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Health & Environment

Japan’s Quake Swarm Shakes Lao Students into Preparedness

As powerful earthquakes rattle Japan’s southern Tokara Islands, Lao students living in the country are confronting the reality of natural disasters in ways they never experienced back home. Coming from a country where earthquakes are rare and disaster preparedness is still developing, these students now find themselves in one of...

Vientiane Approves Stricter Waste Management Rules With Fines for Violators

The Vientiane Capital People’s Council has approved a new Agreement on Waste Management and...

Laos’ Hin Nam No National Park Officially Becomes a Laos’ 4th UNESCO World Heritage Site

Hin Nam No National Park in Khammouane Province was officially inscribed as a UNESCO...

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 Clears Over 35,000 UXO Items in First Half of 2025, but Children Remain at Risk

Laos cleared more than 35,000 unexploded ordnance (UXO) items in the first half of...

Hidden Cost of Beauty: Millions of Children Working to Produce Ingredients for Cosmetics

International aid agency World Vision has warned that most glossy beauty products are likely to contain ingredients gathered by children in mines and on...

Thailand Launches First Tokamak in Southeast Asia, as Major Milestone in Clean Energy Research

Thailand launched the first tokamak device in Southeast Asia on Tuesday with the help of Chinese scientists, marking a milestone in the development of...

Plain of Jars Sites to Be Offered Under Concession to Private Company

Authorities in Xieng Khouang Province have announced that management of part of the Plain of Jars may be offered as a concession to a...

Authorities in Attapeu Destroy Fish Illegally Caught During Spawning Season

Authorities in Attapeu province destroyed 207 kilograms of fish on Tuesday that had been confiscated from local fishermen during a ban on fishing during...

Laos Records Alarming Rate of HIV Infection Among Young People

A new report from UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, estimates that with 42 percent of HIV cases in Laos affecting people...

Disaster Emergency Is Underway in Asia and the Pacific, Warns New UN Study

The Asia-Pacific region has a narrow window to increase its resilience and protect its hard-won development gains from the socioeconomic impacts of climate change,...