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…
Category: Laos
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…
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…
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…
Indian embassy in Lao PDR rescues 67 Indians from cyber scam centres
The Lao authorities are currently in contact with the Indian embassy to ensure “safe return” of the individuals to India…
13 Israeli tourists injured, some seriously, in bus crash in Laos
Israel working ‘around the clock’ to bring them to Thailand for treatment; five reportedly sustained moderate to serious wounds when…