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Philippines signs first defense deal with Laos

By Cristina Chi | 5 hours ago

The Philippines and Laos have inked their first defense agreement that would see the two Southeast Asian nations conduct joint...

Headlines

Debt-saddled Laos struggles to tame rampant inflation

By Damon Wake | 4 days ago

Suffocating under a mountain of debt to China, communist Laos is struggling to tame rampant inflation, with food prices rising...

Business

Laos arrests nearly 800 people over cyber scam network

August 22, 2024 - 5:38pm

Security forces in Laos have arrested nearly 800 people working for a cyber scam network in a shady "special economic zone"...

World

China, US spar over South China Sea at Laos talks

By Léon Bruneau | July 28, 2024 - 9:14am

The top diplomats of China and the US sparred on Saturday over the South China Sea, where Beijing is locked in a territorial...

World

Thailand sounds alarm after anthrax outbreak in Laos

March 28, 2024 - 6:01pm

Thailand ordered a close watch on livestock on Thursday after an outbreak of anthrax in neighboring Laos, where more than...

World

15 suspected drug smugglers killed in Thai army shootout

December 18, 2023 - 1:37pm

Thai soldiers killed 15 suspected drug smugglers in a shootout in a remote northern district near the Myanmar border, an army...

World

Marcos seeks stronger ties with Laos, Mauritania, Mongolia

By Helen Flores | December 7, 2022 - 12:00am

The Marcos administration is eyeing stronger diplomatic relations and cooperation with Lao People’s Democratic Republic,...

Headlines

US top official to visit Manila, meet with Marcos Jr.

June 6, 2022 - 9:59am

Sherman, the US State Department's number two, will travel to South Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam and Laos from June 5 to...

Headlines

Laos opens scenic railway built on a mountain of Chinese debt

December 20, 2021 - 8:02am

The line will connect the capital Vientiane with the southern Chinese city of Kunming, and there are grand plans for a high-speed...

World

Mekong shrivels as drought, dam strangle Southeast Asia's largest river

October 31, 2019 - 4:40pm

Along parts of Thailand's northeastern border at Loei, the kilometer (3,300-foot) wide river has shrivelled to a few dozen...

World