Story Archive
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.
2018-07-26
Meanwhile, the death toll from the incident has climbed to 30 as rescue efforts continue.
2018-07-25
The country’s prime minister suggests heavy rains and faulty construction are to blame.
2018-07-24
The breach at the Xe Pian Xe Namnoy hydropower project in Champassak leaves at least seven downstream villages submerged.
2018-07-19
Compensation was promised by June but has still not been paid, Lao sources say.
2018-07-16
Government representatives 'try to change the conversation,' one rights group says.
2018-07-16
Their finding differs from that of a recent report by Save the Children which cites a higher figure.
2018-07-10
Villagers complain about foul odors from a stream polluted by the factory.
2018-06-29
Discovery of the road, bulldozed by smugglers from April to May, ends logging in the Xesap forest for now.
2018-06-25
They believe they might not receive fair compensation for losing their homes and farmland to the project.
2018-06-21
So far, officials have completed surveys about the project’s impact in only two villages.
2018-06-18
The fund would help Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia become more self-sufficient, officials say.
2018-06-14
Routine violations include forced disappearances, land grabs, and long prison terms for criticizing the government, rights groups say.
2018-06-08
Authorities meanwhile release two villagers, a girl and a boy, from custody while others stand trial.
2018-05-30
Though plantations are being phased out in the country's northern provinces, new farms are being set up in the south.
2018-05-21
Officials will inspect factories upstream for evidence of pollutants cast off into village water sources.
2018-05-08
The high-speed rail network will displace thousands of residents of four provinces and Vientiane prefecture.
