A spotlight is being put on counterfeit liquor in Southeast Asia after six people died from methanol poisoning in the Laotian backpacker hotspot Vang Vieng. The recent deaths of six travelers by methanol poisoning in…

Australian teen Bianca Jones has become the fourth tourist to have died in a suspected mass poisoning in Laos. The 19-year-old's family confirmed her death to the media on Thursday. Hours earlier, the US State…

In short: Two Australian women, both believed to be 19, are reportedly fighting for their lives in Thai hospitals after drinking what are suspected to have been tainted cocktails in Laos. They were staying at…

For three years, prices have risen by more than 20 per cent – forcing a growing number in the Southeast Asian nation to forage for food Suffocating under a mountain of debt to China, communist…