Lam, 68, pledged to accelerate economic growth and was reappointed unanimously by the 180-member Central Committee at the conclusion of the National Party Congress that ran from Monday through Friday.

Lao People’s Army evolves into modern fighting force. The Lao People’s Army has undergone significant changes over the years and has become a more modern and stronger force un ...

Katie Rubin, far right, with Mindy Simonson at her side, walk through a series of maps and documents to explain to the family of Air Force Master Sgt. James Henry Calfee where they found his remains ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- Starting Jan. 1, seven new countries are being added to the U.S. travel ban list. Five African countries, Syria and Laos are the new additions that will now prohibit people there ...

The CIA recruited tens of thousands of Hmong men and boys as surrogate fighters for the U.S. in the Secret War in Laos during the 1960s and 1970s. Approximately 35,000 Hmong died protecting American ...

Loren Goldner reviews "A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA " by Joshua Kurlantzick. From Insurgent Notes #15, August 2017. Few people in America today know ...

From 1959 to 1975, Laos became the site for one of the least known, yet most devastating, conflicts of the 20th century. Though officially neutral, the country was drawn into the Vietnam War as the ...

A new feature film examining the buried trauma of America’s “Secret War” in Laos is seeking co-producers and sales agents at the Tokyo Gap-Financing Market, with production slated for 2026. “Rhizome,” ...

This September marks 80 years since the end of World War II. Even at that distance, we are still feeling its legacy. In August, authorities discovered a 250-kg World War II bomb during construction in ...