Torn between the demands of the rightist Royal Laotian Army and the intransigent Communist Pathet Lao, which controls nearly half of the country, Neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma maintains a ...

Once a part of French Indochina, the sleepy, largely-rural Laos played a central — if little publicized — role in America's attempt to roll back communism in Asia. Just before leaving office in ...

the royal government of Laos and its Communist-led rebels in the northeastern provinces of Samneua and Phongsaly had been conducting on-again-off-again negotiations (and on-again-off-again war ...

The Southeast Asian country has lagged behind Vietnam and Thailand when it comes to tourism but the government hopes new hotels, roads and a train system will put Laos on visitors’ lists. Select an ...