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Lao Buddhist Organization Tightens Social Media Guidelines

The Lao Buddhist Fellowship Organization has issued new nationwide guidelines governing how monks use social media, highlighting growing concerns about online conduct as digital platforms become increasingly embedded in religious life. The notice, issued on 2 June, also applies to other religious practitioners including novices, white-robed male devotees, and white-robed...

Remains of 37 People Discovered in Giant Stone Jar in Xieng Khouang

A new excavation on Laos’ mysterious Plain of Jars in Xieng Khouang has uncovered...

South Korea to Send Baseball Coaches to Laos Under Regional Development Program

Laos is set to receive South Korean baseball coaches in 2026 as part of...

Beadwork Born in Laos’ Most Dangerous Fields, By the Women Who Clear Them

A jewelry collection made with women who clear bombs for a living is putting...

Lao Woman Builds Northern Laos’ First Pediatric ICU, Wins Regional Award

Bounloth Sodaluck grew up watching rural families in Xayaboury Province struggle to find medical...

Lao Airlines Renews Global Safety Standard Certification

National flag carrier Lao Airlines has passed an audit and renewed registration from the IATA International Air Transport Association Operational Safety Audit (IOSA). The IOSA...

Laos, Thailand Sign New Cross-border Road and Rail Deal

Laos and Thailand have signed an agreement to extend road and rail connections between the two countries worth more than THB 3 billion (USD...

The Hungry Tuk Tuk Safari

One portion Lao cuisine mixed with one portion tuk tuk creates a recipe for culinary adventure. You have heard that Lao food is varied and...

Flying Colors

A Lao Airlines Retrospective Lao Airlines celebrates its 30th anniversary this year as a state enterprise. From its early beginnings with a mélange of aircraft...

Finding His Way

How a Self-Trained Cartographer Made the Best – and Only – Maps of Southern Laos Following the trails of mapmaker Nicholas Klein brings me deep...

Frangipani, Flower of Love and Death

A beautiful fragrant flower evokes a complex range of emotions. The frangipani flower is paradoxical: it is the emblem of the Lao nation but it...