04.10.20 - 04.16.20

Coronavirus: Los Angeles County extends 'safer at home' order until May 15, issues requirements on face coverings (ABC 7)

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  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Saeng Mallek!

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  • China Limited the Mekong’s Flow. Other Countries Suffered a Drought. (NY Times)

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  • Covid-19 cases in Laos remain at 19 (The Star)

  • Poor, Rural Students in Laos Lack Tech to Learn From Home (Radio Free Asia)

  • TIGER BONE 'GLUE' AND BEAR BILE INJECTIONS AMONG REMEDIES FALSELY CLAIMING TO PREVENT OR TREAT COVID-19, WATCHDOG SAYS (Newsweek)

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  • Against all odds, Sweet Basil opens its doors during coronavirus pandemic (OnMilwaukee)

04.03.20 - 04.09.20

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  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Phanthamith Phommachanh!

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  • Man uses hammer to destroy sacred statues at Lao Temple in Fort Smith KFSM-TV 

  • 7 New Books to Watch for in April (NY Times) 

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  • Coronavirus Delays Construction on Lao-China Railway (Radio  Free Asia)

  • Air Pollution From Brushfires Chokes Rural Villages in Northern Laos (Radio Free Asia)

03.27.20 - 04.02.20

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  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Walter Sarnoi-Oupathana!

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  • Don’t deport our Hmong and Laotian neighbors whose forebears saved U.S. soldiers (Modesto Bee)

  • 7 New Books to Watch for in April (NY Times) 

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  • Coronavirus Cases Double Overnight as Laos Braces For Potential Epidemic (Radio Free Asia)

  • COVID-19 Cases Rise Across Southeast Asia as Governments Step Up Damage Control (Radio Free Asia)

  • Unexploded bombs from Vietnam War targeted by AI system (Institution of Engineering & Technology)

03.20.20 - 03.26.20

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  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Emily Phonhsongkham!

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  • Jack Ma Sending Masks and Other Aid to Asia, Latin America (Bloomberg)

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  • Claims of a Coronavirus-Free Laos Are Probably Fiction (Foreign Policy)

  • Laos records first two coronavirus cases (The Star)

  • 'It's a powder keg': South-east Asian countries grapple with virus (Sydney Morning Herald)

  • Cooperating to Save Laos’ Plain of Jars (The Diplomat)

03.13.20 - 03.19.20

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  • Laos Angeles Shine featuring Michael Sengmanivong!

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  • Souvankham Thammavongsa on the Inner Lives of Children (The Atlantic)

  • Trump Administration in Talks with Laos Regarding Hmong Deportations (The Pointer)

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  • Thai Travelers Who Visited Laos Likely Carried COVID-19 Across the Mekong (Radio Free Asia)

  • World’s Biggest Water Fights Called Off as Southeast Asia Scales Back New Year (New York Times)

  • Lao Dam Collapse Families Denied Aid, Endure Poor Conditions at Shelters For Displaced (Radio Free Asia)