THANALAENG, LAOS — Landlocked, impoverished Laos will soon take a significant step some countries first made two centuries ago — it will chug into the railway age with a humble, 2.17-mile line, but ...

Laos has a debt problem. By some estimates, the country's public debt has swelled to more than $15.9 billion, exceeding its GDP. And ballooning debt is simply the most striking symptom of a wider, ...

LUANG PRABANG, Laos — Landlocked Laos doesn't have the famous beaches of its neighbors to attract tourists, but instead relies on the pristine beauty of its mountains and rivers and historical sites ...

LUANG PRABANG, Laos -- Landlocked Laos doesn't have the famous beaches of its neighbors to attract tourists, but instead relies on the pristine beauty of its mountains and rivers and historical sites ...

Asia is the world’s largest continent, and while it is surrounded by oceans on multiple sides, several countries are entirely landlocked, which means they don’t feature a coastline. Nonetheless, these ...