ASEAN meeting in Laos takes up regional tensions

China’s increasingly assertive posture in the South China Sea and escalating violence in Myanmar topped the agenda for Southeast Asian diplomats at their meeting in Laos on Monday, with the Laotian foreign minister expressing guarded optimism that progress could be made this year on both acrimonious issues.

Laos’ economic reckoning

Électricité du Laos (EDL), is now about US$5.7 billion in the red — 45 per cent of GDP. It is not clear what the plan is to regain financial sustainability for this critical state enterprise.

Laos’ economic reckoning

Électricité du Laos (EDL), is now about US$5.7 billion in the red — 45 per cent of GDP. It is not clear what the plan is to regain financial sustainability for this critical state enterprise.