Members of the Miss Lao New Year pageant from left, Julie Vilaylack, Vanyda Boulom, Tiffany Boone, Breanna Lee and Nola Phonkaseumsouk gather together in the front row to pray and give offerings to ...

A new day breaks to the rhythmic shuffling of bare feet upon the ground. Like an apparition from centuries past, a procession of several hundred shaven-headed monks emerges through the dawn mist, ...

A recent conference, a trip overseas and a reconnecting with a sister city have offered an opportunity to strengthen bonds between Elgin and its Lao community. Last weekend, and for the first time, ...

VIENTIANE: The Lao government is planning to transform Lao capital Vientiane into a low-carbon and climate-resilient city. To address Laos' growing infrastructure needs amid rapid urbanisation, the ...

VIENG XAY, Laos, (Reuters Life!) - For more than 30 years, Laos' "hidden city", home of its top communist guerrilla fighters, remained exactly that: hidden. Now Laos is opening the secret limestone ...

Officer Eddie Thiphasouk of the Sioux City Police Department came to the United States in 1986 from a refugee camp in Thailand with little more than the T-shirt and shorts he was wearing. "It was a ...

The Lao Unity Church has come a long way since its days in Keo Phommarat's basement. In 1999, Phommarat hosted Bible study groups there before the group was able to move to a building at 2300 Geneva ...

Amata Corp Pcl, a major industrial estate developer in Thailand, plans to invest $1 billion in the construction of the Amata Smart and Eco City in northern Laos. The Lao government has granted a ...

A Reuters report says that for more than 30 years, Laos’ “hidden city”, home of its top communist guerrilla fighters, remained exactly that: hidden. Now Laos is opening the secret limestone caves to ...