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Laos Calls for Increased ASEAN Investment in Nature-Based Solutions

Laos is urging ASEAN member states to ramp up investment in Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), calling them powerful tools for protecting forests, strengthening communities, and tackling climate change head-on. Delivering the message at the 28th Meeting of ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry in Luang Prabang on 6...

Lao Overseas Workers Send Home USD 29 Million in First Half of 2025

Lao nationals working overseas remitted more than USD 29 million in the first half...

Acting Thai Government Moves to Dissolve Parliament

By Thanaporn PROMYAMYAI/AFP - Thailand’s acting prime minister has moved to dissolve parliament, his...

20 Missing After Deadly Indonesia Protests

By Marchio GORBIANO/AFP - At least 20 people are missing after violent Indonesia protests...

Hospitalized Thai Princess Recovering After Blood Infection: Palace Says

AFP - The Thai king's eldest daughter, who has been gravely ill in hospital...

Laos Thrashed by Vietnam at AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup Debut

The Laos football team was crushed 6-0 by Vietnam in its first AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup match in Vientiane yesterday. The Vietnamese, winners of the...

Myanmar Pins Energy Hopes on Russian-made Small Nuclear Reactors

Myanmar's military junta has agreed to move forward with a plan to install Russian-made small modular nuclear reactors as the country faces diminishing output...

Apple to Produce MacBook Products in Vietnam from Next Year

Apple's MacBooks will be manufactured in Vietnam next year, the latest of several Apple products to be shifted to the country. According to Nikkei Asia,...

Rough Seas in Thailand Dash Hopes of Holidaymakers

Waves up to four meters high at Thailand's Koh Samui island have interrupted travel to and from the island by boat. Huge waves have been...

Lao Airlines Plane Clipped by Korean Jet at Incheon Airport

A Lao Airlines passenger aircraft collided with another plane at Incheon International Airport early today, however, no injuries were reported. Korea's Yonhap News reports that...

Asian Expatriates Staying to Help in Ukraine

After a month of renewed Russian airstrikes which have targeted civilian infrastructure and in particular the power grid, life has become harder across Ukraine,...