Laos is heavily indebted to and economically dependent on China. Could Vietnam and Thailand offer a way out of its conundrum?

Despite a waiver by the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, many development assistance and cooperation programmes are on hold.

The fate of actor Wang Xing prompted outrage in China after he disappeared and had to be saved from a Myanmar scam center. But Beijing may have ulterior motives for its anti-scamming crackdown.

The planned high-speed line, which will connect Bangkok to China via Laos, has seen sluggish progress since construction began in 2017.

The Myanmar junta insists online scam operators are foreigners thriving on cross-border infrastructure, and neighboring ...