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Laos Steps Up Anti-Corruption Reforms, Deepens Cooperation With Vietnam

Laos is ramping up efforts to strengthen transparency and public accountability, rolling out a new Party resolution alongside deeper cooperation with Vietnam on inspection and anti-corruption work. At high-level talks in Hanoi on 25 August, Lao and Vietnamese officials agreed to strengthen ties between their inspection and anti-corruption agencies, exchanging...

US Court Strikes Down 75-Country Visa Pause, but Ruling Does Not Lift Laos Travel Ban

A US federal judge has struck down a Trump administration policy that paused immigrant...

Japanese Arrivals to Laos Jump 36 Percent Amid Renewed Tokyo Tourism Push

Laos welcomed 23,133 Japanese tourists in the first six months of 2026, a 36...

Prime Minister Calls for Tighter Oversight of Boten SEZ Amid Development Challenges

Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone has called for stronger management of the Boten Special Economic...

Laos-China Railway Trade Surges as Cross-Border Freight Hits New Highs

Trade along the Laos-China Railway continued to grow sharply in the first half of...

Thailand to Increase Domestic Flight, Reduce Airfares for Thai New Year Holiday

Airlines in Thailand will operate 124 additional domestic flights during the Songkran (Thai New Year) holiday to meet the expected surge in demand. On 10...

Ex-Philippine President Duterte Arrested for Crimes Against Humanity

AFP -Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested on 11 March in Manila by police acting on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant citing...

Thailand Repatriates Hundreds More Chinese Scam Center Workers

Bangkok, Thailand AFP-Hundreds of Chinese nationals freed from Myanmar online scam centers flew home through Thailand on 6 March, as the kingdom said it aimed...

Thailand’s Oldest Human Skeleton Discovered in Remote Cave

On 24 February, archaeologists announced the discovery of the oldest human skeleton ever found in Thailand, dating back more than 29,000 years. The remains,...

Heat Wave Shuts Down Schools in Nearly Half Philippine Capital

JAM STA ROSA/AFP - Soaring temperatures shut down schools in nearly half the Philippine capital on Monday, local officials said, as the torrid dry...

Thailand to Implement 300-Baht Tourism Tax by Year-End

Thailand's 300-baht tourism tax for foreign visitors is set to take effect by the end of this year, Thailand’s Tourism and Sports Minister Sorawong...