Carol Cassidy started her shop in 1990; sees "beautiful side of globalization." VIENTIANE, Laos, July 22, 2008 — -- In the northern Lao village of Pakor, where 100 people live along a few hundred ...
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 ...
Slow down in Si Phan Don, the 4000 Islands of Southern Laos. We explore Don Khone, a peaceful island with river views, ...
The 1,170-mile (1,880 km) stretch of the Mekong River that snakes through Laos has long been a quiet backwater used for small-scale domestic trade, localized fishing and folklore. In recent years, ...