VIENTIANE, Laos — Phongsavath Souliyalat was walking home from school in his tiny village of Hin Hub, a few hours north of the capital of Vientiane, when a friend found a metal ball on the ground. "We ...

LUANG PRABANG, LAOS (dpa) – “Sawadi!” comes the welcoming cry from a house in Luang Prabang, in northern Laos. A group of young girls – five in all – rushes out out of the house, their hands stretched ...

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, ...

A Milwaukee woman who was deported to Laos by the Trump administration earlier this month is deeply “shaken” by the prospect of spending more than a decade away from her partner and five children back ...

A court in Laos found a pregnant British woman guilty of trafficking heroin and sentenced her to life in prison Wednesday, a court official said. The life sentence for 20-year-old Samantha Orobator ...

VIENTIANE, LAOS — A court in Laos found a pregnant British woman guilty of trafficking heroin and sentenced her Wednesday to life in prison, a court official said. The sentencing of 20-year-old ...

State officials and veterans of the “Secret War” in Laos gathered at the grounds of the state Capitol on Saturday morning to dedicate a new memorial. The centerpiece of the new Minnesota Memorial for ...

LUANG PRABANG, Laos — At first it sounds like thunder. Then I recognize the beat of a drum and the hollow ring of a gong. It’s 4 a.m. and the neighbors across the street, the Buddhist monks of Wat ...

Mattie Do never intended on becoming Laos’s first female filmmaker. In 2010, the former cosmetologist and ballet school director moved to the country’s capital of Vientiane to care for her widower ...

ST. PAUL (AP) -- After spending a month imprisoned in Laos, life is starting to return to normal for the Rev. Naw-Karl Mua. Since returning to Minnesota last week, Mua has been spending time ...