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Timor-Leste Moves to Join Cluster Munition Ban at Vientiane Conference

Timor-Leste has taken a formal step toward joining the Convention on Cluster Munitions, signing a declaration of accession in Vientiane on 15 September during the treaty’s Third Review Conference. Foreign Minister Bendito dos Santos Freitas signed the Declaration of Accession, and handed to Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister...

Seven-Year-Old Becomes Laos’ Youngest Internationally Rated Chess Player

Seven-year-old Bounthiengtham “Jayson” Sengphachan has already done something no Lao chess player his age...
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Thailand’s HIV Cases Pass 550,000, Laos Reports Rising Infections Among Young People

Thailand has recorded 557,993 cumulative HIV cases, health authorities say, even as new infections...
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Laos, Vietnam Set USD 4 Billion Trade Goal as Economic Ties Grow

Laos and Vietnam are pushing to take their economic partnership to the next level,...
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Former MRC Chief Anoulak Kittikhoun Named First Lao Head of Mekong Institute

Former Mekong River Commission (MRC) Chief Executive Officer Anoulak Kittikhoun has been appointed Executive...
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A New Deal for the Mekong

By Anoulak Kittikhoun - Imagine the Mighty Mekong Basin not as a source of friction among riparian countries but as a platform of joint...

Cambodia Says Thai Bombing Continues After Trump Truce Call, Laos Appeals for Restraint

Laotian Times and AFP - Laos has expressed concern over the escalating border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand, urging both sides to exercise restraint...

Thai PM Dissolves Parliament, Paving Way for National Elections

AFP - Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved parliament on 12 December after three months in office, a royal decree showed, paving the way...

Myanmar Military Air Strike on Hospital Kills 31, On-site Aid Worker Says

AFP - A Myanmar military air strike killed more than 30 people at a hospital, an on-site aid worker said on 11 December, as...

Cambodia Pulls Out of SEA Games in Thailand Over Border Conflict

AFP - Cambodia withdrew on Wednesday from the Southeast Asian Games, an Olympic official said, as a border conflict with hosts Thailand escalated and...

Laos Ready to Compete at 33rd SEA Games in Thailand, Targeting at Least Five Golds

The Lao National Olympic Committee announced on 5 December that Laos will send its athletes to compete in the 33rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games,...
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