Story Archive
2015-06-18
International Rivers says the commission that oversees development along the Mekong River must consider the project’s impacts.
2015-06-10
One official, however, doubts that the funds will be used in the interest of the public.
2015-06-09
Recent punishments target low-level bureaucrats in limited provinces, he says.
2015-06-05
The Southeast Asian nation will use its mines to back a massive loan to pay for the project.
2015-06-01
One forestry expert says logging activities will thwart the government's plan to increase forestland to 70 percent.
2015-05-28
She was detained a week ago without an arrest warrant, a source says.
2015-05-20
Outraged citizens say the funds should be used to repair badly damaged thoroughfares used by everyone.
2015-05-14
The government has sent veterinarians to administer a vaccine to live animals to prevent the virus from spreading.
2015-05-11
The governor of Xieng Khouang province took land leased to a restaurant owner and sold it to the country’s central bank.
2015-05-01
Those involved in the trade sell the elephant tusks to wealthy China and other Asians.
2015-04-27
Government officials routinely delay salary payments to educators, saying they haven’t collected enough tax revenue.
2015-04-24
The two men had been rescued from a Thai boat in Indonesia.
2015-04-22
The organizations ‘fear for their safety,’ according to one group official.
2015-04-10
But they abandoned the severed head when villagers caught them in the act.
2015-04-06
He says a Chinese firm overestimated by US $60 million.
2015-04-02
Development benefits touted for Nam Theun 2 have never been achieved, they say.
2015-04-01
Markets in the capital openly sell parts of endangered animals.
2015-03-26
Local villagers say the plant has also polluted their farmland.
2015-03-23
WWF says the Xayaburi and Don Sahong dams would threaten freshwater resources and threaten food security.
2015-03-20
Clumsy attempt to erase Sombath Somphone from list of Southeast Asian human rights issues dismays wife, supporters.
2015-03-13
The teen was lured with the promise of marriage across the border, an official says.
2015-03-13
The Lao official in charge of the project says the two sides will sign the document during the second half of the year.
2015-03-03
The move comes as gun-related crimes in large cities are on the rise.
2015-02-25
The WWF says construction of the Don Sahong dam should be delayed by at least 10 years.
2015-02-20
A provincial official says it was illegal for the court to sentence them for praying for the recovery of an ill woman.
2015-02-19
The policy will be slowly and gradually rolled out across the rest of the country.
2015-02-13
Authorities try to keep young Laotians from getting lured into the sex industry.
2015-02-04
Authorities are targeting drug kingpins, local dealers and addicts in cities and rural areas.
2015-01-28
Differences delay a ruling on whether the project’s prior consultation period is complete.
2015-01-23
Local residents question where the politicians are getting the money to construct expensive houses.
