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Cambodia Targets Cross-Border Crime with Mass Arrests, Signs Pact with Laos to Combat Scams, Drug Trafficking

Cambodian authorities have arrested more than 1,362 individuals, including hundreds of foreign nationals, in a sweeping 20-day crackdown on online scam operations across seven provinces and the capital.  The campaign, launched under the directive of Prime Minister Hun Manet, marks the country's largest coordinated action to date against cybercrime and...

Misbehaving Monks: Sex Scandal Shakes Thai Buddhist Faithful

By Montira RUNGJIRAJITTRANON/AFP - Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into...

Lao Team Scores Big at International Math Olympiad

Fifteen medals are heading back to Laos after a standout performance by Lao students...

Lao Youth Football Team Goes Undefeated, Winning Trophy in Portugal

The young soccer players of W.I.G. NAGA, a Lao national youth team, held a...

The Real Fertility Crisis? Young People are Denied Choice

On World Population Day, UNFPA Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Mr. Pio Smith calls...

Laos Experiencing Low Inflation Rate

The inflation rate in Laos remains low, despite a rising cost of living, according to the Lao National Statistics Bureau. The bureau announced recently that...

Cambodian Troops Begin Live-fire Drills at Laos Border

Cambodian troops stationed on the border with Laos commenced live-fire drills yesterday, just six months after a flare-up caused severe border tensions between the...

Smuggled Snakes Seized en route to Laos

Thai border police have seized a shipment of smuggled snakes bound for Laos. Police noticed a suspicious vehicle near the border area in Bueng Kan...

Chi Nai Mo Water Supply Plant to Receive Major Upgrade

On the 21st of February, a procurement agreement was signed for the US $92-million expansion of Chi Nai Mo Water Supply Plant in Vientiane Capital. The...

27 Cows Killed and Villages Affected By Lightning Strike in Northern Provinces

A lightning strike is reported to have killed 27 cows of local villagers in the District of Kenethao in Sayaboury on Thursday morning. Earlier Wednesday evening, a...

Vietnamese Citizen Behind Fraudulent Laokham Company

The director of Laokham Consultant Investment Sole Co Ltd, which defrauded the public into making investments, has been named as Vietnamese national Vu Manh...