Speaking at an event marking the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, Lao Minister of Foreign ...

Koulabdara, whose family fled to the United States when she was 6, says she saw her father care for victims of UXO accidents. Her most vivid childhood memory of her time in Laos took place when ...

With its sweeping aid cuts, the Trump administration has effectively ended U.S. efforts to address a deadly legacy of the ...

She had come from a devastated section of Khammouan Province in central Laos, where many places remain so littered with unexploded ordnance (UXO) that it’s impossible to farm there. Because ...

Complicating matters is that the rural areas are heavily contaminated by unexploded ordnances (UXO) left from the Vietnam War. Laos is the most bombed nation in the world, and as a result ...

The death toll following the earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28 reached 3,354, while 4,850 were injured and 220 are ...

She took a deep-dive into the history of The American Secret War in Laos and learned about the current UXO crisis in Laos that her family is still facing every day as they send their kids to ...

VIENTIANE, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Despite progress in clearing unexploded ordnance (UXO), Laos still faces challenges, with the threat hindering livelihoods and socio-economic development.