22.6 C
Vientiane
Thursday, November 13, 2025
spot_img

Law and Crime

Lao Man in Colorado Remains in ICE Custody Months After Requesting Deportation

Keooudone “Don” Phetchamphone, a 56-year-old Lao man in Colorado, remains in immigration detention months after requesting to return to Laos, highlighting delays in the deportation process, according to CBS News. Don and his family originally came to the United States as refugees in 1979, after spending five years in a...

Thai Police Bust Three Foreigners Smuggling 1,000 SIM Cards for Scam Network in Myanmar

Thai border authorities arrested three foreign nationals after they illegally crossed from Cambodia into...

Blasts at Indonesian School Mosque Injure Over 50

AFP - Two blasts at a school mosque in the Indonesian capital Jakarta injured at...

South Korean Rights Group Exposes Widespread Online Child Exploitation, Prostitution in Laos

A South Korean anti-trafficking organization has raised alarm over reports that some South Korean...

American Headmaster and Son Killed in Rare Hornet Attack in Laos

An American headmaster and his teenage son were killed on 15 October after being...

Malaysia Approves Border Wall with Southern Thai Province to Curb Smuggling, Illegal Crossing

The Malaysian government has approved a budget of MYR 1.5 billion (approximately USD 350 million) to construct a security wall along its border with...

Philippines Renews Warning on Human Trafficking After Four Filipinos Rescued from Laos

The Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI) has renewed its warning to Filipino citizens seeking employment abroad to be cautious, following the safe return of...

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...

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, a UK-Cambodian businessman accused of running forced labor camps in...

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 the lead-up to the Lao National Day Against Drug Abuse...

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 and producing various types of drugs, including drug-laced collagen and...