Parents condemn $176 fines for hostel staff after daughters died from tainted alcohol
Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, both 19, died after they were served tainted alcohol laced with methanol at the Nana Backpacker Hostel in Laos in 2024.
#death #alcohol #fines #Laos #Trending #World
https://globalnews.ca/news/11661501/laos-hostel-staff-fined-alcohol-tourist-deaths-methanol/

Parents condemn $176 fines for hostel staff after daughters died from tainted alcohol
Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, both 19, died after they were served tainted alcohol laced with methanol at the Nana Backpacker Hostel in Laos in 2024.
#death #alcohol #fines #Laos #Trending #World
https://globalnews.ca/news/11661501/laos-hostel-staff-fined-alcohol-tourist-deaths-methanol/

I Was Trapped in #Chinese #Mafia #Crypto #Slavery | Hacklab @wired
🧐"It began with a message in WIRED #technology journalist Andy Greenberg's inbox, sent fr a lawless stretch of #Laos bordering #Myanmar & #Thailand. A computer engineer fr India, trapped far fr home inside an isolated compound, forced to work long hours luring western victims into fake crypto investments. Tis is how he exposed te never-before-seen inner workings of a modern #forcedlabor operation" #scammer
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zOcNaWmmn0A

I Was Trapped in #Chinese #Mafia #Crypto #Slavery | Hacklab @wired
🧐"It began with a message in WIRED #technology journalist Andy Greenberg's inbox, sent fr a lawless stretch of #Laos bordering #Myanmar & #Thailand. A computer engineer fr India, trapped far fr home inside an isolated compound, forced to work long hours luring western victims into fake crypto investments. Tis is how he exposed te never-before-seen inner workings of a modern #forcedlabor operation" #scammer
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zOcNaWmmn0A

Tokyo police have arrested a 61-year-old man for allegedly registering a fake address to rent an internet server and on suspicions of involvement in a blog that alludes to child prostitution in Laos. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/30/japan/crime-legal/laos-child-prostitution-blog/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #laos #children #osaka #internet #prostitution #blogs

I was recently in #Laos for an adult education conference, and while there I learned that the US led a covert mission (Operation Barrel Roll) dropping bombs on Laos continuously between 1964 and 1973.

The US spent $55 billion dropping 2 million tonnes of bombs on this country ... “an average of a planeload of bombs every eight minutes, 24 hours a day, for nine years”. Shocking by any standards.

Unexploded bombs are still being found today.

#usfacts

To anyone who's been following human rights issues in #Tibet or the #Uyghur regions, or Chinese links to illegal #rareearth mining in #Laos & #Myanmar (including de-facto support for the ruthless #junta), the fact that #China derailed the inclusion of mining and critical minerals in the #COP30 #JustTransition Work Program is no surprise.

In the latest issue of @codastory newsletter, I explore this, and more.

https://www.codastory.com/climate-crisis/chinas-green-energy-miracle-and-a-conspiracy-of-silence/

#climate #climatechange #brazil #Belem #climatejustice

Princess Aiko, daughter of Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, returned home from her official visit to Laos on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/22/japan/princess-aiko-laos-trip-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #princessaiko #laos #imperialfamily #laosjapanrelations

To anyone who's been following human rights issues in #Tibet or the #Uyghur regions, or Chinese links to illegal #rareearth mining in #Laos & #Myanmar (including de-facto support for the ruthless #junta), the fact that #China derailed the inclusion of mining and critical minerals in the #COP30 #JustTransition Work Program is no surprise.

In the latest issue of @codastory newsletter, I explore this, and more.

https://www.codastory.com/climate-crisis/chinas-green-energy-miracle-and-a-conspiracy-of-silence/

#climate #climatechange #brazil #Belem #climatejustice

Princess Aiko, on an official visit to Laos, visited an education center on unexploded ordnances in the Lao capital of Vientiane on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/20/japan/princess-aiko-laos-bomb-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #princessaiko #laos #imperialfamily #laosjapanrelations

Princess Aiko, on an official visit to Laos, paid a courtesy call on Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith at the presidential office in Vientiane on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/japan/princess-aiko-laos-president/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #princessaiko #laosjapanrelations #laos #imperialfamily

In her first official trip abroad, Princess Aiko left for a visit to Laos to mark 70 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/17/japan/princess-aiko-laos-visit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #laosjapanrelations #laos #princessaiko #imperialfamily

Princess Aiko is scheduled to make an official six-day visit to Laos starting on Nov. 17, according to a plan approved by the government at a Cabinet meeting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/japan/princess-aiko-laos/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #imperialfamily #laos #princessaiko

China is set to expand its influence over Southeast Asia's development as the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump and other Western donors cut aid. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/asia-pacific/politics/western-aid-cuts-china-southeast-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southeastasia #china #us #donaldtrump #republicans #aid #easttimor #cambodia #laos #myanmar #indonesia

The Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone, an area in Laos meant for gambling and resort life, has become a center for money laundering and trafficking. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/asia-pacific/crime-legal/las-vegas-laos-city-crime/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #cybercrime #goldentriangle #laos #southeastasia #cybersecurity #hacking #organizedcrime #smuggling #moneylaundering #fraud #china