The houses are made of reddish teak. The children play in the muddy streets. Piglets, ducks, chickens and dogs wander in the yards.

They've escaped the most repressive regime in the world, but for many North Korean refugees, life outside their closed, totalitarian country is still not easy.

Centara Hotels & Resorts is offering a programme at each of its 21 properties throughout Thailand in which guests deposit money with the hotel and the hotel adds a further amount of between 50 and 100 percent of the deposit for the guests to use during their stay.

PHUKET CITY: Carved wooden ornaments, stylish cloth bags and Lanna-style garments are just some of the hundreds of hand-made products from northern Thailand currently on sale at an OTOP market fair at Saphan Hin until tomorrow.

Krabi's strongest suit is its green and sprawling waterfront complete with titanic limestone cliffs.

A storybook rich in flavour and culture, Viphalay Laos and Thai Restaurant will take you on a journey into the heart of South-East Asia.

THE FIRST TIME I ate at Burma Superstar in the Richmond District of San Francisco, it was like taking a culinary tour of Southeast Asia.

By D.Arul Rajoo VIENTIANE, Nov 16 -- When the capital of Laos, Vientiane, hosted the 10th Asean Summit in 2004, it was the first ever major international event for the land-locked country and one of the poorest in the world.

One of the most frequently asked questions I get from my readers is: "Where are you now?" Thailand? Laos? Hawaii? Costa Rica? The truth is, the answer is none of the above.

Banpu Plc, Asean's largest coal miner, is planning capital investments of more than $466 million over the next six years.

SAN FRANCISCO a ' Furniture importer Zocalo has established a non-governmental organization to channel donations to a resource-starved orphanage in a mountainous region of Laos.

Si Sa Ket-based Aveeya Angkor Travel Co Ltd reported a loss of a few million from the cancellation of trips to famous Cambodian destinations - Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom.

The story is set in near future Asia; Thailand and Laos. Therea s war and confusion.

ASEAN senior officials link arms the ASEAN way during a break in the Special ASEAN-U.S. Senior Officials Meeting Saturday, Nov.

Laos News.Net Friday 6th November, 2009 Bangkok , Nov. 6 : A top US official, who was part of a recent high-level diplomatic visit to Burma, has downplayed prospects of the Obama administration's pragmatic engagements resulting in speedy democratic reforms in that country.

Posted in Own This City , Shopping by Rachel LeWinter on October 28th, 2009 at 6:45 pm Leekan Designs After 21 years in Soho, Leekan Designs has moved its shop to the Lower East Side.

A gateway to Vientiane and Laos, Nong Khai is a delightful destination endowed with fertile paddies, abundant fish, natural and manmade attractions skirting the Mekong River.

The Family Hotel Vientiane Laos is a new hotel situated on Phang Kham Road ; within walking distance of many restaurants and bars where visitors tend to gather in the city.

Chiang Mai is my favorite city in Thailand, it's also my favorite place to drink coffee.

Viet Nam continued to lead the list of foreign investors in Laos with a total registered capital of US$1.4 billion during the first nine months of this year, according to the Lao Ministry of Planning and Investment.