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Lao Migrant Workers Send Home USD 500 Million in First Seven Months of 2026

Lao migrant workers sent an estimated USD 500.7 million back to Laos during the first seven months of 2026, according to the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare.  The ministry shared the figures during a labor migration meeting in Vientiane on 22 September. Employment Department Director General Anousone Khamsingsavath said...

Vietnam Emerges as Laos’ Second-Largest Foreign Investor with USD 8 Billion in Projects

Vietnam has become Laos's second-largest foreign investor, with more than 400 projects worth a...
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Laos, China Launch Digital Payment Link For Cross-Border Transactions

Laos and China have launched a new digital payment link that allows Chinese visitors...
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Miss Universe Dispute Leaves Six Southeast Asian Franchises in Limbo

The Miss Universe Organization is facing a major dispute just weeks before its 75th...
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Laos, Thailand Move Forward With Plans for New Friendship Bridge Linking Vientiane, Loei

Laos and Thailand are studying a possible new Friendship Bridge linking Vientiane Province with...
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Thailand to Reduce Visa-Free Stay to 30 Days to Curb Illegal Businesses

Thailand is planning to shorten its visa-free stay from 60 days to 30 days to prevent misuse of the system by foreigners engaging in...

Thai PM Threatens Legal Action Over Latest Construction Deaths

AFP - Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra called on Monday for legal action after six people were killed at the weekend on a highway...

Thailand’s 9-Year-Old Tattoo Prodigy Stuns Expo Crowd

AFP/Montira RUNGJIRAJITTRANON - Wielding a cumbersome tattoo gun with his small hands swamped in surgical gloves, nine-year-old Napat Mitmakorn expertly inks the pattern of...

British Influencer Jailed in Thailand Over Visa Overstay

Ellis Matthews, a 32-year-old British influencer from Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, has been arrested in Thailand for overstaying her visa. The woman left the UK four...

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...

Trump Takes US Birthright Citizenship to Supreme Court

AFP/Chris Lefkow - President Donald Trump took his contentious bid to end birthright citizenship in the United States to the Supreme Court on 14...
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