Story Archive
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.
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.
