WHEN Hubert de Boüard, owner of Château Angélus, arrived in Manila last month to host a wine dinner at Wine Story in BGC Taguig, the atmosphere was charged with anticipation. This was short notice, ...

Chin Han talks Mortal Kombat II's multiple endings strategy, learning to surf during production strikes, and why Asian representation in film has improved since 2007. Read more at straitstimes.com.

End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do ...

CHAMPASAK PROVINCE, LAOS—Vietnam Plus reports that local residents discovered a tower surrounded by a brick wall while foraging in a forest in southern Laos, near the border with Cambodia and Thailand ...

Laos’s 2025 constitutional amendment and government restructuring mark another step in the country’s institutional reform ahead of the 2026 leadership transition. With the merger of key ministries, ...

An American father and son died after being stung by a swarm of hornets while ziplining in Southeast Asia, local officials confirmed. Daniel Owen, 47, originally from Idaho Falls, Idaho, and his son ...

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,” ...

Halloween might be good for dressing up as your favorite pop star or meme, but the real freaks know it’s the only time of the year that binge-watching horror movies is socially acceptable, if not ...

Despite the fact that the constitution and religious freedom laws in Laos officially guarantee the right to worship, Christians in rural areas of the Southeast Asian country are being evicted from ...

Laos’ Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone has seemingly become a hotbed of cybercrime on the Mekong River. Critics say Kings Romans Group, owner of the Kings Romans Casino across the river from ...