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At the Vienthong primary school in Laos’ Xieng Khouang province, six students take out hand puppets made from clothing scraps and colored felt. Their audience — a class of around 15 children ages 3 to ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » Life: Laos cave rescue ends unexpectedly after villagers free themselves
After a long and complex operation inside a flooded cave in a remote area of central Laos, on Saturday, the men at the center of the mission did something few expected: they walked out.
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » Life: Four more villagers freed from flooded cave in Laos
Four more men were freed from a flooded cave in Laos after becoming trapped ten days ago when torrential rain blocked their exit. The villagers, who had been searching for gold, managed to walk and ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » Life: Inside the Laos villages where people build homes, canoes, and tools out of unexploded bombs left over from the Vietnam War
You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Decades after the Vietnam War ended, there are around 80 million unexploded bombs left in Laos.
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » Life: Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of Jars
The Plain of Jars, located on a plateau in central Laos, gets its name from more than 2,100 tubular-shaped megalithic stone jars used for funerary practices in the Iron Age. This serial property of 15 ...