessions have also contributed to forest losses.
2023-03-04
The armadillo-like anteaters are in demand for the supposed medicinal benefits of their scales.
2023-03-01
Traffickers post ads on social media to lure Lao women for Chinese men.
2023-02-24
Beijing’s decision to lift COVID restrictions has led to sold out routes and long ticket lines across the border.
2023-02-24
They have been complaining for months, but their children remain trapped.
2023-02-23
Two-thirds of crimes are drug-related, and motorcycle thefts are also common
2023-02-17
Relocation will rob them of their farmland and Mekong River livelihoods
2023-02-17
Shipments along Lao-China railway have been hampered by pandemic-related restrictions
2023-02-16
Their captors punished them with tasers, iron rods and heavy ropes, they say.
