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Laos authorities blame lack of autopsies for failure to bring methanol death murder charges

Six foreign tourists died after drinking methanol-tainted alcohol in a backpacker town in November 2024

The Independent UK

Laos defends handling of tainted-alcohol deaths

Authorities in Laos said on Saturday they could not determine blame or cause of death in 2024 of six tourists previously linked to methanol-tainted alcohol because their families had refused to allow autopsies.

Bangkok Post

Tourists warned after methanol-poisoning charges laid

A distillery owner has been charged after a mass methanol poisoning incident that killed two Australian teens, but there's concern justice may not be served.

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Australia updates travel advice for Laos as charges announced over mass methanol poisoning

Distillery owner could face only three months in jail over alleged poisoning of Australian teenagers

The Guardian - AU

Asean's risks by re-engaging Myanmar

Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar's erstwhile senior general who seized power in February 2021, is on the move. After ramming through shoddy elections with patchy electoral participation last December and January, he now dons civilian garb as post-election president and was received on official visits by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

Bangkok Post

‘Deeply frustrated’ Australia summons Laos ambassador over methanol-poisoning charges

Melbourne backpackers fell fatally sick in 2024 after taking ‘free shots’ of what they thought was Laotian vodka

The Independent UK

Parents of Australian teens killed by tainted liquor in Laos are angry at expected charges

Australia’s government and the families of two teenagers who died from methanol poisoning in Laos are criticizing the charges expected against those accused of being responsible

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Family devastated by ‘unacceptable’ charges over methanol deaths of Australian teenagers in Laos

Australian government says it is ‘deeply frustrated’ and will continue to press for ‘real charges with teeth’ over deaths of Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles

The Guardian - AU

Methanol victims' families brace for poor legal outcome

The parents of a teen who died from methanol poisoning during a backpacking holiday feel disgusted after hearing the potential penalties for those responsible.

AAP

Inside the secret Laos shops selling pangolin scales, bear bile and tiger bones to tourists

Covert footage obtained by the Guardian shows how crime networks are using souvenir shops to hide a booming wildlife trade targeted at a new influx of Chinese tourists

The Guardian - UK

Marco Rubio announces deportation of Minnesota man pardoned last month

State had pardoned immigrant Tou Lue Vang over 2006 sex offense conviction but federal government expels him to Laos

The Guardian - US

‘All suspects identified’ in flight crew heroin smuggling case

Authorities have identified all members of the gang that used a Thai flight attendant to smuggle heroin into Australia, including suspects in Laos, according to the Office of the Narcotics Control Board.

Bangkok Post

Heroin carried by Thai air hostess traced to Myanmar

Police tracing the heroin carried to Australia by a Thai Airways air hostess believe it was produced in Myanmar and smuggled into northern Thailand through Laos.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar's Min Aung Hlaing to visit Laos in first Asean member state visit

NAY PYI TAW — Myanmar junta chief ⁠turned ⁠president Min Aung Hlaing will make an official visit to Laos in the next few days, state media reported on Wednesday, his ‌first trip to a member state of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) since taking on his new civilian…

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Upgraded Highway 101 section in Nan opens

The Department of Highways has officially opened the upgraded section of Highway 101 in Nan, completing a major infrastructure project that will boost border connectivity, support economic growth, and establish trade and tourism links with Laos.

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After almost a decade of searching, authorities finally nab California man who was wanted for two murders. His hiding spot was 8,000 miles away

“Justice knows no borders.”

The Independent UK

Suspect in two California murders, including botched plot that saw wrong person killed, arrested in Laos

The suspect is also accused of shooting his friend in front of the man’s girlfriend

The Guardian - UK

Michael Boddington obituary

Other lives: Agricultural and environmental consultan who laster turned to charitable cause to help people with severe disabilities

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Plain of Jars mystery solved

For nearly a century, thousands of massive stone urns scattered across north-central Laos have stood as one of archaeology’s most baffling enigmas. Local folklore said ancient giants had carved the hollowed-out megaliths to brew celebratory rice wine.

Bangkok Post

Search ends for last two men lost in Laos cave

Rescuers called off their search on Saturday for two men trapped in a semi-submerged cave in Laos for more than two weeks, as the site became unstable and survival hopes faded.

The Independent UK

Search resumes for two men missing deep inside flooded Laos gold mine

Eight people entered the remote cave in Xaysomboun province on 20 May to hunt for wildlife and search for gold

AAP

Sister villages embrace for poverty fight

LUANG PRABANG, Laos, June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A report from Chinadaily.com.cnTo mark the fifth anniversary of China eradicating absolute poverty, China Daily is publishing a series of stories on how the country's poverty alleviation experience has not only helped the country wipeout severe deprivation, but has also taken root…

Bangkok Post

Chinese ambassador invited to discuss river pollution

A northern river protection network has invited China's ambassador to Thailand to visit Chiang Rai on World Environment Day and hear concerns over toxic river pollution linked to cross-border mining activities.

The Independent UK

Mysterious ancient stone jars may have been used like family crypts, study finds

Thousands of mysterious stone jars are scattered across northern Laos, and archaeologists now report that these may have been used for communal burial

The Independent UK

Laos cave survivors join mission to help find last two missing men

Five villagers rescued earlier are providing new clues about the cave’s deeper passages

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