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Myanmar's opium cultivation up: UN
dpa, Published on 18/12/2013
» The area of Myanmar under opium poppy cultivation increased 13% this year compared to 2012 to reach 57,800 hectares, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said Wednesday.
Rally at Lao embassy for missing activist
dpa, Published on 15/12/2013
» Human rights groups on Sunday gathered outside the Lao embassy in Bangkok to mark the disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone in Vientiane a year ago.
Rising Laos political star dies
dpa, Published on 19/07/2013
» PHNOM PENH - Maj-Gen Sanyahak Phomvihane, a fast-rising star in the ruling communist party in Laos, has died aged 45, state media reported Friday.
Laos-Thailand freight rail link by 2015
dpa, Published on 04/02/2013
» The 3.5km railway link from Vientiane to the Thai border will be able to handle freight by 2015, news reports in Laos said Monday.