Laotian gold shop robbers nabbed, being extradited to Thailand
TWO Laotian men have been arrested in their country on charges of mounting a brazen robbery of a gold shop in Chiang Rai on the Thai side of the border making off with 184 baht weight of gold ornaments before fleeing across the Mekong river back to their homeland earlier this month, Naewna newspaper […]
Read MoreLaos deports 130 Thais for running online gambling websites
A BIG group of 130 Thai men and women were deported from Laos today (Aug.13) after being rounded up for operating online gambling websites at the neighbouring country’s capital Vientiane, Amarin TV said this evening. Pol. Col. Noppadol Rakchart, superintendent of Nong Khai Immigration Police, and Pol. Col. Jirawit Panyim, superintendent of Nong Khai […]
Read MoreBorder trade turns positive growing by 3.9% in June
THAILAND’S border trade registered a growth of 3.9 percent for the first time in 13 months in June driven by trade with Malaysia and Laos but the figure for Cambodia remained zero as all border checkpoints are stll shut, PPTVHD36 said today (Aug. 6). Ms. Arada Fuengthong, director-general of the Department of International Trade, […]
Read More100,000-baht reward offered for tip leading to capture of Laotian gold shop robbers
THAI police set a 100,000-baht reward for information leading to the arrest of two Laotian robbers who stole around 13-million-baht worth of ornaments from a gold shop in Chiang Khong district of Chiang Rai province last evening (Aug. 4) and fled across the border to their homeland, Amarin TV said this evening. The ornaments […]
Read MoreRescuers free 4 more men trapped in flooded cave, search for 2 still missing
By Amarin TV and AP – published by CBC A THAI and Laotian team today (May 30) successfully rescued four more villagers from a deep, flooded cave where they had been trapped for 10 days after safely evacuating the first one yesterday and are continuing braving freezing currents and high-water levels to search for […]
Read MoreFive Laotians rescued after being trapped in cave for days
By TV Channel 7, PPTVHD36, Naewna and BBC A THAI rescue team participating in the search for seven Laotians missing in a cave in Xaysomboun province since May 19 after going in to search for gold deposits found five of them this afternoon (May 27) with the search continuing for the remaining two. The […]
Read MoreRare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening ‘the world’s kitchen’
By Anton L. Delgado and Aniruddha Ghosal, AP, and published by Yahoo!News Chiang Saen, Thailand – Perched on the bow of his long-tail fishing boat, 75-year-old Sukjai Yana untangled a handful of small fish from his net, disappointed by his catch and fretting over whether he can sell them. Some days Yana earns nothing: […]
Read MoreLaos sending more troops, armaments to Cambodia border
LAOS has over the past few days continuously increased the number of troops and armaments at Attapeu province, which borders Cambodia, with photos and videos of their transportation taken by Laotian netizens shared on Facebook and Tiktok, Amarin TV said today (Jan. 9). A post at the “Army Military Force” Facebook page today said […]
Read MoreScammers said to have moved their key base to Laos
AFTER crackdowns in Myanmar, scammers have apparently moved their key base to Vientiane, Laos, where there are several large buildings in a huge new complex, Naewna newspaper and PPTVHD36 said today (Nov. 12). The “Army Military Force” Facebook page shared photos of the new scam hub with this message, “A Laotian influencer named ‘Beezychanel’ […]
Read MoreTropical Storm Nongfa bringing more rain
TROPICAL Storm Nongfa, which made landfall in central Vietnam this afternoon (Aug. 30) was around 180km from Bueng Khong Long district, Bueng Kan province, at 3 p.m. and once it reaches Thailand will unleash more rain across the country from today till Monday Sep. 1 with heavy to very heavy downpours accompanied by strong […]
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