The manager and seven staff of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained after six tourists died from suspected methanol poisoning.
Local media said that police brought in the 34-year-old manager of the Nana backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng and (...)
A second Australian teenager has died of suspected methanol poisoning, bringing to six the number of foreign tourists who have died after apparently drinking tainted alcohol in Laos.
The family of Holly Bowles, 19, said it was with "broken hearts" (...)
Indonesia has called on East Asian nations to officially recognize the state of Palestine and urged the international community to uphold international law and principles of humanity, state-run media reported Friday.
Speaking at the East Asia Summit (...)
A Laos political activist who was reported to have died after being shot point blank in the face and chest is alive, activists say.
The family of Anousa Luangsuphom, 25, has told Human Rights Watch (HRW) he is recovering in hospital after being shot (...)
A well-known critic of the Laos government has been shot dead in a late-night attack in the capital.
Anousa 'Jack' Luangsuphom, 25, was shot point-blank in the face and chest while sitting at a coffee shop on Saturday.
He had run the Kub Kluen Duay (...)
For people living off-grid in remote villages in Laos, solar energy offers a clean, sustainable way to bring electricity for all, and the promise to transform their lives.
In Ko Bong and Tha Phai Bai, in the center of the South East Asian country, (...)
The Republic of Laos announced today its first two cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), becoming South-East Asian last country to announce having incurred the virus.
In a statement issued by the Health Ministry of Laos, the two cases are (...)
Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith met here today with UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
During the meeting, they discussed issues of common interest in addition to means of (...)
US President Barack Obama urged Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday to conduct his crime war "the right way," after 3,000 people were killed in the crackdown in just over two months.
"As despicable as these (crime) networks may be and as (...)
Outgoing President Barack Obama condemned Donald Trump as unsuitable to be commander-in-chief Thursday, after the Republican nominee blasted US military brass and praised Vladimir Putin.
"I don't think the guy's qualified to be president of the (...)
Aiming to cement closer ties to Laos and its people, President Barack Obama toured a Buddhist temple Wednesday and paid tribute to Lao culture after pledging the US would fulfill its "profound moral and humanitarian obligation" to clean up millions (...)
The Philippines said on Wednesday it was "gravely concerned" that Chinese boats were preparing to build structures at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, shattering an appearance of cordiality at an Asian summit in Laos.
Officials said talks (...)
Barack Obama, on his final visit to Asia as US president, insisted on Tuesday renewed American engagement with the region would endure after he left the White House.
"America's interest in the Asia-Pacific is not new. It's not a passing fad. It (...)
The Philippines scrambled to defuse a row with the United States on Tuesday and its new president, Rodrigo Duterte, voiced regret for insulting President Barack Obama with the use of an expletive that prompted Washington to call off a bilateral (...)
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared a nationwide "state of lawlessness" Saturday after suspected Abu Sayyaf extremists detonated a bomb that killed 14 people and wounded about 70 in his southern hometown.
Duterte, who inspected the scene (...)
DARING to take on China in a territorial dispute in the South China Sea, the Philippines went to an international tribunal for justice, and won big. But it turned out to be a pyrrhic victory.
Beijing came back with such ferocity and manipulative (...)
An Indian who led a grassroots movement on behalf of the low-caste Dalit community and the Philippines' chief anti-corruption fighter are among the six recipients of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award, honoring leadership in solving society's most (...)
The Philippines and China should "turn the page" and hold talks over contested areas of the South China Sea after a tribunal shot down Beijing's claims to the strategic waterway, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday.
Relations between (...)
US Secretary of State John Kerry called Tuesday for
the rule of law and dialogue to resolve territorial disputes in the
South China Sea, dpa reported.
Speaking from the East Asia Summit in Vientiane, Laos, Kerry said that the United States remained (...)
China scored a diplomatic victory on Monday, avoiding criticism by Southeast Asia's main grouping over its territorial expansion in the South China Sea even though some of the bloc's members are victims of Beijing's actions.
After hectic (...)
Southeast Asian nations were deadlocked on Sunday about how to confront China's territorial claims in the South China Sea as pressure from Beijing again drove a wedge between countries on the region's toughest security challenge.
Their gathering in (...)
Staunch China ally Cambodia is preventing Southeast Asia from reaching a consensus on the South China Sea after an international tribunal rejected Beijing's territorial claims to the waters, a diplomat said on Saturday.
The Association of Southeast (...)
For the southwestern city of Kunming, China's plan to extend a high-speed rail link 3,000 km (1,875 miles) south to Singapore is already a boon: pristine expressways, a gleaming station and something of a real estate boom, as young buyers crowd (...)
China has agreed with Brunei, Cambodia and Laos that the South China Sea territorial dispute should not affect relations between China and the Association of South East Asian National (ASEAN), China's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, according to (...)
Foreign ministers from the 10 countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations said they are "seriously concerned" by recent developments in the disputed South China Sea region and will seek a meeting over the issue with China, AP (...)
