India, Japan, South Korea, and China were all represented at a summit of ASEAN leaders in Laos. Southeast Asia is seen as crucial to their economies, as well as a strategically vital region for ...

LUANG PRABANG, Laos--Southeast Asian economies are gaining ground as tourism and exports recover from the shocks of the pandemic, but geopolitical tensions and volatile commodity prices still pose ...

The joint communique issued by ASEAN foreign ministers over the weekend ... is attending this week's two-day retreat in Laos. The appointment of the veteran diplomat Alounkeo Kittikhoun is ...

Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone has urged Lao people to actively support the country's role as host of the 44th and 45th Asean Summits and related meetings as well as Laos' Asean ...

VIENTIANE (Bernama): Laos, the current chair of Asean, has appointed a veteran diplomat as its special envoy to Myanmar. According to Thai PBS, Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith appointed ...

VIENTIANE, Laos--Southeast Asian leaders gathered in the capital of Laos on Wednesday for an annual regional forum that will focus on tackling the prolonged civil war in Myanmar and territorial ...

East-Timor is seeking to join. As ASEAN's most economically challenged economy, excluding its strife-torn neighbor Myanmar, Laos has time to prepare for the aging of its youthful population of ...