Story Archive
2019-10-14
Authorities claim Thitphay Thammavong’s land has been owned by the state since 2001.
2019-10-10
Animal rights NGOs say transporting the elephants to perform for tourists is abuse.
2019-10-09
Cement factory owner blames previous blasting subcontractor’s undetonated explosives for the accident.
2019-10-08
NGOs say transforming the river into a series of lakes would cause ‘irreversible damage’ to its health and productivity.
2019-10-06
“The Chinese factory never warns villagers of the blasts in advance,” said a local villager.
2019-10-04
About 3000 Lao women and girls have been trafficked to China in the last decade.
2019-10-02
Surveys conducted by company have damaged farmland and caused landslide.
2019-10-02
They call on the Lao and Thai governments to account for missing democracy advocate Od Sayavong.
2019-10-01
Company says villagers all agree with proposed industrial project.
2019-09-26
Houayheuang Xayabouly, also called Mouay, had criticized the Lao government for its slow response to floods in the country's southern provinces.
2019-09-25
Experts worry that yet another large Mekong river dam will cause great environmental harm
2019-09-23
Luangprabang dam would be Laos’ fifth large Mekong river dam.
2019-09-19
Government relief effort underway, but many have yet to receive aid.
2019-09-17
Human rights group cries foul, citing absence of legal assistance.
2019-09-16
Rights group calls the arrest of Houayheuang Xayabouly “shocking and unacceptable.”
2019-09-13
PS Agriculture’s owners were convicted of fraud and thrown in prison, but civil case and other red tape still stand in the way of justice.
2019-09-11
Mekong region severely flooded after prolonged drought due to climate change, expert says.
2019-09-06
Purchase deal reached at ASEAN energy gathering would raise the capacity from 100 to 300 megawatts.
2019-09-06
Od Sayavong had called for political freedoms, human rights in the one-party communist state.
2019-09-05
Other causes for food price increases include swine flu, overdependence on imports, and inflation.
2019-08-30
Sombath Somphone, who fought against government land deals, disappeared in December 2012.
2019-08-27
Some enter as tourists or are trafficked, sold by one employer to another for sexual exploitation or work for little pay.
2019-08-20
The undocumented laborers were traveling to a border town to renew their tourist visas.
2019-08-20
The accident in Luang Prabang province injured 31 other Chinese passengers.
2019-08-16
‘The whole village is collapsing,’ says one resident of the Nam Ou 4 Dam resettlement village.
2019-08-14
The dispute over land prices, environmental impact has held up construction, officials say.
2019-08-08
Flooding from the breach damages homes and rice fields.
2019-08-06
The residents of Sekong province's Yeub village had cut down trees and obstructed workers on land seized by the government to give to a Vietnamese company.
2019-08-02
Authorities promise compensation, but decide to help those who lost everything first.
2019-07-29
Chinese police worked with their Lao counterparts to return the teenage girls.
