By Carolyn CowanCharles MpakaGerald FlynnHans Nicholas JongPhilip JacobsonSpoorthy Raman In 2019, Malawi registered a massive ...

LONG TIENG, LAOS – We met in the Laotian capital of Vientiane, not far from the spot on the Mekong River where the Xiong family fled to Thailand one night in May 1975. At the time of their ...

Laos is suffering an acute debt crisis with no apparent way out. This is a shocking reversal of the optimism of the pre-COVID-19 era, when economic growth averaged over 7% annually. While the benefits ...

TOKYO: The colourful two-day Lao Festival opened at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday (May 24) to showcase the Lao unique culture and traditions, as well as offering a tempting array of Lao ...

The parents of two Australian teenagers who died from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos have described an update into the investigation as “appalling”. Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles ...

VIENTIANE: Inflation in Laos dropped to 8.3 per cent in May, down from 11.1 per cent in April, according to the latest report from the Lao Statistics Bureau. The highest price rise was recorded in ...

The Sahar police on Monday arrested a 29-year-old Gujarat native at Mumbai airport for allegedly trafficking two youths to Laos under the pretext of IT jobs. The real intent, police said ...

Roland Rajah is lead economist at the Lowy Institute. Laos is suffering an acute debt crisis with no apparent way out. This is a shocking reversal of the optimism of the pre-COVID-19 era ...

KUALA LUMPUR - President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. on Monday tackled defense, economic, and education cooperation with Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone.

VIENTIANE -- Growing demand and a weak home currency have led to surging electricity prices in Laos, casting a shadow over the government's push to turn the country into the "battery of Southeast ...

Marcos Jr. got busy on his first day at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit here and made time for three bilateral meetings with the leaders of Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Princess Aiko will visit Laos in November, her first official visit overseas, the Imperial Household Agency said Friday. According to the agency, Japan received an invitation from Laos this month ...