General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith (first from right) pays a state visit to China from June 2 to 6. [Photo/Xinhua] This ...

Hungry and weak, the Laos cave survivors huddled together in damp darkness for 11 days, clinging to hope as a wall of water blocked their way out. When they noticed the water finally start to recede, ...

May 30 (UPI) --After 10 days trapped deep in a narrow cave, four Laotian men were able to walk out of the mine Saturday where rescuers were working to save them. The last four of the five men found ...

May 29 (UPI) --One Laotian miner has been pulled from a cave in central Laos after being trapped for nine days underground, a Laotian rescue organization said. Rescue Volunteer for the People said on ...

Rescuers in Laos said that five people had been rescued alive from the cave (Pic: Metta Tham Kalasin Rescue) Five of seven people trapped in a flooded cave for a week in Laos have been found alive, ...

VIENTIANE – Five of seven people trapped in a flooded cave for a week in Laos were found alive on May 27, Laotian and Thai rescuers said. “We’ve found five people alive and all safe. There are still ...

Specialist cave divers scrambling to rescue a group of villagers trapped in a flooded cave in a remote part of Laos are cautiously optimistic that they may be able to start bringing out the stranded ...

Rescuers are trying to reach and free seven people trapped inside a cave in central Laos. The group entered the cave in search of gold five days ago but became stuck inside after heavy rain flooded ...

Update: Rescuers said Wednesday, May 27, that at least five of the trapped miners have been found alive as the rescue effort remains a race against time. Cave rescue experts from Thailand who aided ...

The villagers were searching for gold in the cave when flash flooding blocked their way out. The rescue effort includes Thai experts who aided in the dramatic recovery of a youth soccer team from a ...

(Bangkok) – Lao authorities should urgently and impartially investigate the suspicious death of an outspoken critic of the government and appropriately prosecute those responsible, Human Rights Watch ...