History changes as you move around the world. On Sunday night’s episode of "Parts Unknown," Anthony Bourdain delves into a little-known part of American history, exploring the country of Laos and its ...

A new initiative is aimed at raising awareness about a dark and often forgotten chapter of U.S. history: the secret bombing of Laos during the Vietnam War. Nearly half a century later, most Americans ...

For generations, the women of rural Laos have told the stories of their lives through weaving, threading symbols like flowers, rainstorms and mythical serpents into everyday clothes and fabrics. Fifty ...

The usually sleepy Laotian capital Vientiane has an uncharacteristic buzz, bedecked with flags and T-shirt vendors ahead of ...

A Laotian American community organization wants to add a new chapter into California's newly revamped history curriculum: Laotian history. The group Lao Advocacy Organization San Diego, better known ...

Our travels in Southeast Asia this past February included Luang Prabang, Laos. A UNESCO world heritage site, Luang Prabang is a small city with only 56,000 inhabitants. However, it was the capital of ...

Laos is a country that is usually described in accordance with one of two narratives. The first portrays a Buddhist Shangri-La — the ‘real,’ ‘hidden,’ and ‘untouched’ Indochina dreamed of in Western ...

This morning in Hanoi, President Luong Cuong attended a grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Lao National Day (December 2, 1975 – December 2, 2025) and the 105th birth anniversary of ...