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Stop work on Lao dam and help victims: groups

by Ankur Tanwar July 29, 2019February 18, 2020

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Stop work on Lao dam and help victims: groups

by Jim Pollard July 24, 2019February 18, 2020

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SE Asia’s tigers hit hard by tourism, captive breeding

by Jim Pollard June 21, 2019February 18, 2020

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Death penalty for Lao father caught with drugs

by Asia Times staff June 3, 2019February 18, 2020

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Police arrest 22 women, 7 men at karaoke center

by Asia Times staff May 28, 2019February 18, 2020

Twenty trucks loaded with timber wait at the Cambodian border post of Bavet for clearance to cross into Vietnam last December. The logs appear to be 'unprocessed,' and export would be illegal under Cambodian law. Photo: AFP/Stew Magnuson

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Study examines forest loss in Mekong region

by Karen Mo May 16, 2019February 18, 2020

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Lao man nabbed with ecstasy and dynamite

by Asia Times staff May 7, 2019February 18, 2020

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Kuala Lumpur club raids: 184 arrested

by Asia Times staff May 3, 2019February 18, 2020

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Where the Silk Roads meet the mighty Mekong

by Pepe Escobar April 24, 2019February 18, 2020

A promotional poster for the 414-kilometer Laos-China railway project that promises to transform Laos from landlocked to land-linked. Photo: Facebook

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China-Laos friendship ‘blossoming’

by Bertil Lintner April 24, 2019February 18, 2020

Lao children in a village setting. The Lao government aims to implement a universal health care scheme to cover remote impoverished areas of the country. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

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UN finally tells the truth about Laos

by Peter Janssen April 1, 2019February 18, 2020

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Vintage photographs of Indochina War on display

by Michael Hayes March 24, 2019February 18, 2020

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Largest meth bust ever in Ho Chi Minh

by Asia Times staff March 21, 2019February 18, 2020

The Jinghong Hydropower Station on the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the Mekong River, in Jinghong city, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan province. Photo: AFP Forum

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Women’s rights and river protection

by Maureen Harris March 7, 2019February 18, 2020

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Women arrested in unlicensed club

by Asia Times staff March 1, 2019February 18, 2020

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Drug smuggling cases at Vietnamese border

by Asia Times staff February 27, 2019February 18, 2020

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Three arrested in Vietnam for allegedly smuggling heroin

by Asia Times staff January 25, 2019February 18, 2020

Waving flag of Pakistan and China. Image: iStock

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All-weather friend? Pakistan falls into China’s debt trap

by Ali Salman Andani January 11, 2019

China's President Xi Jinping speaks during an event to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Message to Compatriots in Taiwan at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 2, 2019. - Taiwan's unification with the mainland is "inevitable", President Xi Jinping said on January 2, warning against any effort to promote the island's independence and saying China would not renounce the option of military force to bring it into the fold. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP)

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Xi Jinping’s bold statements often backfire

by Xuan Loc Doan January 10, 2019

Ousted former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra greets supporters as she arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, July 21, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

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Thailand’s exiled Shinawatras making waves abroad

by Shawn W. Crispin January 9, 2019February 18, 2020

January 7, 2019 marks the 40 year anniversary of Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia. Photo: Richard S Ehrlich

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How Vietnam lost and China won Cambodia

by David Hutt January 7, 2019February 18, 2020

A Thai pro-democracy activist uses a placard showing a caricature depicting Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha to shield himself from the sun in Bangkok, Thailand May 5, 2018. Photo: NurPhoto via AFP/Anusak Laowilas

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New clouds gather on Thailand’s electoral horizon

by Shawn W. Crispin January 4, 2019February 18, 2020

New pylons used for power distribution are seen in Pak Se in Champasak province in July 2018 near a hydro power plant. Laos is building dozens of dams so it can sell energy to power-hungry neighbors as a fast track out of poverty. Photo: AFP / Ye Aung Thu

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Laos plans 12 new hydropower projects this year

by Bertil Lintner January 3, 2019February 18, 2020

去年7月老撾南部阿塔佩省的大壩坍塌破壞了Xe Pian-Xe Nam Noy水壩以南的森林和附近的村莊。大壩建設商和政府缺乏適當的補償可能也導致非法採伐個案增加。相片：Chris Humphrey

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老撾大壩倒塌摧毀南部受保護森林

by Chris Humphrey January 2, 2019February 18, 2020

The dam collapse in Attapeu in southern Laos in July devastated forests south of the Xe Pian-Xe Nam Noy dam as well as nearby villages. Lack of proper compensation from dam builders and the government may have also caused a rise in illegal logging. Photo: Chris Humphrey

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Deadly dam collapse hit protected forests in southern Laos

by Chris Humphrey January 1, 2019February 18, 2020

Taiwan soldiers take part in a drill at the Ching Chuan Kang airbase in Taichung, central Taiwan, on June 7, 2018, simulating a Chinese attack as Beijing stepped up military and diplomatic pressure on the island amid growing tension. Photo: Sam Yeh / AFP

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US abandonment of Kurds sends bad message to allies in East Asia

by Grant Newsham December 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Kaohsiung International Airport in Taiwan. Photo: Google Maps

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Vietnamese tourists become illegal immigrants in Taiwan

by Asia Times staff December 27, 2018February 18, 2020

THe Third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge border. Photo: Google Maps.

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Vietnamese woman arrested in Thailand for smuggling ivory

by Kamaran Malik December 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Thai workers repair fishing boats in Phuket province in January 2005. Efforts to reform the Thai fishing industry have been underway despite resistance by some involved in the business. Photo: AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul

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Thai junta takes the stench off troubled fisheries industry

by Peter Janssen December 18, 2018February 18, 2020

老撾基普鈔票拼貼圖像。相片：iStock / Getty Images

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老撾經濟重新面對現實

by David Hutt December 18, 2018February 18, 2020