Japan demands Asean unity
Senkaku in the East China Sea is concentrating minds in Tokyo, Beijing and Taipei. Source: Flickr
Jakarta has a huge responsibility to maintain unity and...
Masatsugu Asakawa is new ADB head
Masatsugu Asakawa is the new president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Asakawa, who is currently serving as a special advisor to Japan’s prime minister...
Another Chinese worker killed in Laos
The state’s grip on rural Laos is weak. Source: Wikimedia
A Chinese national has been killed and three were wounded in what has been called...
Thailand cross-border trade dips 2% to 1.12T baht
Thailand saw its cross-border trade dip by nearly 2 percent during the first 10 months of the year on account of various factors which...
Mekong nations face severe drought made worse by dams
The four lower Mekong River basin countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam should expect severe to extreme drought—compounded by dams—to persist until January,...
US calls on Laos to investigate activist’s disappearance
Sombath pictured with South African human rights icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 2006. Photo: Shui-Meng Ng/Wikimedia Commons.
Washington has called on the Lao government to “conduct...
Cambodia joins Asean’s rail network
Cambodia and Thailand have reconnected a cross-border railway after 46 years as Asean’s rail links gradually improve.
The military-appointed Thai prime minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, and...
Laos fails to win seat on UN Human Rights Council
Laos has failed to win a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council in a secret vote by the UN General Assembly in...
Government imposes curfew in Lao province after rebel attacks
Anti-communist Hmong guerrillas, like those pictured here in 1961, were active in Xaysomboun but it is unclear if the ethnic group is linked to...
Obama to be first US president to visit Laos
President Barack Obama will be the first US head of state to visit Laos when he attends an Asean summit in the landlocked country...
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