A new satellite analysis from U.S. think tank the Stimson Center has identified 517 suspected mines along rivers in Laos, including major tributaries of the Mekong, Southeast Asia’s longest river, ...

Although rare earth mining is illegal in Laos, rare earth mines have still emerged in recent years, threatening the Mekong River system. Weak oversight and limited civic space have enabled the opening ...

Southeast Asian country Laos is turning to cryptocurrency mining as a way to ease its growing debt burden and put surplus energy to use, according to a report published Wednesday. Laos’ aspiration to ...

MINSK, 17 July (BelTA) - Bilateral cooperation in various sectors was discussed during a meeting between Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov and Laos President Thongloun Sisoulith, ...

Sand is being extracted from the bottom of the Nam Khan River, a tributary of the Mekong near Luang Prabang, Laos. The area has many new resorts and an elephant sanctuary, development that demands ...

According to the Washington-based Stimson Center, the past decade has seem a spike in unregulated mining activity in Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia.