What is Hmong New Year – and how is it celebrated in the modern day?
For the Hmong ethnic group, the New Year festival in northern Laos’ Phonsavan is the perfect time to don your finest, honour ...
Methanol poisoning parents’ heartache
The families of Australian teens who died from methanol poisoning in Laos are disappointed Laos authorities are yet to accept ...
China's Xi and Thailand's leader vow to crack down on scam networks that plague Southeast Asia
China's leader Xi Jinping and visiting Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra have vowed to crack down on the scam ...
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They’re Still Killed by US Munitions
With the Vietnam War and larger wars in Southeast Asia in Cambodia and Laos, two lines of thought on resisting that war in a ...
Northwest Asian Weekly13h
Southeast Asia looks to nuclear power to supercharge its energy transition
Southeast Asia’s only nuclear power plant, completed four decades ago in Bataan, about 40 miles from the Philippine capital ...
The Diplomat15h
Thailand Cuts Electricity to Scam Sanctuaries Across Myanmar Border
The measures were announced on the eve of PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s state visit to China, during which she is set to ...
Thailand's Paetongtarn Shinawatra in China, with trade, railway, scam farms on the table
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has arrived in China for a four-day visit as the two sides look to crack down on telecoms scam farms in Southeast Asia, and with trade, technology and ...
The Diplomat2d
Trump’s Sudden Impact and Implications For Southeast Asia
Within Southeast Asia, deep cuts to USAID have already resulted in the suspension or curtailing of a wide range of programs ...
Peatlands and mangroves: Southeast Asian countries must protect these major carbon pools to boost climate ambitions
Protecting and restoring mangroves and peatlands can reduce more than half of the carbon emissions from land use in Southeast ...
‘A Good Chance People Are Going to Die’ After U.S. Halts Funding for Mine Clearing
Large swaths of land in Southeast Asia are littered with unexploded bombs dropped by American forces during the Vietnam War.
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How a Tiny Southeast Asian Country Changed the CIA Forever
(Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) No country in world history has been bombed more on a per capita basis than Laos, a landlocked nation of 6.9 million nestled between Thailand, China, Cambodia, ...