Mounting incidents of land disputes between farmers and foreign investors, however, prompted the government to announce moratoriums on new land concessions on more than one occasion during the first two decades of the millennium. The LPRP continued in the early 21st century to rely on leaders who...
Laos - French, Siam, Colonialism: During the 18th century the three Laotian states, which were continually at loggerheads, tried to maintain their independence from the Myanmar and Siamese kingdoms, both of which were contending for control of the wester
During the forced (Corona-induced) hiatus of half a year, the project partners have gained more experience in handling this new situation and the Lao Government's regulations regarding permission to enter the country have also been set down and made known by now. We are therefore pleased to ...
Officially known as the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Laos is situated in South East Asia. It is bounded byChinain the north, by Vietnam in the north east, by Cambodia in the south, by Thailand in the west, and byMyanmarin the north-west. South East Asia’s only landlocked countr...
Cold War Indo-Chinese allies gear up to meet in Laos today, NATIONKULACHADA CHAIPIPAT
The U.S. bombing of Laos (1964-1973) was part of a covert attempt by the CIA to wrest power from the communist Pathet Lao, a group allied with North Vietnam and the Soviet Union during the Vietnam War. The officially neutral country became a battleground in the Cold War between the...
Laos is, per capita, the most heavily bombed nation on Earth. It's also among the most resilient.
The only country in Southeast Asia to remain independent during the colonial period, and until 1939 officially known as "Siam" (now Muang Tai, "Land of the Free," or Pratet Tai, "Free Kingdom"), Thailand has been strongly influenced by both China and India but is fundamentally a sub-...
The end of the Cold War in the 1990s created a favourable environment for China to develop its economic cooperation strategies toward the Mekong region. The blurring and opening of once inviolable borders encouraged traders on both sides of the China-Southeast Asia frontier to appeal to local and...
and rice usually requires three weedings during the growing season. Peppers, squash, cucumbers, and beans are often interplanted with rice or corn, and separate smaller gardens for taro, arrowroot, cabbage, and so on may be found adjacent to the swiddens or in the village. In long- establ...