The poor, small Southeast Asian country of Laos is set to cede majority control of its electric grid to a Chinese company, as it struggles to stave off a potential debt default, people with direct ...

Houayheuang “Muay” Xayabouly, a Lao social media influencer who was arrested in September 2019 after criticizing Laos’s response to floods. Credit: Facebook/Houayheuang Xayabouly As anti-government ...

Synthetic drug production has exploded in Southeast Asia. The volume of methamphetamine seized in the region surged around sevenfold in the five years to 2019. Billions of dollars are being made each ...

On June 11, Laos (Lao People’s Democratic Republic)—a country of 7 million in Southeast Asia—said it had temporarily prevailed over COVID-19. Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said that his country ...

FILE - This Oct. 27, 2020, file photo shows a sign at a Starbucks Coffee store in south Seattle. Starbucks said Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, it plans to open an outlet in Laos as it expands its more than ...

But while COVID-19 represents a clear and pronounced shock, credit ratings are not determined solely on the grounds of economic growth. ‘Inadequate’ foreign exchange reserves, a widening current ...

Officials in the Lao People's Democratic Republic say they are ready to further lift lockdown restrictions. Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia's only landlocked country have remained steady at ...

Centara, Thailand’s leading hospitality group led by Suthikiati Chirathivat, Chairman of the Board has inked a management MOU with Asia Investment, Development & Construction Sole Co., Ltd (AIDC), a ...

Laos is looking to move away from coal-based power generation, with a focus on renewables development, especially onshore ...

The 20-year-old became the first from his country to compete on the international stage when he appeared at the Asian Para Taekwondo Open in Chuncheon earlier this month. Competing in the under-61 ...