The 2001 deal delivered millions to an in-law of the former president, Bounnhang Vorachit, while blocking tobacco tax hikes ...

How disturbing to read your published “cool fact” (p. A2, June 8) about China’s Communist flag. To use the adjective “cool” along with the flag of an Orwellian communist government is ...

Deep in the sweltering jungles of central Laos, Long Tieng played a central role in the United States’ fight to stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia. Fifty years after its fall, we ...

After the conflict, things only got worse, as the new communist government in Laos saw the Hmong as enemies within their borders. Hmong lost their farms and lands and were subjected to forced ...

BEIJING -- As the annual conclave of Chinese Communist Party heavyweights in Beidaihe draws near, speculation is swirling over President Xi Jinping's plans for top appointments going into his ...

The call to restore the Hindu monarchy in Nepal has gained momentum, forcing authorities in Kathmandu to expand “prohibitory zones” to push demonstrators away from key administrative areas in the ...

In the languid, landlocked little Indo-Chinese kingdom of Laos, a man's rank is told by the color of his umbrella.. Old King Sisavang Vong, who reigns in the royal capital of Luang Prabang, ...

However, now that everything is becoming more relaxed with the Communist Party´s open-door policy launched in the early 1990s, it can be asked: Are the Church and Religious institutes determined to ...

Current affairs note: at first glance, this text seems futile in light of the recent attack by Israel and the US on Iran, one ...

How the shroud became an alternative Palestinian flag April 11, 2025 Amid the bloodshed of the Gaza war, the white shroud has become a symbol of the scale of death inflicted on Palestinians by ...