A modest training centre on paper, but any upgrade would alarm capitals well beyond Southeast Asia. An announcement of a new Chinese-funded military facility in Laos to train local air force pilots ...
The new runway in Ban Keun is currently used by only small jets. Neighboring nations are watching warily to see if Beijing expands it for larger aircraft.
Laos' national football federation have referred Soukphachan Lueanthala, who is accused of helping a betting syndicate during the summer's Asean Championship, to the country's police ...
China has opened a foreign air force support center and is training pilots in Communist Laos -- the latest thrust south by Beijing's military, which is already training the armed forces of other Southeast Asian nations.