カテゴリー: Laos
As well as Simone White, two Danes, an American and two Australians have died after incident in town popular with backpackersA British lawyer is among six people to have died in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos.The Foreign, Commonwealth and …
The 19-year-old’s death comes as Vang Vieng’s tourism police says manager and owner of Nana backpacker hostel taken in for questioningA second Australian teenager, Holly Bowles, has died after suspected methanol poisoning in Laos, it has been confirmed…
Dissidents face an uncertain future in Taiwan and South Korea after fleeing When Li Cheng En pushed his standup paddleboard off the Xiamen beach on China’s Fujian coastline, a mother and son stood nearby, watching him. It was dark, and he moved quickly…
Exploring the whistling traditions of the Hmong people of northern Laos, whose language straddles the boundary between music and speech, this film witnesses a collision of ancient tradition with modern urban life. With urbanisation and the advent of mo…
Sixty-eight organisations sign letter amid fears Lu Siwei could be deported at request of Chinese authoritiesSixty-eight human rights groups have signed an open letter calling on the Laos government to release Lu Siwei, a Chinese former human rights la…
Activists and family members fear Lu Siwei will be deported back to China, where he could be sent to prisonA Chinese rights lawyer stripped of his licence for taking on sensitive cases has been arrested in Laos, and activists and family members are wor…
Temperatures up to 45C recorded in April in parts of India, Bangladesh, Thailand and LaosA searing heatwave in parts of southern Asia in April was made at least 30 times more likely by climate breakdown, according to a study by international scientists…
Records for countries broken just weeks after temperature in Thailand rose above 45C for the first timeAll-time temperature records were broken in Vietnam and Laos last week. On 6 May, Hoi Xuan in Vietnam reached a scorching 44.1C, breaking the previou…
Rights groups call for urgent and independent investigation into killing of government criticA prominent activist and critic of the government in Laos has been shot dead in an attack at a coffee shop in the capital, Vientiane.Anousa “Jack” Luangsuphom,…
Record figures for month recorded in Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, China and South AsiaAsia is experiencing weeks of “endless record heat”, with sweltering temperatures causing school closures and surges in energy use.Record April temperatures have…
Extreme temperatures described as ‘worst April heatwave in Asian history’ as records tested in India, China, Thailand and LaosA severe heatwave has swept across much of Asia, causing deaths and school closures in India and record-breaking temperatures …
Report by the World Wildlife Fund also identifies new reptiles, fish and plants in the region of southeast AsiaA monkey with ghostly white circles around its eyes is among 224 new species listed in the World Wildlife Fund’s latest update on the greater…
People caught by cancelled flights and closed borders say they are trying to heed the advice to return home, but can’tThousands of Australians have been left stranded overseas as airlines cancel flights and countries across the globe shut their borders…
South-east Asian countries impose restrictions as doubt cast on warm weather theory Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMillions of people in the Philippines were left confined after the introduction of surprise quarantine measu…
Human Rights Watch calls for information on fate of 34-year-old amid a spate of disappearances of activistsRights groups in Thailand have urged the government to investigate the apparent enforced disappearance of Od Sayavong, a prominent pro-democracy …