More than 10 justice officials were disciplined and reshuffled over the past year for misconduct involving abuses of power, Lao Minister of Justice Chaleun Yiapaoher, told parliament yesterday. The minister made the comments in
Three out of four, or 74 per cent, of Filipinos are “satisfied” with the way democracy works in the country, results of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey indicated. “The record-high (rating) of
As the National Police revised downward the number of victims in the Sunday night stampede to 17 from 18, the blame game has started over who is responsible for the riot that began during
Launched two years ago, the farmers’ credit-card scheme in Thailand has proved to be anything but a success. As of June, only about 10 billion baht (US$321 million) of credit was outstanding in the first
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongloun Sisoulith has called on National Assembly members to be a driving force in strengthening Laos’ preparedness to join the ASEAN Economic Community. Sisoulith made the
Singapore has tested 51 people for the Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) coronavirus and none of them showed any sign of the disease, the nation’s Health Ministry said yesterday. Most of them are Singaporeans,
Twenty-three people suspected to have the A/H1N1 virus in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang’s Ha Giang City have been quarantined for treatment and close surveillance. Director of the municipal Centre for Preventive
The 10 member states of ASEAN are on track to completing the measures needed for the integration of their economies by 2015, according to the 2012-2013 annual report released by the regional economic and
The recent success in border demarcation and restoration has enhanced peace and orderliness along the Laos-Vietnam border, according to Lao Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bounkeut Sangsomsak. The deputy minister spoke to Lao and Vietnamese
Judges and legal experts in Indonesia are still looking for effective ways to deter people from committing corruption, which is to blame for many of the ills that have stalled the country’s development. Some