Laos is heavily indebted to and economically dependent on China. Could Vietnam and Thailand offer a way out of its conundrum?

The planned high-speed line, which will connect Bangkok to China via Laos, has seen sluggish progress since construction began in 2017.

Thailand says its $13bn high-speed railway to China through Laos will enter service in 2030, South China Morning Post reports ...

Four major developments shaped the security environment in the South China Sea in 2024: (1) increased Chinese coercion ...

Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, ...

SEOUL -- Suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol did not participate in scheduled questioning by anti-corruption investigators on Thursday following his arrest the previous day, the ...

Another front company based in Laos, Chonsurim Trading Corporation ... Earlier this week, the U.S. joined South Korea and Japan in releasing a statement warning the cryptocurrency industry about North ...

South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a police siege, as a local volunteer described the horror ...

In a significant development, the Madhya Pradesh Police have unraveled an international fraud operation, with its roots tracing back to Laos. Authorities arrested three individuals linked to a network ...

Wat Phou (Vat Phou) in southern Laos – officially known as the Lao ... (between Surin and Sisaket), and Prasat Hin Phanom Rung (south of Buriram). All these brick and stone monuments were ...

After independence, internal divisions between the wealthier north and less-developed south triggered decades of violent conflict, including two civil wars. The second Sudanese civil war ...

And it’s a nightmare that will happen again. The recent deaths of two young Australian tourists and four other travellers in Laos has shocked a nation obsessed with soaking up the best the world ...