The gunslinger state of Laos

post

January 24, 2013 - 15:47 -

On December 15, on his way back from work, the Laotian director, activist and award winner, Sombath Somphone, mysteriously disappeared. The last people to see him, according to leaked surveillance footage, were the Laotian authorities at a police control post,

Elections but no “flower revolution” in Laos

post

May 23, 2011 - 08:16 -

By Kristina Jönsson Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Lund University. Elections tend to receive a lot of media attention these days—Laos being an obvious exception. Still, in recent months two elections have taken place in Laos, one to the

Protecting the rural poor against economic consequences of major illness: a challenge for Asian transitional economies. Notes fr

post

October 20, 2008 - 09:13 -

Kristina Jönsson,
Ph.D, Researcher,
Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden

AsiaPortal

A Nordic Information Resource Portal for Asian studies

Laos

The gunslinger state of Laos

Elections but no “flower revolution” in Laos

Protecting the rural poor against economic consequences of major illness: a challenge for Asian transitional economies. Notes fr