The opium poppy that has long bloomed across the mountains of northern Laos has almost been wiped out by the government's drastic eradication campaign. But what is being hailed as a victory by the ...

As a young immigrant from Laos, growing up in Seattle and attending a predominantly white school, Mey Saelee didn't care to learn about her culture and didn't see a need to study her native language.

A former Aussie teacher says helping Laotian hill tribes with coffee-growing is vital to easing poverty and stop them turning to growing poppies for opium. Lao coffee beans on the ground and drying in ...