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The three activists were allegedly sent back to Thailand, but Thai deputy prime minister denies they are in custody.
Business & Economy
by Michael Tatarski
Opinion
by Claudio Sopranzetti
Asia Pacific
by Wayne Hay
Weather
by Rob McElwee
Laos21 Nov 2018 10:17 GMT
US dropped two million tonnes of bombs on Laos at height of Vietnam War. Why are cluster munitions still killing?
Laos03 Oct 2018 07:49 GMT
Influential Facebook users, pejoratively referred to as net idols, are facing retribution for their online posts.
Asia Pacific11 Sep 2018 04:38 GMT
Laos is still working towards its goal of becoming Asia's battery, exporting electricity to its wealthier neighbours, but critics say the rapid dam building is harming the environment and threatening livelihoods.
Asia Pacific29 Jul 2018 16:59 GMT
Thousands are also displaced in Cambodia as the cause of the dam's collapse remains a mystery.
Laos28 Jul 2018 11:24 GMT
Exact number of dead and missing from Monday's dam collapse remains a mystery because of rescue operation's complexity.
Asia Pacific27 Jul 2018 16:35 GMT
People are starting to return to their homes even as rescue workers continue to search for survivors after the dam collapse that sent a deluge, destroying villages in both Laos and Cambodia.
Floods25 Jul 2018 22:19 GMT
Water from Laos' dam breach streams into neighbouring Cambodia with floodwaters reaching 11.5 metres in some areas.
Asia Pacific25 Jul 2018 12:47 GMT
At least 26 bodies recovered after flood hits villages leaving over 6,600 people homeless.
Weather24 Jul 2018 16:37 GMT
Three days of Son-Tinh overhead made things much worse in Vietnam and Laos.
Asia Pacific24 Jul 2018 15:58 GMT
Several killed and fears death toll may rise after an under-construction hydro-power dam collapses in southern Laos.
Asia Pacific20 Feb 2018 15:09 GMT
The controversial Don Sahong dam in Laos has people arguing that its environmental impacts have not been studied well enough.
Asia Pacific06 Feb 2018 10:52 GMT
Public debt is estimated at around 68 percent of GDP and almost half of the money is being borrowed from one source - China.
Asia Pacific03 Feb 2018 12:53 GMT
A high-speed rail line being built by a Chinese company will run from run from Yunnan province in southern China to Laos’ capital, Vientiane.
China12 Nov 2017 09:35 GMT
Risking it all16 Oct 2017 13:41 GMT
Bamboo harvesters navigate rapids on rafts while Lao fishermen risk death casting their nets into a roaring waterfall.
by Rupert Abbott
by Todd Gitlin
by Tom Engelhardt