At stand after stand, the wooden pestle known in Lao as a sahk smashes green papaya, tomato, crabs, fish sauce, and garlic against the side of a mortar (kohk) to create papaya salad. There’s sugar ...

With stable palay prices and sustained government interventions, Antique is emerging as a model for provinces striving ...

April, the entire nation of Laos erupts into colour, laughter, and the splashing of water as the Lao New Year (Pi Mai Lao) ...

Lao army personnel board a plane home after assisting with rescue efforts following the earthquake in Myanmar.

Authorities in Attapeu province have awarded concessions to three Lao companies, enabling them to grow durian on hundreds of ...

A story of perseverance leads from the shores of the Mekong River to the founding of the world’s first and only Hmong ...

Indonesia plans to clear forests about the size of Belgium to produce sugarcane-derived bioethanol, rice and other food crops ...

Backpacking through Southeast Asia is one of the most exciting and rewarding travel experiences out there. The region is ...

While most tourists visiting Laos head to the ancient royal city of Luang Prabang, the capital Vientiane with its temples, ...

DARAYA, Syria (AP) — When Mariam Aabour learned of the ouster of Syrian leader Bashar Assad, she shed tears of joy. But as the time came to return to her homeland from Lebanon – where she fled ...

Laos is facing worsening child malnutrition, with experts warning that the country’s economic challenges and underfunding for agriculture are contributing to the crisis, leaving thousands of ...