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News Laos » Bokeo » Social: New China-Funded Bokeo International Airport Opens In Laos

News channel or source: https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airports-networks/new-china-funded-bokeo-international-airport-opens-laos

Published on: Tuesday 06 February 2024

SINGAPORE—Bokeo International Airport has opened in Laos following three years of construction. It is the third-largest airport in the Southeast Asian country, after Vientiane Wattay International ...

News Laos » Bokeo » Social: Lao troops killed in attack tied to drug crackdown: report

News channel or source: https://www.rfa.org/english/laos/2025/05/05/armed-group-attacl/

Published on: Monday 05 May 2025

BANGKOK and TAIPEI – Gunmen attacked Lao military positions in Bokeo province near the northern Thai border, sources told Radio Free Asia on Monday. A news report said at least five Lao soldiers were ...

News Laos » Bokeo » Social: Laos deports 462 Chinese nationals over ties to scams

News channel or source: https://www.ucanews.com/news/laos-deports-462-chinese-nationals-over-ties-to-scams/103494

Published on: Tuesday 05 December 2023

Authorities in Laos have arrested and deported 462 Chinese nationals for various criminal activities including online scams and human trafficking, says a report. The Chinese nationals were arrested ...

News Laos » Bokeo » Social: New prison to house criminals from Laos’ Chinese-run special economic zone

News channel or source: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/prison-06242022183119.html

Published on: Friday 24 June 2022

People convicted of crimes in the Chinese-run Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in northern Laos, a hotbed of human trafficking and smuggling, will soon serve their sentences in a new prison ...

News Laos » Bokeo » Social: Laos authorities seize 33 million methamphetamine tablets, 1,100 pounds of crystal methamphetamine

News channel or source: https://www.foxnews.com/world/laos-authorities-seize-33-million-methamphetamine-tablets-1100-pounds-crystal-methamphetamine

Published on: Monday 26 September 2022

Authorities in Laos have made their third largest seizure ever of methamphetamine, confiscating a haul of 33 million tablets along with 1,100 pounds of crystal methamphetamine, an official with the ...

News Laos » Bokeo » Social: Police searched a beer truck and found some $200 million worth of drugs, in Asia’s largest-ever meth bust

News channel or source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/29/laos-drug-bust-golden-triangle-methamphetamine/

Published on: Thursday 28 October 2021

Police in Laos made a major narcotics bust Wednesday in one of the world’s most prominent drug-production corridors, resulting in what the United Nations said was the largest-ever single seizure of ...