Laos tells UN it's too soon to visit Hmong

Laos denied the U.N. immediate access to 4,500 ethnic Hmong who were forcibly repatriated from Thailand, saying Wednesday it would "complicate" matters but that international observers could visit later.

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Suspects in Laos plot case appear in Calif. court

Twelve defendants charged with plotting to overthrow the communist government of Laos have pleaded not guilty in federal court in Sacramento.

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Charges dropped against Laotian hero in Calif.

A federal grand jury in California investigating an alleged plot to overthrow the government of Laos has dropped charges against a leading figure in the nation's Hmong community, the U.S. attorney's office in Sacramento said Friday.

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Millicom International sells Laos operations

Millicom International Cellular SA said Wednesday it has agreed to sell its 74.1 stake in its Laos business to Russian telecommunications company VimpelCom for $65 million.

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Convicted smuggler returns to UK

A pregnant Briton sentenced to life imprisonment in Laos for trafficking heroin has arrived back in Britain to serve out her jail term.

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Pregnant Briton jailed in Laos flown home

A pregnant Briton sentenced to life imprisonment in Laos for trafficking heroin flew home Thursday to serve the remainder of her sentence, just weeks before she was due to give birth.

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Study: Pollution killing rare Irrawaddy dolphins

Pollution in the Mekong River is putting the rare Irrawaddy dolphin in danger of disappearing from Cambodia and Laos, according to a study by an environmental group released Thursday.

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Laos sentences pregnant Briton to life for drugs

A court in Laos found a pregnant British woman guilty of trafficking heroin and sentenced her to life in prison Wednesday, a court official said.

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Laos to determine how imprisoned Brit got pregnant

Lao authorities are investigating how a 20-year-old British woman accused of heroin smuggling became pregnant in prison, a challenge because the woman has refused to reveal the identity of the father, a government-run newspaper said Friday.

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Judge in Calif. proceeds with Laos overthrow case

A federal judge has rejected a request by defense attorneys to dismiss charges against 11 Vietnam War veterans accused of trying to overthrow the government of Laos.

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Laos: Pregnancy means Briton won't face execution

A pregnant British woman accused of trafficking heroin in Laos will not face the death penalty because the law bans executing expectant convicts, a government spokesman said Tuesday.

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UK woman in Laos could go on trial Monday

A pregnant British woman who faces death by firing squad if she is convicted of drug smuggling could go on trial in Laos as early as Monday, a human rights group said Sunday.

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Judge: Top Obama officials should review Laos case

A federal judge on Monday urged top Obama administration officials to decide whether to continue to pursue the case against 11 Vietnam War veterans accused of trying to overthrow the communist government of Laos.

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Hmong repatriation to Laos raises concerns

Thailand's recent repatriation of more than 800 ethnic Hmong to Laos may have included some who were sent back involuntarily in violation of international humanitarian standards, human rights groups said Thursday.

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Laos Fears China's Footprint

A high-rise Chinatown that is to go up by Laos' laid-back capital has ignited fears that this nation's giant northern neighbor is moving to engulf this nation.

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In Laos, Prized Elephants Are in Decline

Connie Speight has swayed on elephant-back through unforgiving jungle and has adopted nine of the high-maintenance beasts. At 83, the retired American teacher is back in this Southeast Asian country to help save what remains of the once mighty herds.

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Laos to Improve Protection of Tigers

Laos has agreed to improve protection at one of its key tiger reserves, a conservation group said Wednesday, in a sign the country is recognizing the need to crack down on poaching and other threats to the animals.

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Hmong Leader Charged in Plot in Hospital

A 77-year-old Hmong leader jailed on charges of plotting to overthrow the communist government of Laos has been hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat, authorities said Friday.

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"Christians are now considered the most persecuted religious group around the world."

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Tigers could become extinct in the wild in less than a generation, the World Wildlife Fund warned Wednesday as it launched a campaign to save them.

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Fears are growing for the safety of about 4,000 Hmong refugees, subject to deportation from Thailand within days.

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Distant War: Recollections of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia

by Marc Phillip Yablonka A Merriam Press Original Publication: Military Monograph MM27

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Charges will be dismissed against well-known Hmong leader Vang Pao in connection with an alleged plot to overthrow the government of Laos, the government said Friday.

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From the Toronto Star, via Associated Press. Here's the beginning portion of the article:

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hat fun is travel without a little excitement? Rest and relaxation is a given, but excitement? That you have to look for, and it appears excitement for many is found in drugs.

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Scientists have discovered a striking new species of bald songbird in a limestone region of South East Asia.

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A rare bald songbird has been hiding out in the rocky limestone cliffs of central Laos.

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Want to get off the beaten path? More and more savvy travelers are heading to this small Southeast Asian country. TODAY travel editor Peter Greenberg offers a glimpse.

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British woman who was spared from receiving death penalty because she is pregant gets life sentence in Laos drug-trafficking case.

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The Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) yesterday announced its withdrawal from the Hmong camp in Huay Nam Khao, Phetchabun province, after operating there for nearly four years. The reason, they say, is the Thai military's restrictions and coercive tactics.

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He believes the decision to move the trial was only taken after arrangements were made for her to see a lawyer for the first time. He said: "It's pretty shocking that they would do that apparently to avoid her seeing a British lawyer before she has to go to trial.

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An essay by the Campaign Coordinator of A Peaceful Legacy: Campaign to Remove Bombs from Laos. Nakhone Keodara chronicles his journey from war-torn Laos to America, where he now resides and his passion in efforts to help eradicate unexploded bombs left in Laos by the U.S.

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To have written a decade ago, or even five years ago when president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won office, that Indonesia was en route to becoming a beacon of democratic stability in Southeast Asia would have invited derisive laughter, and rightly so.

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Wangyee Vang hopes to turn the Obama administration against the government of Laos. The Fresno resident is not alone. A longtime soldier, currently head of the Lao Veterans of America Institute, Vang has allies on and off Capitol Hill.

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For the crimes against humanity committed on Sept. 11, 2001, countless others are to follow, with huge conceits about technological "sophistication" and moral superiority. But if we scrape away the concrete of media truisms, we may reach substrata where some poets have dug.

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Conservation group WWF says that more than 1,000 species new to science have been recorded in South-East Asia's Greater Mekong region over the past decade. More Articles

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Never before has one country's election been followed so closely around the world, and if there had ever been any doubt whose side the rest of the world was on it would have been drowned out by the cheering on most of the planet's television screens.

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In his 2001 memoir, "Fugitive Days," Bill Ayers writes: "I don't regret setting bombs. I feel we didn't do enough." This is something very few Americans can accept, and I wouldn't even make the attempt to persuade them.

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Air Force colonel tells the story of her father, who was shot down over Laos in 1972 and never seen again, plus tributes to service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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[Excerpt:] - PALO ALTO - Evidence is mounting that at least some of the 11 men indicted in California last year for allegedly planning the overthrow of the government of Laos may have believed their plan had the tacit approval or even the outright support of the CIA.

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The Philippines lags most of Asia for ease of doing business, according to the results of a World Bank study released here Wednesday.

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The United Nations classifies Laos as one of the world's "least developed" countries. And no wonder. Half of all children here are chronically malnourished during their first five years of life. They suffer "stunting" as a result.

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Now the London-born author (Colin Cotterill) is putting Laos on the literary map as a backdrop for his mystery novels featuring an all-Lao cast of characters. He's also lending a hand in a campaign to distribute children's books to Lao kids.

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