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Vietnamese fruits seller on floating market - woman selling fruit from her boat in the Mekong river delta, Vietnam. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Beijing’s grand economic strategy for the Mekong

by William Holland June 8, 2018June 8, 2018

Members of the Lao Veterans of America salute as the colors are presented by US Honor Guard during a memorial service and wreath laying ceremony for Major General Vang Pao, May 13, 2011. Photo: AFP/ Paul J. Richards

AT Finance, China, Laos, Middle East, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

America’s ‘Secret War’ in Laos finally put to proper rest

by John McBeth June 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the BRICS summit last year. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, Beijing, Cambodia, China, India, Iran, Laos, Maldives, Middle East, Nepal, New Zealand, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

China’s political warfare – how vulnerable is India?

by Prakash Katoch May 22, 2018

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

AT Finance, Laos, Middle East, South Asia, Vietnam

Laos: The legacy of the US ‘secret war’ still takes a deadly toll

by Binaifer Nowrojee May 15, 2018

Image of a Chinese flag subsuming a Laos flag. Image: iStock/Getty Images

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Little Laos risks losing it all to China

by Bertil Lintner May 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Train cars at Bangkok's Hua Lamphong railway station. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, European Union, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World, Wuhan

Misaligned rails keep SEAsia delinked from China

by Peter Janssen May 4, 2018February 18, 2020

A Laotian family earns its living growing peanuts on a small island in the Mekong River. Thanks to international efforts, the threat to them and others from malaria has been reduced. Photo: iStock

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Beating malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion

by Poonam Khetrapal Singh and Shin Young-soo April 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Illustration: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, China, France, Hong Kong, Laos, South Asia, Thailand, World

Laos on a fast track to a China debt trap

by David Hutt March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith speaks during the Asean Gala Dinner at the National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos, September 7, 2016. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

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Is hermetic Laos poised for more openness?

by David Hutt March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Illustration: iStock

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Looming ‘debt risks’ threaten Belt and Road countries

by Gordon Watts March 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Timber smugglers drive illegally cut logs from Cambodia's Virachey National Park to the Vietnam border in February 2017. Photo: Environmental Investigation Agency

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Laos, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Cambodia, Laos losing the last of their trees

by Dan Southerland February 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Thai police take the finger prints of Boonchai Bach. Photo: AsiaWorks

AT Finance, Laos, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

Police announce arrest of notorious wildlife trafficking suspect

by Jim Pollard January 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Lao dancers perform during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' gala dinner at the National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos, September 7, 2016. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

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Laos dances to survive between China and Vietnam

by John McBeth January 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Air America helicopters land on top of Phou Pha Thi mountain during the US' 'secret war' in Laos. Photo: Walt Darran

AT Finance, Australia, China, Laos, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Revolutionary monument to CIA’s fall in Laos

by John McBeth January 2, 2018February 18, 2020

The Independence Monument in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. The country is home to a thriving pan-regional online gaming industry. Photo: IStockphoto

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14 Cambodian maids arrive in HK, many more due next year

by Asia Times staff December 28, 2017February 18, 2020

A special Northern Thai menu served at a branch of Rosa's Cafe.

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Thailand

Thai and rising: former HK nanny helping to spice up the UK

by Richard Cook December 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Sombath Somphone with Desmond Tutu in 2012.

AT Finance, Laos, Thailand

Laotian police likely involved in Sombath abduction, new details suggest

by Shaivalini Parmar and Shiwei Ye December 15, 2017

A man holds an improvised explosive device in Myanmar. These devices are found in multiple areas in many states in the north, east and west where there has been fighting. Photo: via ICBL/ Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan

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Myanmar still a serial landmine user, monitor says

by Jim Pollard December 15, 2017February 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

AT Finance, Beijing, China, France, Hong Kong, Laos, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam, World

China’s aid a matter of life and death for Laos

by David Hutt December 12, 2017February 18, 2020

Cambodia has so far proved a disappointing source of domestic workers. Photo: iStock

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Influx of Cambodian maids in HK far below target

by Asia Times staff December 5, 2017February 18, 2020

Laos could be a possible source of maids in the future, official says. Photo: iStockphoto.com

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Hong Kong may consider getting maids from Laos

by Asia Times staff November 24, 2017February 18, 2020

A Lao vendor carries her goods in the main street of Luang Prabang, Laos. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

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Heavy debt load in Laos

by David Hutt November 4, 2017February 18, 2020

A handout picture taken on October 23, 2010 shows a part of the reservoir of the Nam Theun 2 hydropower station in the Lao central province of Khammouane. Photo: AFP/Nam Theun Power Company

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, India, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Oceania, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

World Bank fallacy of kinder, gentler dams

by Tom Fawthrop November 4, 2017February 18, 2020

A file shot of a baby under a mosquito net in the southern Philippines. Scientists in Bangkok have warned that resistance to key anti-malaria drugs has spread across mainland Southeast Asia. Photo: Reuters/ Jorge Silva

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Spread of malaria resistance spurs debate on fighting disease

by Jim Pollard September 26, 2017February 18, 2020

Water levels run low on the Mekong River. Photo: AFP Forum/Paritta Wangkiat

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Death by dam for the Mekong

by Tom Fawthrop September 14, 2017February 18, 2020

A Lao military officer commands an honor guard in a 2012 file photo. Photo: AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam

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What’s behind Cambodia-Laos’ border flare-up?

by David Hutt August 14, 2017February 18, 2020

Police officers take part in a joint anti-terrorist exercise between Chinese and Laotian police in Xishuangbanna of southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 13, 2016. Photo: Mur Photo via AFP/ Chen Haining

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What is China’s PLA doing in Laos?

by Zi Yang August 8, 2017February 18, 2020

An elephant and mahout during a festival in Sayaboury Laos. Photo: AFP via Biosphoto/Jean-François Mutzig

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China buys out a mammoth source of Lao pride

by Melinda Boh August 6, 2017February 18, 2020

Thai soldiers take away an alleged Red-Shirt protester ahead of a planned gathering in Bangkok in a May 2014 file photo. Photo: AFP/ Manan Vatsyayana

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Nowhere safe for Thailand’s anti-junta activists

by David Hutt August 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha takes a window seat on board a special train. A political foe to Yingluck, he has disavowed the "rice-for-bullet train" agreement with China. Photo: Bangkok Post via AFP/Chanat Katanyu

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Fast trains to nowhere in Southeast Asia

by Peter Janssen July 31, 2017February 18, 2020