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Politics

White House Cuts Funding to Radio Free Asia, Voice of America, Other Global Media Outlets

The Trump administration’s recent actions have led to severe budget cuts for the Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Asia (RFA), and other global media outlets. On 15 March, federal grants supporting RFA and its partner networks were officially terminated. These cuts follow an executive order signed by President Donald...

Laos Tackles Bureaucratic Bloat with Major Government Overhaul

As Laos continues to grow and change, the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party has recognized...

Lao, Chinese Foreign Ministers Discuss Closer Ties, Economic Cooperation

Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongsavanh Phomvihane met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi...

Laos Prepares for 2025 Digital Census with Training Initiatives

On the top floor of the four-story Lao Statistics Bureau (LSB) building, located about...

Laos Marks International Women’s Day with Call for Women, Girls Empowerment

On 7 March, the Embassy of France, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and...

Laos’ PM Thongloun Among Leaders In Singapore for ASEAN, East Asia Summits

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has welcomed Prime Minister Thongloun and counterpart government leaders from across the region at the 33rd ASEAN Summit and related summits...

Cuba’s President Diaz-Canel Takes East Asia Solidarity Tour to Laos

Geographically distant but with a shared solidarity born of shared experiences of struggles for independence against colonial and imperial domination and sharing similar Marxist-Leninist institutions of...

Helpless No More: Hope For Survivors A Precious Commodity via Prosthetics

“It means so much to me that I am now able to be independent and carry out basic daily activities. It relieves the burden...

PM Thongloun Pushes Laos-made at China International lmport Expo in Shanghai

Laos' Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith was in China's major economic city Shanghai pushing the Made-in-Laos message as the country's policymakers and entrepreneurs seek to leverage increased...

“Space data offers instant clues to cause of deadly Laos dam disaster”: Stanford Professor

Space data gleaned from satellites has been used to create a hypothesis on the cause of the collapse of the saddle dam D at the Xe Pian...

Authentic, Natural, Timeless: Lao Gifts, Souvenirs at Handicraft Festival ’18

There is no doubt that Laos is a place with a multitude of natural and cultural wonders, experiences and delights and traditional handicraft wares to share...