Decades after the Vietnam War ended, there are around 80 million unexploded bombs left in Laos. Despite the danger they pose, some villagers use the bombs to build their homes. A woman poses at the ...

The ruling Lao People’s Revolutionary Party has grossly mishandled the economy, but there is no political alternative – at least for now. For the past three decades, the Lao People’s Revolutionary ...

(Bangkok) – Lao authorities should urgently and impartially investigate the suspicious death of an outspoken critic of the government and appropriately prosecute those responsible, Human Rights Watch ...

Before this recent discovery, only a handful of the jars had been found to contain bones or ash, and it seemed unlikely that so many massive stone vessels would have been carved solely for burial ...

Chef Seng Luangrath is bringing Lao food into the spotlight through her Northern Virginia and D.C. restaurants and a deeply ...

The US dropped more than 270 million bombs on Laos during the Vietnam War. An estimated 30% of the bombs remain unexploded and are scattered across the country. Some villagers use those bombs as scrap ...

The remains of at least 37 people in an ancient stone 'jar' in northeastern Laos suggest that thousands similar jars were ...