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Law and Crime

South Korea bans travel to parts of Cambodia after student killing

By Claire LEE and Kang Jin-kyu/AFP - Seoul on Wednesday banned travel to parts of Cambodia with South Korea shaken by the torture and killing of a college student there. The move comes as South Korea sent a team to the Southeast Asian country on Wednesday to discuss cases of...

Cambodia’s ‘Prince Group’ Accused of Global Cybercrime with Links to Laos

Laotian Times/AFP - On 14 October, US authorities unsealed an indictment against Chen Zhi,...

Laos Burns Massive Drug Hauls to Mark National Anti-Drug Day

Authorities in several provinces across Laos have destroyed significant quantities of confiscated narcotics in...

Bolikhamxay Police Arrests Two Women for Producing, Selling Drug-Laced Collagen, Coffee

On 23 September, police in Khamkeut District, Bolikhamxay Province, arrested two women for possessing...

Savannakhet Urges Tax Payment on Illegally Imported Vehicles

Savannakhet Provincial Customs has announced that owners of illegally imported or undocumented vehicles must...

Deputy Mayor Confirms New Lockdown Measures for Vientiane Capital

Deputy Mayor of Vientiane Captial, Phouvong Vongkhamsao, spoke during today's announcement by the National Taskforce regarding the reinstatement of lockdown measures in the nation's...

Detainee Infected with Covid-19 On The Run in Luang Prabang

A prisoner undergoing treatment for Covid-19 has fled from hospital in Luang Prabang province. According to a notice issued by the Luang Prabang Detention and...

Chinese National Arrested for Drug Trafficking in Vientiane Capital

Police in Vientiane Capital arrested a Chinese national on drug trafficking charges last week. Vientiane Security News reports that a 22-year-old Chinese national identified as...

Woman Set On Fire During Adultery Dispute

A woman was badly burned after becoming engulfed in flames following an argument with another woman in Pakngeum District, Vientiane Capital. Ms. Phonesavanh, 19, a...

Lao Nationals Arrested at Party in Pattaya

Police in Pattaya City, Thailand arrested eighteen people holding a birthday party in violation of the country's emergency decree and its Disease Control Act. Bangkok...

Man Arrested for Discharging Improvised Firearms

A man was arrested last week for discharging an unauthorized firearm in Sikhottabong District, Vientiane Capital. According to a report by Vientiane Security News, police...