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YaleGlobal, December 15, 2009
Laos' hosting of the Southeast Asian Games is in some way a metaphor for the country's entrance into the globalized world. And Laos has crossed that threshold holding China's hand, according to journalist Bertil Lintner.
[read the article at yaleglobal.yale.edu]
Southeast Asian Affairs, Volume 2008
In line with the directions set down by the Eighth Congress of the ruling Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) in March 2006, the Lao People's Democratic Republic will remain a one-party state with old-style, Soviet-era political institutions, while encouraging free enterprise and foreign investment. The outcome so far has been a remarkable political stability, and an impressive economic performance.
[read the article at muse.jhu.edu]
Asia Times, February 2, 2008
One year after Sompawn Khantisouk was abducted by men believed to be local police officers, the whereabouts of the entrepreneur, the owner and manager of a small eco-tourism lodge in northern Laos, are still unknown.
[read the article at www.atimes.com]
Asia Times, January 10, 2008
Though still small and largely confined to the capital Vientiane and a few other urban centers, a middle class is slowly but surely emerging in land-locked, communist-run Laos.
[read the article at www.atimes.com]
Far Eastern Economic Review, March 18, 2004
Brett Dakin's account of his experience working in Laos adds to the
small pool of such records on the country, writes Bertil Lintner.
[more]
Far Eastern Economic Review, December 11, 2003
A controversial power station in Laos has environmentalists upset, but it could increase government revenues.
[more]
Far Eastern Economic Review, July 17, 2003
Hmong rebels have fought the Lao government for almost 30 years. What explains their tenacity?
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Far Eastern Economic Review, February 20, 2003
Mervyn Brown, deputy to the British ambassador in Laos in the 1960s, seeks, through his recollections of the civil war in Laos, to correct the impression that a diplomat's life is an easy one. A book Review by Bertil Lintner.
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Far Eastern Economic Review, November 07, 2002
The Lao currency, the kip, is sliding, inflation is rising, foreign investment is down, not enough revenue is being collected and the government does not even have enough money to pay state employees such as teachers. But it is a general trend, not necessarily a road to complete disaster.
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Far Eastern Economic Review, July 18, 2002
Bertil Lintner reviews 10 Months in Laos: A Vast Web of Intrigue, Missing Millions and Murder, by Paul Conroy.
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Far Eastern Economic Review, August 17, 2001
He's winning friends abroad, but for Prince Soulivong Savang, pretender to the Lao throne, staging a royal revival at home won't be easy.
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The Irrawaddy, June 01, 2000
Political turmoil comes to one of the most isolated communist ruled countries in Southeast Asia.
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Jane's Intelligence Review, April 2000
Severe economic conditions in Laos have led to calls for political change and democracy. Bertil Lintner reports on recent anti-government demonstrations in one of the worlds few remaining communist countries.
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