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Stock image of the Third Thai - Lao Friendship Bridge at sunset time, Nakhon Phanom province, Thailand looking across the Mekong into Laos. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

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

Laos is a key link for China’s Obor ambitions

by David Hutt July 15, 2017February 18, 2020

Laos flag with Chinese flag isolated on a black background. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Laos, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Are Chinese nationals being targeted in Laos?

by David Hutt July 15, 2017February 18, 2020

A police officer displays "yaba" tablets, or methamphetamine mixed with caffeine, for the media in front of the Narcotics Suppression Division in Bangkok on February 1, 2017. Photo: AFP / Lillian Suwanrumpha

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, Thailand

Is China’s pan-Asia rail network a drug smuggler’s dream?

by Zi Yang June 23, 2017February 18, 2020

The Nam Khan River that runs through the ancient royal capital of Luang Prabang in Laos. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

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

Lao cultural treasure faces river trade dilemma

by Tom Fawthrop May 16, 2017February 18, 2020

A Chinese boat with a team of geologists surveys the Mekong River at the border between Laos and Thailand April 23, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Jorge Silva

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Thai resistance to China’s downstream ambitions

by Tom Fawthrop May 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Lao director Mattie Do. Photo: FEFF

AT Finance, Italy, Laos, Middle East, South Asia, World

Do the right thing: a cinematic renaissance in Laos

by David Pountain May 14, 2017February 18, 2020

Making an impression: Kongkiat Khomsiri, Mattie Do and Ho Yuhang. Photo: Joshua Lim

AT Finance, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, South Asia, Thailand

Expectations weigh on budding Southeast Asian filmmakers

by Joshua Lim April 29, 2017February 18, 2020

(From L to R) Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Laos President Bounnhang Vorachith attend the opening ceremony of ASEAN Summit in Vientiane, Laos September 6, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Jorge Silva

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Southeast Asia’s leaders steer away from democracy: activists

by Agence France-Presse April 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Laos has launched an anti-drug campaign that claims to have nabbed top suspects in its growing illegal narcotics trade. Photo: Getty Images

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, South Asia, Thailand, World

Laos tackles its drug problem

by David Hutt April 18, 2017February 18, 2020

Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith at the Asean Summit Retreat. Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, France, India, Laos, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Little Laos tackles big corruption

by David Hutt February 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Children watch the river at Pak Beng. Photo courtesy of Marcus Rhinelander/International Rivers

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

Despite the risks, Laos goes ahead with Pak Beng dam

by Jenny Denton February 11, 2017February 18, 2020

The war on drugs in Asia continues. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Japan, Laos, Macau, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Shanghai, South Asia, Taiwan, World

Getting organized on Asia’s drug trade

by Roderic Broadhurst February 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Higher yields in agriculture are expected. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

India, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Watch: Fewer hungry children in Asia charted in graphs

by Johan Nylander January 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Lao dancers during new year celebrations. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, China, Laos

A look at Laos’ economic development in graphs

by Sandra Lowe December 10, 2016February 18, 2020

Maung Khoun, once the royal seat of the minor kingdom of Xieng Khuang, 35km southeast of Phonsavan. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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

Laos’ march from ancient kingdom to modern society

by Sandra Lowe December 10, 2016February 18, 2020

The Mekong River at Luang Prabang. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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

China is top foreign investor behind Laos’ fast growth

by Sandra Lowe December 10, 2016February 18, 2020

A screen grab from the trailer for Laos film, Banana Pancakes and the Children of Sticky Rice. Director Daan Veldhuizen will host a Q&A after the screening. Photo: Banana Pancakes and the Children of Sticky Rice trailer

AT Finance, Cambodia, Laos, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand

Sundance of the Southeast gives little voices a forum

by Ron Gluckman December 2, 2016February 18, 2020