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News Laos » People: Lao Communist Party Chief Reappointed For Second Term at National Congress

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2026/01/lao-communist-party-chief-reappointed-for-second-term-at-national-congress/

Published on: Thursday 08 January 2026

Then Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith at a press conference following the Russia-ASEAN Summit in Sochi, Russia, May 20, 2016. Credit: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office Laos’ ...

News Laos » People: Can Laos’ Communist Party Recover From the Current Economic Crisis?

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/can-laos-communist-party-recover-from-the-current-economic-crisis/

Published on: Monday 30 October 2023

The ruling Lao People’s Revolutionary Party has grossly mishandled the economy, but there is no political alternative – at least for now. For the past three decades, the Lao People’s Revolutionary ...

News Laos » People: Inside the Laos villages where people build homes, canoes, and tools out of unexploded bombs left over from the Vietnam War

News channel or source: https://www.aol.com/news/inside-laos-villages-where-people-064848178.html

Published on: Thursday 28 April 2022

Decades after the Vietnam War ended, there are around 80 million unexploded bombs left in Laos. Despite the danger they pose, some villagers use the bombs to build their homes. A woman poses at the ...

News Laos » People: Laos’s economic reckoning

News channel or source: https://eastasiaforum.org/2024/01/24/laos-economic-reckoning/

Published on: Tuesday 23 January 2024

Laos had the feeling of a nation moving ever closer to an economic reckoning in 2023, even though the outcome is likely to be ambiguous and protracted. While according to official statistics, Laos ...

News Laos » People: Eating Laos’ most shocking jungle food with the Khmu people!

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/food-and-drink/recipes/eating-laos-most-shocking-jungle-food-with-the-khmu-people/vi-AA22Cltz

Published on: Wednesday 15 July 2026

Deep in the jungles of Laos, the Khmu people prepare a meal using traditions passed down for generations. What looks shocking to outsiders is everyday survival here.

News Laos » People: Laos: Five People Rescued from Flooded Cave

News channel or source: https://en.tempo.co/read/2106063/laos-five-people-rescued-from-flooded-cave

Published on: Saturday 30 May 2026

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Four more men trapped in a flooded cave in Laos emerged on Saturday, May 30, 2026, bringing the total number brought to safety to five. One person was successfully brought to the ...