America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA " by Joshua Kurlantzick. From Insurgent Notes #15, August 2017.

Unpacking the Local Impact of China’s Mega-Projects on Kyrgyzstan’s Regions The two neighbors share deep historical, political, and geographic affinities, but these risk being weakened by the shifting ...

For instance, Laos, the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, has alarms going off: public and publicly-guaranteed debt was $14.5 billion, 89 percent of GDP by the end of 2021, and is likely over ...

Laos, one of the poorest South East Asia nations, is heavily indebted to China Jo is the holder of a newly minted degree in English literature from one of the top universities in Laos. But the 22-year ...

2004-06-14 04:00:00 PDT Xaysomboune Special Zone, Laos-- At the age of 12, Moua Toua Ther was recruited by the CIA to fight communism. At 14, he lost his left hand from a bullet wound. At 17, the ...

Grilled skewers are a staple street food across Laos. Marinated pieces of tofu are threaded onto sticks and grilled over ...

Secretive shops posing as cafés, museums and cultural experiences are selling illegal wildlife products such as ivory, rhino horn, bear bile, pangolin scales and tiger bones in Laos, often at inflated ...

Dozens of human rights groups have signed a joint petition calling on Laos authorities to release a prominent Chinese lawyer as its embassy in Britain warned he could be deported back to China.

In the message, Xi said that, as comrades and brothers, China is sincerely pleased with the progress Laos has made, as the ...

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Laos is one of the world's few openly communist states. It is a one-party state and the general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party holds ultimate power and authority over state and ...