VIENTIANE: The government has agreed to lease land to a local company for the construction of a dry port on the Lao side of ...

Rare armed clashes in Laos believed to be linked to drug smuggling have forced Thailand to close a popular mountain viewing ...

A 23-year-old Lao woman was arrested at the border checkpoint on the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge for attempting to smuggle 137 ...

Lao soldiers killed in clash near Thai border. Stray bullet hits Thai home. Believed linked to drug bust, raising Mekong ...

Armed clashes, suspected to be drug-related, have erupted along the Thai-Laos border, leading to the closure of the Phu Chi ...

Laos soldiers are still unable to regain control of the Phu Pha Mon military post area after facing intense attacks ...

LONG TIENG, LAOS – We met in the Laotian capital of Vientiane, not far from the spot on the Mekong River where the Xiong family fled to Thailand one night in May 1975. At the time of their ...

Thailand has issued a public health alert following its first anthrax-related death and a second confirmed infection. Both ...

Anthrax is an infectious disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, a spore-forming bacterium, which occurs naturally in soil and ...

The Phu Chi Fa scenic spot sits on the Thai border with Laos in northern Chiang Rai province. (Sopa Images/Sipa USA/Reuters pic) Rare armed clashes in Laos believed to be linked to drug smuggling ...