Story Archive
2019-03-01
Many in remote areas eat only rice, though other food is readily available, Lao sources say.
2019-02-27
Between 10 percent and 26 percent of the total cost of the project is being requested in return for bid approvals, sources say.
2019-02-21
Chinese Banana plantations have polluted many waterways in northern provinces
2019-02-14
Provincial governments have trouble coming up with the funds or are spending too much time on accounting procedures.
2019-02-12
Official from South Korean-led relief organization reports on fact finding mission to affected areas.
2019-02-06
UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Philip Alston will visit Laos in March.
2019-02-01
The men are in failing health due to harsh conditions in the facility where they are being held, a local source says.
2019-01-29
Lump sum payments of $10,000 per person confirmed by Attapeu provincial governor
2019-01-23
Bodies of two men recovered from Mekong River were identified by DNA.
2019-01-17
The villager was one of a group detained for protesting the seizure of their land for use by a Vietnamese rubber company.
2019-01-17
Rural citizens of Vientiane’s Vang Vieng district pre-emptively refuse to sell for a Chinese tourism project that might encroach on their land.
2019-01-17
With limited options at home, young Laotians are sneaking into China's Yunnan province in search of greener pastures
2019-01-10
One couple relocates to Thailand after compensation for their lost farm never arrives.
2019-01-10
Workers leave Laos for higher pay and lower expenses in Thailand.
2019-01-04
They fear displacement from their land and homes as plans proceed for a tourist zone in scenic Vang Vieng.
2019-01-02
Three church leaders and four congregation members are released after being held for holding an 'illegal' service.
2018-12-31
3000 victims of July dam burst at risk as rice stocks deplete in Sanamxay district.
2018-12-28
'Laos doesn't pay in cash,' one source says as defense ties between the two countries grow.
2018-12-26
Meanwhile, Christians living in remote areas of the country are harassed and expelled from their homes by local officials.
2018-12-21
Government identifies and punishes countless cases of corruption, yet Laos falls in transparency index
2018-12-14
Complaints on social media force one district to retreat from its demands for cash, sources say.
2018-12-12
Six years have passed since the popular rural development expert and land rights advocate vanished at a police checkpoint outside Vientiane.
2018-12-07
Political prisoners are never amnestied, as their crimes are considered more serious than other offenses, Lao sources say.
2018-12-04
Student in capital struggles after flood condemned her once well-off family to poverty
2018-11-30
Villagers are warned not to use water or eat fish taken from the river pending an investigation.
2018-11-30
About 900 families in Vang Vieng district suffer in smog and dust
2018-11-27
Survivors have not received living stipends over past two months.
2018-11-21
The two co-owners had defrauded hundreds of Lao investors of thousands of dollars in personal savings.
2018-11-21
One official says merchants from China bribe local authorities, bend rules, and evade taxes.
2018-11-14
‘Phinh’s’ Thai employer physically abused her while she was working illegally as a maid.
