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Law and Crime

Over 160 Accidents, 15 Deaths Reported During 2025 Lao New Year Celebrations

The 2025 Lao New Year celebrations, held from 14 to 16 April, saw 15 fatalities and over 160 road accidents nationwide. This is a notable drop from the same period in 2024 when Lao New Year celebrations resulted in 316 traffic accidents nationwide, claiming 33 lives, injuring 594 people, and...

Thai Police Seize 358 Kilograms of Methamphetamine Smuggled from Laos

Thai police intercepted 358 kilograms of methamphetamine, valued at THB 100 million (USD 2.9...

Lao Man Arrested in Thailand for Unauthorized Employment as Driver

A Lao man was arrested in Huai Khwang zone, Thailand on 1 April for...

Laos to Strengthen Road Safety During Lao New Year

Vientiane plans to deploy 1,172 traffic police officers across 143 stations in the country...

State Inspection Authority Officials Detained as Corruption Investigation Unfolds

Four senior officials from the State Inspection Authority (SIA) and three individuals accused 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...

Singapore Hangs Man for Drug Trafficking. It Will Hang Woman on Friday — The First in 19 Years

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore executed a man Wednesday for drug trafficking and is set to hang a woman Friday — the first...

Collapsed Metal Plate Revealed as Cause of Tragic Accident at Thailand’s Don Mueang Airport

The Airports of Thailand (AoT) said on Wednesday that the June incident at Bangkok's Don Mueang airport, where a woman tragically lost her leg...

School Gym Roof in China Collapse Tragically Claims Eleven Lives

A devastating incident occurred at a middle school in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province that saw the roof of a school gymnasium collapse, resulting in...

Myanmar’s Military Plans to Move SUU Kyi to House Arrest, According to Unofficial Reports

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military-controlled government plans to transfer the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi from a prison in the capital, Naypyitaw,...

Five Years Since Attapeu Dam Collapse, Some Victims Still Wait to be Compensated

Although five years have passed since the dam collapse in Attapeu province which lead to widespread destruction and displaced close to 7,000 people, victims...