It may have been Barack Obama’s first trip to sleepy Laos — and indeed, the first by any sitting U.S. President — but American foreign policy still haunts this landlocked Southeast Asian nation. U.S.

With one of the world’s fastest growing economies, a burgeoning digital infrastructure and a thriving community of social media creators, Laos People's Democratic Republic presents a rare opportunity ...

Police in Laos confiscated more than a ton of methamphetamine recently in what international law enforcement authorities are characterizing as one of Asia’s largest drug busts ever. More than 1.5 tons ...

Leadership changes announced at the 10th Congress of the ruling Lao People’s Revolutionary Party will give the United States an opportunity to boost ties with Laos when President Barack Obama visits ...

VIENTIANE, Laos — Southeast Asian leaders gathered Wednesday for an annual forum that will focus on the civil war in Myanmar and territorial tensions in the South China Sea, two key challenges that ...

Laos faces unprecedented financial difficulties, including US$14.5 billion worth of public and publicly guaranteed debt — around half of which is owed to China. But unlike Sri Lanka, there is no ...

Laos launches Asia’s first hydrogen-powered coffee roasting plant in Champasak. Laos has taken a major step in upgrading its coffee industry with the launch of Asia’s first hy ...