By Mehmet Enes Beşer Laos enters 2026 with something it hasn’t always had lately: the sense that the immediate economic fires are no longer racing from house to house. The currency panic has eased. The worst of the price whiplash feels less constant. A new leadership team arrives after a stretch of consolidation that—by Lao standards—looks like a return to ...

Despite its geographical proximity to China, which became the center of the new coronavirus’ spread in early 2020. The virus spread slowly in the region for the first two months of the year, but there has been explosive growth in cases since mid-March. Thailand: royal isolation In October 2019, Thailand was ranked sixth by the WHO in terms of preparedness ...