Seven-year-old Bounthiengtham “Jayson” Sengphachan has already done something no Lao chess player his age has done before.
The young player from Vientiane Chess Academy recently became the youngest Lao player to receive an official FIDE Rapid rating, a ranking based on performance in faster-paced chess games, scoring 1503 after a...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s Parliament on Monday approved a bill that would scrap mandatory death penalties and limit capital punishment to serious...
During his visit to Thailand on Thursday, ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn pledged to assist in addressing the transboundary haze pollution that is affecting...
A woman was decapitated in a gruesome hit-and-run accident Thursday evening in Vientiane's Sikhottabong District after a pickup truck hit her bike head-on.
The victim...
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities used helicopters Thursday to try to contain a fire that overnight engulfed two mountains on largely undeveloped forest land...
Monks and laypeople gathered at Pakse Bridge on Thursday, performing a religious ceremony to bless the bridge following a wave of suicides.
The ceremony was...
