Laos

Heavy rainfall eases drought effects in Mekong Delta

River levels remain lower than 'alarming' levels, Mekong River Commission says

Laos extends lockdown after rise in Covid cases

Migrant workers returning from neighboring countries are mainly responsible for new infections

Laos sees spike in Covid cases as migrant workers return

Fears are growing the outbreak could overwhelm the poor country's rudimentary health system

Lao farmers abandon rural areas in droves

Large-scale projects by the communist regime have left many villagers without any farmland to cultivate

Covid-19 fuels trafficking of Lao women to China

Poor and uneducated young women and girls are deceived and lured into the sex trade and false marriages

UN warns Laos over persecution of Hmong

Rights advocates alarmed over military attacks and the recent disappearance of four Hmong people

EU urged to press Laos over human rights violations

Despite talks between the bloc and the communist government, little progress has been made in addressing rights abuses

Suffer the children: Laos does little to tackle child labor

Many parents see little point in educating their children as schooling is not required for menial tasks and agricultural work

Poverty forces Lao children to drop out of school

Almost 30 percent of children aged 5-17 are believed to be engaged in forms of labor in the communist country

Lao authorities tighten screws on social media users

Newly created task force monitors posts and comments 'to lay out rules and punishments'

Lao women trafficked into China under false pretenses

Teenage girls and unmarried women from ethnic minority communities are particularly at risk of falling victim to traffickers

Laotian pastor forced to promise he will not resume preaching

Sithon Thippavong is released after a year in jail after pledging he will refrain from holding Christian religious activities

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Manila dioceses back on lockdown after Covid scare