Kachin Researcher Exposes Unregulated Rare Earth Mining in Myanmar, Urges Regional Cooperation as Pollution Reaches the Mekong
May 24, 2025 – Zau Lawt, an independent Kachin researcher from Myanmar, has revealed that over 300 rare earth mines…
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UN Rights Review of Laos Spotlights Lack of Progress
Attacks on Dissidents and Activists; Cross-Border Abuses Persist A United Nations review of Laos’ human rights record showed little progress…
Don’t let it be your best friend that dies from methanol poisoning
The best friend of a woman who died from methanol poisoning on holiday has called on the government to do…
Steel supplier for collapsed Bangkok building also sells products for Laos railway project
BANGKOK – Xin Ke Yuan Steel Ltd, the producer of steel bars used in the State Audit Office (SAO) building…
Australian: Laos Travel Advise
Latest update: Several foreign nationals, including Australians, were victims of methanol poisoning through consuming alcoholic drinks in 2024. Be alert…
Hundreds of thousands of Aussie tourists are at risk of deadly methanol poisoning
The deadly methanol poisonings in Laos exposed the chilling underbelly of the illicit alcohol trade across south-east Asia and countless…
BREAKING: FATF grey list update – Laos and Nepal added, the Philippines removed
THE Philippines has been removed from the FATF ‘grey list’, while both Laos and Nepal have been added, in the…
Governor Stitt Announces Immigration Enforcement Agreement Between State of Oklahoma and Department of Homeland Security
Today, Governor Kevin Stitt announced a new memorandum of agreement is soon to be finalized between the State of Oklahoma…
Nepali victims of cyber slavery stranded in Laos
A number of Nepali migrant workers are reportedly forced to work as cyber slaves in Laos while the Nepal Police…
Survivor of Laos poisoning felt ‘paralysed’ by tainted drinks
Bethany Clarke, whose childhood friend Simone White was among the six who died from methanol poisoning in Laos, has spoken…