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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 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...

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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Lao Police Arrest Two Nationals in Cross-Border Heroin Investigation

Two Lao nationals have been arrested in Laos as part of a growing cross-border...
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US VP Kamala Harris Announces USD 20 Million for Clean Energy in Mekong

The announcement was made last week, on the last day of her tour in Thailand for the 21-member APEC Meeting.  She said, "Bold climate action...

New Cambodian Banknotes Raise Questions Among Lao Citizens

People from Laos expressed their confusion after the official release of KHR 200 banknotes as they contained a similar motif to Laos's erstwhile flag. Last...

Dozens Killed and Hundreds Injured as Massive Earthquake Shakes Indonesia

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday, killing nearly 60 people and injuring over 700. The quake hit the Cianjur...

UN Expert Urges Korea Play Enhanced Role in Addressing Myanmar Crisis

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar today urged the Republic of Korea (ROK) to take even stronger action...

Cambodia Wins World’s Best Rice Award for the Fifth Time

Cambodia’s Phka Romduol rice has received the World's Best Rice 2022 Award at the World Rice Conference (WRC). Cambodian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and...

US Arrests Cambodian Officials for Smuggling Endangered Monkeys

Masphal Kry, the Cambodian Deputy Director of the Department of Wildlife and Biodiversity was one of the eight people who were detained at New...
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