Laos

Laos Government Critic Revealed to Have Survived His Reported Assassination

By Chad de Guzman

Heavy Rain Hinders Rescue Efforts in Laos Dam Disaster

By Laignee Barron

At Least 27 People Killed in Laos Dam Collapse

By TIME Staff

'Hundreds Missing' After Dam Collapse in Laos

By Laignee Barron
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Obama's 'Rebalancing' to Asia Falters in Sleepy Laos

A regional summit in Laos was Obama’s last chance to woo a region increasingly beholden to rival superpower China before he departs the Oval Office

By Charlie Campbell / Vientiane

U.S. Pledges $90 Million to Clear UXOs in Laos

A third of the more than 270 million cluster munitions dropped on the country during the Vietnam War did not explode

By TIME Staff

Pokémon Go Players in Asia Warned to Avoid Land Mines

The advice applies to Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam

By Nash Jenkins

After Days of Deadlock, ASEAN Releases Statement on South China Sea Dispute

Failure to mention international court ruling illustrates China's growing clout over the region

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing

Missing Dissident Journalist Reappears in China

Li Xin disappeared from Thailand in early January

By Rishi Iyengar

Bearing Witness to the Legacy of War

Photographer Giles Duley, who lost three limbs in Afghanistan, speaks about his new project

By Mia Tramz

British Labor Activist on Trial in Thailand

For making allegations of brutal conditions in the Thai pineapple industry, Andy Hall faces prison and a fine of up to $10 million

By Charlie Campbell

Laos Is Going to Build a Dam That Will Kill Off the Last Irrawaddy Dolphins

The species could be wiped out from the Mekong River by a new hydropower project, which also threatens to decimate fishing stocks

By Charlie Campbell

Same Same But Different: Tourism in Southeast Asia

Photographer Jörg Brüggemann joined the backpacker trail in South and Southeast Asia: a stretch of turf that has been densely charted already by Lonely Planet. What were once whimsical, individual explorations have turned into banal spectacles of packaged mass tourism.

By Ishaan Tharoor

From Afghan Dust to the Meandering Mekong

After spending the majority of the last three years covering the war in Afghanistan, I came to a point where I felt the Afghan dust was corroding the curiosity in my eyes. I needed to wander again and I found myself in Vientiane, Laos, on the bank of the meandering Mekong River.

By Patrick Witty
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