US funding freeze decimates Mekong demining work: ‘people can die’
Efforts to clear mines and munitions from parts of the Mekong region blanket bombed by American forces during the Vietnam war ...
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Laos Finds New Life After the Bombs
She had come from a devastated section of Khammouan Province in central Laos, where many places remain so littered with unexploded ordnance (UXO) that it’s impossible to farm there. Because ...
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Norwegian demining organization hit hard by U.S. aid freeze, affecting operations in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
The U.S. government’s 90-day suspension of foreign aid has forced Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) to lay off 1,700 employees, ...
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Legacies of War in Laos
the unexploded ordinance (UXO) left behind, and its profound impact on everyday life in the country even today. From 1964 to 1973, the U.S. dropped 4 billion bombs on Laos. To this day, the country ...
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Remembering the Secret War 50 Years After the Last American Bomb Dropped in Laos
Koulabdara, whose family fled to the United States when she was 6, says she saw her father care for victims of UXO accidents. Her most vivid childhood memory of her time in Laos took place when ...
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US halts global de-mining operations
Since the war ended in 1975, some 40,000 people have been killed by unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the country. And in ...
Korea, Laos mark 30 years of development ties with Official Development Assistance seminar
VIENTIANE: The Embassy of the Republic of Korea on Thursday (Feb 6) hosted an Official Development Assistance (ODA) seminar ...