Canine cuisine is being sent to the doghouse during next month’s Beijing Olympic Games.

  Some of my favorite lines from Author Miller’s book, The Crucible is spoken by the character, John Proctor. When others try to convince him to continue lieing so he can save himself from being hanged like the others who are accused of witchcraft, he roars at them and angrily tells them why he can not [...]

Vietnam and Brazil have agreed to strengthen cooperative relations in various fields, including economy, trade, investment, oil and gas, fishery, healthcare, education and poverty reduction, local new…

My siblings ( Khonsavanh, Vorada) and I cross over to Thailand with our grandmother and step-grandfather at the beginning of 1975.  My mom ask an acquaintance of hers’ and my stepfathers’ to bring us across.  She picks that particular man to guide my grandparents across,  because he is an experienced “guide” and he knows the [...]

The two aunts in Vientiane (aunt Kian and aunt Phone) are from my Papa’s side of the family and are from Pakse. For whatever reason, they are very fond of eating pon pa, a dish that is not so pretty in look but tastes really good….

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Lao classical dance performs during a special celebrations to convey a greeting with glad tidings.

TRAVEL / Bangkok has been named the World's Best City 2008 by an international travel magazine, beating last year's champion Florence, in Italy, whose ranking plunged to the fifth. Travel + Leis…

The army will not force out Cambodians living in the disputed area near Preah Vihear temple, as residents in Si Sa Ket are demanding, army chief Anupong Paojinda said yesterday. Gen Anupong said the i…