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.
