Topic: Laos

Laos turns to hydropower to be 'Asia's battery'

The Laos government is banking on hydropower - with plans to build 55 dams - to sell electricity to its Asian neighbors. But critics say hydropower comes at the cost of more displaced farmers and altered rivers.
07/02/2010 09:00 am

White elephant captured in the jungles of northwestern Myanmar

White elephant, not a lousy gift but an actual albino elephant, was captured in the jungles of Maungdaw township in northwestern Rakhine state in Myanmar.
06/29/2010 05:49 pm

Burma tops 'worst of the worst' list of human rights violators

Libya, just elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council, also appears on Freedom House's 'Worst of the worst' list of human rights violators.
06/03/2010 05:09 pm

Southeast Asia: a correspondent's Vietnam revisited 35 years after the fall of Saigon

Every conflict has its own scribes. Southeast Asia's had a singular take.
05/19/2010 04:21 pm

Matterhorn

If you have any interest in Vietnam, don’t miss this novel.
05/14/2010 01:29 pm

In Pictures Monsters of the deep

For some, Thailand's red-shirt protests amplify calls for justice

Though Thailand’s red-shirt protests are dismissed by some as a political ploy by former Thaksin Shinawatra, they have also tapped into desires in the rural northeast for economic and social justice.
05/10/2010 09:30 am

Opinion In Asia, the US should look beyond China and India

Future opportunity for US growth depends on whether President Obama focuses on Southeast Asia, not just China and India.
05/03/2010 11:05 am

Difference Maker Mary Hutton frees Asia's endangered bears from lives of torment

By creating bear sanctuaries in Cambodia and India, Mary Hutton has kept endangered bears from being exploited in many cruel ways.
04/19/2010 12:25 pm

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Do Hmong deported by Thailand face danger in Laos?

Thailand deported more than 4,500 ethnic Hmong to their homeland of Laos, saying they were largely economic migrants, not persecuted refugees. But the US government condemned the move.
12/29/2009 09:24 am

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Opinion Forget Afghanistan. Let's nation-build at home first.

Given our high dropout and unemployment rates, we must reprioritize.
10/02/2009 01:00 am

Opinion To win in Afghanistan Obama must learn from Vietnam

A buildup of Afghan security forces is not easy.
10/01/2009 01:00 am

Global News Blog Hit by typhoon, Vietnam rivers swell to historic levels

Typhoon Ketsana, which devastated the Philippines, killed 38 people and displaced 375,000 in Vietnam before hitting Cambodia en route to Thailand and Laos.
09/30/2009 01:00 am

Global News Blog Typhoon hits Vietnam, Cambodia with some of worst floods in decades

Typhoon Ketsana, which devastated the Philippines, killed 38 people and displaced 375,000 in Vietnam before hitting Cambodia en route to Thailand and Laos.
09/30/2009 01:00 am

Global News Blog Storm that flooded Philippines gathers strength, heads to Vietnam

Vietnam evacuated people and canceled flights as hurricane Ketsana neared. Meanwhile the Philippines braced for another storm. Already 240 people have died.
09/29/2009 01:00 am

Difference Maker People making a difference: Sheridan Conisbee

This founder of a nonprofit rescue organization finds homes for Bangkok's street dogs.
08/17/2009 01:00 am

No limits at this Laotian library

In Laos's oldest city, a learning project offers students free access to books, computers, and lessons in a variety of topics.
03/23/2009 01:00 am

The New Economy Besides stimulus, what does 787 billion get you?

A look at what the federal package would get if it were measured in in inches, pounds, or seconds.
02/13/2009 12:00 am

Seafood stew as an easy way to travel

The mingling of its cultural flavors offer a midwinter adventure.
01/28/2009 12:00 am

Thailand accused of mistreating Muslim refugees

Nearly 1,000 refugees were detained on a remote island in December before being towed out to sea and abandoned with little food or water, rights group says.
01/23/2009 12:00 am

Insecurity drives farm purchases abroad

Wealthy countries seek land in Cambodia, Madagascar, and Brazil.
12/22/2008 12:00 am

Bright Green Report: Mekong region 'a biological treasure trove'

A striped rabbit, a rodent thought to have gone extinct 11 million years ago, a frog with green blood and turquoise bones, and a hot-pink millipede that secretes cyanide are just a few of the new species that have been discovered in the Greater Mekong Region of Southeast Asia in just the last decade, according to a new report by the WWF.
12/17/2008 12:00 am

Jhai PC: Low-cost computer links villages to the Web

Rugged Internet portal designed for Laos now attracts interest in 65 countries.
09/11/2008 01:00 am