Story Archive
2018-11-13
Experts say corners are cut as Laos and its neighbors rush to draw investment.
2018-11-12
Residents of Vang Vieng district want officials to test the water in the Xong River for possible contamination.
2018-11-09
Three of the 53 females who were detained were minors with falsified ages on their IDs, officials said.
2018-11-07
Meanwhile, observers slam a revised land law they say fails to protect the rights of ordinary Laotians.
2018-10-31
PNPC had informed government of impending disaster, but emergency efforts were hampered by inefficient communication
2018-10-23
After first quoting higher costs, he says his estimates were misunderstood.
2018-10-19
The three had criticized Laos online and were detained after returning from Thailand to renew their passports.
2018-10-18
Offered profit-sharing deals at first, they are now refused compensation on the excuse that the state owns their land.
2018-10-16
Police objected to slogan on T-shirts being sold, while officials said the concert had been held without permission.
2018-10-15
Chinese hotels, restaurants, and tour groups get almost all of the money that tourists bring in.
2018-09-21
Thai and Cambodian groups say that prior notification and consultation procedures for the Pak Lay hydropower project are not transparent.
2018-09-21
The groups call for an on-site investigation of the dam collapse to produce credible measurements of the damage it has caused.
2018-09-18
State officials will investigate a 'lack of transparency' in the awarding of contracts to build facilities, sources say.
2018-09-14
“They just wanted to talk with me about some issues,” she later wrote.
2018-09-07
Phijika Boonkwang had resigned on Facebook after being accused of defaming the country over the condition of a local road.
2018-09-06
Reports are still coming in from remote areas hit by heavy rains, officials say.
2018-08-31
Hundreds may not open in time for the start of the school year on Sept. 3, Lao sources say.
2018-08-30
Monsoon rains continue to inundate the northern and central parts of the country.
2018-08-29
Phijika Boonkwang, the country's first female team president, had criticized the condition of a road leading to a playing field.
2018-08-24
Save the Mekong says it does not believe that a review of the Pak Lay dam can be conducted in a meaningful or effective way.
2018-08-22
A retired health official says the company that invested in the hydropower project should be held accountable.
2018-08-17
Relief work is hampered by poor roads and shortages of manpower and farm goods following more flooding.
2018-08-16
Builders of the proposed Pak Lay and Pak Beng dams say they are continuing their surveys and feasibility studies.
2018-08-15
CCTV footage appears to show Xaysana Yotsavath’s killers, but authorities have yet to identify them.
2018-08-10
They call on the Lao government to compensate villagers affected by the deadly collapse of a saddle dam at the Xe Pian Xe Namnoy hydropower project.
2018-08-09
Meanwhile, others who relocated two years ago say they have yet to receive promised vocational training.
2018-08-07
Thousands displaced by flooding meanwhile crowd a tent camp amid health and sanitation concerns.
2018-08-03
The Mekong River Commission Secretariat says dam safety standards apply only to projects on the mainstream Mekong, not on the tributaries.
2018-08-02
UN Human Rights Committee faults Laos over enforced disappearances, freedom of speech and many other problems
2018-08-01
Lao authorities, South Korean dam builder are constructing temporary housing for villagers displaced by July 23 dam burst and flood.
