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Slope Collapse Hits Workers’ Camp at Pak Beng Hydropower Project in Northern Laos, No Casualties Reported

A section of hillside collapsed beneath a workers’ residential camp at the Pak Beng hydropower project in northern Laos at 1 AM on 28 September, burying or damaging several buildings, according to an eyewitness account from the scene. The slope collapsed below worker housing in Pak Khaen village, Ngeun District,...

Vientiane Shuts Down KM38 Dharma Practice Center After Leader Defies Order Over Reborn Buddha Claim

On 24 September, Vientiane authorities shut down the KM38 Dharma Practice Center in Sangsai...
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Corruption Crackdown in Laos’s Attapeu Province Uncovers Millions in Financial Irregularities

Attapeu authorities have detailed five years of corruption investigations and financial irregularities, including a...
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Xaysomboun Identifies Four Companies Over Unauthorized Gold Mining

Authorities in Xaysomboun Province have identified four companies allegedly involved in unauthorized alluvial gold...
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Laos Detains 33 Suspects in Two-Day Vientiane Cybercrime Crackdown

Lao authorities detained 33 people, all Chinese nationals, in a two-day operation targeting cybercrime...
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Serial Jewel Thief Arrested in Joint Lao-Thai Sting Operation

Police in Thailand apprehended a thief from Laos on Saturday, who was suspected of robbing numerous jewelry stores in Vientiane Capital this year. Silasone...

Rights Group Says Myanmar’s Military Rulers Have Cracked Down on Lawyers, Abused Legal System

BANGKOK (AP) — Lawyers representing critics of Myanmar’s military government face harassment and attacks ranging from threats and arrests to unfair trials and even...

Wanted Robber Steals Jewelry Worth Over USD 55,000 from Vientiane Store

A gunman who is believed to have robbed several jewelry stores in Vientiane Capital broke into yet another shop stealing numerous valuable gold items...

Three Missing People Found Dead Following Boat Capsizing Incident

Three Lao migrants who went missing after a boat capsized on the Mekong River in Khammouane's Thakek district on Tuesday were found dead on...

Thailand Cuts Power to Myanmar Border Towns’ Notorious Casinos, but They Keep Operating

BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai state enterprise that has been exporting electricity to neighboring Myanmar has cut off power to two border towns with...

Thai Police Arrest Two Men Trying to Smuggle Endangered Monkeys to Laos

Police in Udon Thani Province, Thailand apprehended two Thai men for attempting to smuggle 27 long-tailed crab-eating macaques to Laos. The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB)...
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