NONTHABURI, THAILAND – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed concern Sunday over the plight of the 730,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar’s Rakhine state, calling on Myanmar’s government to take responsibility by dealing with the roo…
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Cambodia’s civil aviation authority has issued a directive banning commercial airlines that serve the country from boarding acting opposition president Sam Rainsy, who has vowed to return home from exile next week, warning they will face serious conseq…
(KPL) The government has acknowledged that the proposed AMATA Smart and Eco City project in Luang Namtha and Oudomxay has sound economically analytic results and is in line with the government’s policy, especially on investment promotion, domestic prod…
(KPL) Hungarian President Janos Ader has paid his first state visit to the Lao PDR, Oct 24-27, in response to the invitation of President Bounnhang Vorachit to enhance the traditional relations and cooperation between Laos and Hungary.A welcome ceremon…
WASHINGTON – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s order to demolish the South Korean-built resort of Mount Kumgang in North Korea’s northeastern tourism spot is seen as an attempt to pressure Seoul to defy international sanctions to resume inter-Korean pr…
(KPL) The 3rd 21st Century Maritime Silk Road China International Communication Forum was held in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, China on Oct 21-23.Before the opening of the meeting, several hundreds of domestic and foreign participants representing diffe…
(KPL) Despite the progress over the last years, Savannakhet Province has a high prevalence of stunting, underweight and wasting, which is a public health problem. To improve the nutritional status of children, the government of the Lao PDR, the Europea…
(KPL) Phu Bia Mining (PBM) has announced that two Lao-national employees have successfully completed an intensive two-week, in-house Lean training programme.In a first for the Company and for Laos, the programme aims to develop the in-house capabilitie…