Police indicate Lao teen’s messages about scam center release were false
A Thai police officer says there’s no record of a 19-year-old recently seeking safety at the Mae Sot station.
Most compelling people of 2024: Year in review
As everyday people become newsmakers, RFA looks back at their stories that captivated audiences
Activists across Asia mark Human Rights Day amid ‘shrinking’ civic space
Police stop another demonstration in Cambodia while NGO workers in Laos remember a high-profile disappearance.
Is Laos actually tackling its vast scam Industry?
Dispersing the scam centers could spread corruption to areas outside the Golden Triangle.
Lao teen freed from scam center now at trafficking victims facility in Thailand
The young woman told RFA earlier this month that she was forced to work at an online scam center in Myanmar.
Awards to the wealthy and criminally connected stir controversy in Laos, Cambodia
Residents say the decisions devalue the awards and legitimize bad behavior.
Village officials demand ‘staying fees’ from Lao migrants in Champassak province
Corrupt officials arbitrarily increase the fees to pad low government salaries.
US program helps victims of Agent Orange in southern Laos
People in Laos are still reeling almost 50 years after the U.S. sprayed the herbicide on the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
3 years on, displaced families await compensation for Lao-China Railway project
At least 371 families have rejected what they say is an inadequate offer by the government.
Villagers blame Chinese potash mine for massive sinkhole in central Laos
They say the pit was likely caused by the digging of a ventilation shaft for a mine tunnel.
