INTERVIEW: Secret deal means Laos has some of the world’s cheapest cigarettes
A pack of cigarettes in Laos costs as little as 32 U.S. cents, thanks to a secret deal between the Lao government and British tobacco...
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Four arrested after knife attack on exiled Lao democracy activist in France
French police have arrested four suspects in connection with a knife attack on exiled Lao democracy activist Joseph Akaravong, including the man who stabbed and...
Lao democracy activist seriously wounded in knife attack in France
Exiled Lao democracy activist Joseph Akaravong is recovering in hospital after emergency surgery following a knife attack in southwestern France by an unidentified assailant, the...
Developing Asia’s laggard Laos faces economic headwinds
BANGKOK – Xay, an auto mechanic from Laos, has been working in Thailand for three years. A combination of rising prices and falling purchasing power...
Highlights of RFA coverage of Laos
Communist-run Laos is stuck in a political rut but it has seen a physical and economic transformation since Radio Free Asia first went on air...
Lao troops killed in attack tied to drug crackdown: report
BANGKOK and TAIPEI – Gunmen attacked Lao military positions in Bokeo province near the northern Thai border, sources told Radio Free Asia on Monday. A...
InDrive ride-hailing app faces deletion in Laos
Ride-hailing app inDrive is under risk of being scrapped in Laos after recent reports of sexual assaults by drivers that raised concerns over a lack...
New mega-dam takes shape on the Mekong River in Laos
The headlong rush to dam the Mekong River in Southeast Asia has been highlighted by rare footage from a major dam under construction near the...
Laos investigates executives who oversaw long-delayed hydro dam
Lao authorities are investigating officials responsible for a hydropower dam that is a decade behind schedule in another sign of problems surfacing from the country’s...
Rise in HIV/AIDS cases in Laos tied to dam and mine projects, NGO official says
Young Lao women are contracting HIV/AIDS after selling sex to some of the thousands of workers who have come into the country in recent years...
