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Lao authorities rescue nearly 500 workers from Golden Triangle SEZ

Lao authorities rescue nearly 500 workers from Golden Triangle SEZ

Many of the workers are human-trafficking victims lured to the Chinese-run special economic zone for jobs.

Low wages and soaring inflation push Laotians to Thailand

Low wages and soaring inflation push Laotians to Thailand

Hundreds of people line up every day for passports in search of better jobs over the border.

Russia, Ukraine turn Indonesia into diplomatic battlefield

Russia, Ukraine turn Indonesia into diplomatic battlefield

Jakarta’s “foreign policy tradition in such a situation is to play it safe,” one analyst says.

Laos to sell $340 million in high-interest bonds to combat inflation

Laos to sell $340 million in high-interest bonds to combat inflation

Citizens are dubious that their cash-strapped government can really pay the advertised 20 percent interest rate.

New prison to house criminals from Laos’ Chinese-run special economic zone

The larger prison, which will replace a three-room facility, is nearing completion.

ASEAN states unlikely to choose sides between US and China, say officials and experts

ASEAN states unlikely to choose sides between US and China, say officials and experts

Questions remain on where smaller Southeast Asian nations feature in the U.S. grand strategy.

Tom Andrews, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur, June 23, 2022.

UN expert: Member-states should engage with NUG to find Myanmar crisis solution

2022-06-23

ASEAN needs a fresh approach to ensure the member country gets back on a democratic path, he adds.

Bounleua Sinxayvoravong, Governor of the Lao National Bank (L), and Malaythong Kommasith, Minister of Industry and Commerce (R), are shown in undated photos.

Laos shuffles top Cabinet posts amid economic slowdown

2022-06-22

Citizens voice doubt as to near-term change, however.

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River in Laos turns dark orange due to pollution from upstream iron mines

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Giant China, tiny Laos link up with launch of high-speed train

Giant China, tiny Laos link up with launch of high-speed train
‘We must stop Russia,’ Ukraine’s leader urges Singapore security forum

‘We must stop Russia,’ Ukraine’s leader urges Singapore security forum

The war against Russian forces will decide the world order’s future rules, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.

This 2020 file photo shows a rubber tree plantation in northern Laos's Oudomxay province.

Chinese rubber company detains Laos farmer trying to sell crop outside province

The farmer, who did not have a contract with the company to sell his rubber, was released after police intervened.

Police in Bokeo province in northern Laos are shown with two suspects in a drug trafficking case, June 4, 2022.

Lao police seize major haul of drugs, arrest 2

Cambodian navy personnel is seen walking along a jetty during a government organised media tour to the Ream naval base in Preah Sihanouk province on July 26, 2019.

Cambodia denies that China is building secret facility at Ream Naval Base

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo ride bicycles partly made of bamboo on the grounds of the Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, June 6, 2022.

New Australian PM pledges to help make Indonesia’s G20 presidency, summit successful

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Laos and its dams: Southeast Asia’s battery, built by China

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Only a few thousand tigers survive in Asia in 2022

Only a few thousand tigers survive in Asia in 2022

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