Laos - US Politics

Advocates for the Hmong on Friday voiced concern about the new US engagement with Laos, urging the communist nation to improve treatment of the ethnic minority.Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith this week paid the first visit by a senior Laotian official to Washington ...

The United States and Laos pledged Tuesday to step up cooperation after their highest-level talks since the Vietnam War, the latest country in a renewed US effort to engage Southeast Asia.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, who ...

The foreign minister of Laos will visit Washington next week in the first such trip since the Vietnam War era as the United States seeks to renew influence in Southeast Asia, diplomats said Friday.Thongloun Sisoulith, who also doubles as deputy prime minister, ...

US President Barack Obama removed Laos and Cambodia from a trade blacklist, opening the way for US loans to companies doing business in the former US adversaries.The United States has been boosting ties with both Southeast Asian nations. But the decision on ...

Hmong activists urged the United States to provide emergency aid to thousands of refugees in Thailand, saying they faced starvation or forced repatriation after the sole charity left their camp.Paris-based Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, said Wednesday it no ...

Hmong support groups urged the United States to provide emergency aid to thousands of refugees in Thailand after the sole charity helping them pulled out in protest.Paris-based Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, said Wednesday it was leaving a camp ...

Topic: Laos

Hmong activists protest US engagement on Laos

Laos, US in highest contact since war

Laos plans first US visit since war: diplomats

US removes Laos, Cambodia from trade blacklist

Hmong lobby US for emergency aid in Thailand

Hmongs lobby US for emergency aid in Thailand

Photo Gallery

From Around the Web

Video Gallery

Follow this Topic with...