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'Hero rats' ready for demining duty in Cambodia
Published on 12/06/2021
» PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia: Cambodia has deployed its next generation of rat recruits to sniff out landmines as part of efforts to boost demining operations in a country plagued for decades by unexploded ordnance (UXO).
Laos' Plain of Jars recreated in virtual reality
AFP, Published on 19/10/2016
» SYDNEY - Australian archaeologists announced plans Wednesday to recreate Laos' mysterious Plain of Jars as a three-dimensional virtual reality experience, that could one day see museum visitors walk through remote dig sites.
Lao forgive, but war memories remain
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 09/09/2016
» LUANG PRABANG - Houmphan Chanthavong finally felt his deep grudge vanish after US President Barack Obama acknowledged in Vientiane during his visit this week "the suffering and sacrifices on all sides of that conflict", in reference to the CIA-led bombing and paramilitary campaign that devastated Laos during the Vietnam War.
Obama insists US is 'here to stay' in Asia
Published on 07/09/2016
» VIENTIANE - Barack Obama, on his final visit to Asia as US president, insisted Tuesday that renewed US engagement with the region would endure after he left the White House.
Obama faces diplomatic minefield in Vientiane
Spectrum, Richard S Ehrlich, Published on 04/09/2016
» US President Barack Obama's trip to Laos is seen by some as Washington's effort to woo Southeast Asia away from China's embrace, but he also will be under pressure to speak out on human rights.
US bombs still maim as Obama prepares to visit Laos
AFP, Published on 01/09/2016
» XIENG KHOUANG (LAOS) - This year's summer holidays had only just begun when Viet became a fresh casualty of a secret bombing campaign the United States conducted in Laos decades ago.
Decades after war, Vietnam, US battle legacy of bombs
Reuters, Published on 06/03/2015
» TRIEU PHONG, VIETNAM — Red skull-and-crossbones markers dot the horizon in a barren patch of land in Vietnam where missteps could be fatal.
Nine Vietnam War-era bombs cleared
dpa, Published on 04/06/2014
» Vientiane — Bomb clearance teams working on a 220km rail line in southern Laos have found nine unexploded devices along the route, a news report said on Wednesday.
International pull-out threatens Afghan de-mining
AFP, Published on 04/04/2013
» Since Haji Abdul Samad lost his leg in a minefield more than 20 years ago, he has unearthed at least 1,000 explosives and become one of Afghanistan's most experienced de-miners.
Truth seeking's terrible toll: Seventies war reporters remembered
Spectrum, Luke Hunt, Published on 17/02/2013
» The thinning ranks of war correspondents who covered the Indochinese conflicts prior to the communist takeovers of 1975, have rounded out a rare pilgrimage to Cambodia through a series of reunions and twin dedications to the fallen.