VIENTIANE: Police recorded 46 new human trafficking cases in 2024, in which 95 suspects were arrested and 85 people were victimised.

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Israel working 'around the clock' to bring them to Thailand for treatment; five reportedly sustained moderate to serious wounds when driver apparently fell asleep behind the wheel The post 13 Israeli tourists injured,

Kapok Blossom Festival (Boun Dok Ngiew Ban) is underway in Tonpheung district, Bokeo province, within the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone.

This comes after a bus driver fell asleep, according to initial investigations, leading to 13 Israelis injured and five Laotians killed on Sunday

The Indian Embassy in Laos successfully rescued 67 Indians trafficked to cyber-scam centers in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone. Coordinating with Lao authorities, the Embassy ensured their safe release and prioritized their return to India.

Laos' government hopes new hotels, roads and a train system will put the country on visitors’ lists. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A BRITISH lawyer died from a bleed on the brain after she was poisoned by methanol while on holiday in Laos, an inquest heard. Simone White, 28, died in hospital nine days after consuming free

Indian Embassy rescued 67 trafficked Indians from Laos' Golden Triangle Zone, warned youngsters against fake overseas job offers and raised concerns over criminal syndicates exploiting vulnerable workers in the region.

In a post on X, Embassy of India in Laos said that the victims were duped, trafficked into cyber-scam centres and forced to work under intimidation and abuse by criminal syndicates

"Popular and fun-loving" British lawyer Simone White was rushed to hospital after she and her friends downed free vodka at the Nana Backpackers Hostel, which had been laced with methanol