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Laos · LaosAuthorities in Cambodia and Laos have reported an uptick in traffic-related deaths during this week’s New Years festivities, a period that typically sees an increase in traffic fatalities. Officials in both countries have pointed to an increase in drunk driving during the holiday season, which falls on April 13-16 this year, as the primary cause. In Cambodia, at least 21 people died in traffic accidents during the first two days of the Khmer N…See the Story
Laos and Cambodia see rise in traffic deaths over New Years weekend
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Vientiane · VientianeVIENTIANE, Laos – The news media in this country is severely restricted, from who is allowed to own it to what it’s allowed to publish. But the growth of social media platforms has led to the proliferation of self-declared news outlets and self-proclaimed journalists who challenge government narratives and inform the public – yet also produce unverified and exaggerated reports. Only members of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, the only polit…See the Story
In Laos, state control of media is no match for the rise of social ‘news’ channels
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Laos · LaosThe man behind the phone chuckles as he calls out in the Hmong language to villagers sitting around a raised wooden home in rural Laos. A young man in a yellow hooded sweatshirt offers a slightly embarrassed smile, while other men gathered around a motorbike appear to pay him no mind. The camera zooms in on two young women who look shocked or turn away, as others laugh, before it settles on a girl barely in her teens, sitting atop a bike between…See the Story
Viral video highlights targeting of Hmong women to marry Chinese men
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Laos · LaosTwo teenage girls who were held at a Chinese-run casino in Myanmar for more than two years have returned home to Laos after a 40,000 yuan (US$5,500) fee was paid to gain their freedom, they told RFA. The two girls were part of a group of 16 young Laotians trafficked to work as scammers at a place called the “Casino Kosai” in an isolated development near the city of Myawaddy, the scene of recent fighting in Myanmar’s civil war. A group of people …See the Story
2 Laotian teens return home after release from Myanmar scam casino
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Champasak Province · Champasak ProvinceAccording to TTXVN reporters in Laos, on April 10th in Champasak Province, the opening ceremony of the "Trade Fair Exhibition Showcasing Products and Activities Connecting Investment, Trade, and Tourism between Vietnamese-Lao-Cambodian-Thai Companies" took place.See the Story
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Wildfires · LaosMay 10, 2567: Chief, Competition Department, Fire Department and Fire Control Department, Department of Fisheries, Fisheries and Plants Department, Chief Executive, Department of Support and Fire Department, 3 Northern Commanders, Supervisory Branch of the Department of Fisheries, 15 Supervisory Branches of the Department of Police, Fisheries and Plants Department, Supervisory Branch of the Department of Fisheries, Fisheries and Plants Departmen…See the Story
