Laos

Lao Christians still homeless almost a year after eviction

Villagers expelled because they refused to renounce their faith were promised new homes

MRC to lead joint study of Mekong River Basin

Floods, droughts, climate change and dams to underscore major three-year study

Food shortage hits Lao villagers amid Covid-19 lockdown

The government has imposed lockdowns in some provinces after a recent spike in coronavirus cases

Lao Buddhists oppose Chinese-style Buddha statue

A Chinese-style Buddha undermines Laos' culture and identity, Laotians say

Desperate Laos turns to herbal treatment as Covid-19 surges

Migrant workers returning from Thailand are believed to have triggered the country's outbreak

Christians vulnerable as Covid-19 surges in Laos

The minority community are at risk as they are routinely denied medical treatment

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

Christians flee as Myanmar township burns

Holding on to embattled church properties in Pakistan

Over the moon amid a pandemic in Vietnam

Don't let nature fall victim to Covid: Philippine bishop

Legal action against Indonesian rights defenders under fire

Indonesian govt warns schools over Covid spread