need a third party to help end a military standoff on their border after talks between the two failed to resolve the crisis, a Cambodian official said Tuesday.

(AFP)–Sri Lanka's separatist Tamil Tiger rebels declared a ceasefire Tuesday with the military during a 10-day meeting of South Asian leaders starting this week.

"The Secretary General is … concerned about the current escalation of tensions between the two countries, including the buildup of troops," a U.N. statement said. Ban "calls for restraint on both …

I have never seen Sao Noi Disco aka Dancing Shrimps in person before. For now I can only watch the video clip and hoping to meet them someday. I’m going to dance with them with a glass of Beer Lao.

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The land of a million elephants aka Lao was featured on the Travel Channel’s hit program No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain. When in Laos, eat like the Lao do and Bourdain was eager and ready to chow down on egg omelet with what else but ant eggs.
I have never eaten this myself but have [...]

PHNOM PENH, July 22 (AP) - (Kyodo)—After the failure of high-level talks between Cambodia and Thailand to resolve a military standoff over ownership of a temple on their disputed border, Cambodia…

VietNamNet Bridge – The two sub-committees of the Vietnam-Laos Committee for Cooperation have met in Savannakhet Province, Laos, to review the implementation of cooperation programmes in the first half of 2008 and discuss ties in coming time.

The special meeting of the Thai-Cambodian General Border Committee (GBC) concluded Monday evening with both Thailand and Cambodia agreed not to use force to settle their dispute over the borderline ne…

Bangkok - The number of Thai companies that were forced to close down during the first half of this year nearly hit 7,000, up 22 per cent compared with the same period in 2007, news reports said Tuesd…

I think most of us don’t think much about dieing, or even our last meal, but we all have our favorite foods, and when it comes to choosing a few dishes, it might be very difficult. I’m not very adventurous when it comes to food, and I do have to admit that it was very [...]