On 24 September, Vientiane authorities shut down the KM38 Dharma Practice Center in Sangsai village, Pakngum district, after its leader declared herself the reincarnation of Phra Sri Ariya Metrai, the Maitreya Buddha that Buddhist tradition says will one day appear on earth to succeed Gautama Buddha.
Under the 24 September...
The Lao Ministry of Technology and Communications (MTC) has issued a public warning about a sophisticated new scam involving forged government documents designed to...
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...
Thai border authorities arrested three foreign nationals after they illegally crossed from Cambodia into Thailand attempting to smuggle around 1,000 mobile SIM cards to...
A South Korean anti-trafficking organization has raised alarm over reports that some South Korean nationals are engaging in long-term prostitution and child exploitation in...
An American headmaster and his teenage son were killed on 15 October after being attacked by hornets while on vacation near Luang Prabang.
According to...
