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Fake Facebook News Pages in Laos Mimic Real Media to Lure Victims in Online Scams

At first glance, everything looks real, the familiar logo, the breaking news post, the comments from local readers. But behind the page isn’t a newsroom or journalist. It’s a scammer.  In Laos, a wave of fake Facebook news pages is mimicking trusted media outlets to gain public trust, only to...

Cambodia to File Complaint With ICJ Over Thai Border Dispute

AFP - Cambodia will file a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ)...

At Shangri-La Dialogue, Macron Warns of Superpower Tensions, Calls for New Bloc

The Laotian Times/AFP’s Damon Wake and Francesco Fontemaggi - French President Emmanuel Macron on...

Musk to Exit US Government Role After Rare Break With Trump

By Danny KEMP/AFP - Billionaire Elon Musk on 28 May announced he was leaving...

US Suspends Student Visa Processing as Harvard Protests Cuts

By Gregory WALTON, with Sebastian SMITH in Washington / AFP  On 28 May, US...

Vientiane Bans Sale of Alcohol before 4pm

(Lao Post) In a drastic move to promote health and safety among members of Lao society, the Mayor of Vientiane has taken measures to ban...

Thailand May Reinstate Land Border Entry for Expats in Neighboring Countries

Could the cross-border retail and recreation-related dreams of foreign expatriates, non-diplomats and other non-Lao-non-ASEAN-passport-holding residents in Laos be about to come true across the Mekong in Thailand...

Maybank Foundation Expands Silk Weaving Centre in Laos

Maybank Foundation has expanded its Maybank Women Eco-Weavers centre in Laos with the addition of a hostel for the women who are being trained...

Fortunate Escape For 66 Folk? Search for Missing Flood Victims in Attapeu Officially Ends

Sixty-six fortunate folk have been located alive as the Lao government taskforce headed by the Deputy PM reported 34 confirmed dead, 31 missing and another six...

Laos Has Not Restricted Foreign Media in Attapeu

A little more than a week has passed since the collapse of Saddle Dam D at the Xe-Pian Xe-Nam Noy Dam on July 23,...

Dam Failure Due to Substandard Construction Says Minister

Minister of Energy and Mines, Dr Khammany Inthirath, told the media that the collapse of the Saddle Dam at the Xe-Pian Xe-Nam Noy Dam...