This year is a tough year for Laos, who has taken the rotating Chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from Indonesia. ASEAN is facing multiple challenges including the South China Sea issue, the Myanmar crisis, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Israel-Palestine conflict, the Cross-strait issue, and the nuclear proliferation in the Korean Peninsula. There is no doubt that Laos would put a lot of effort to play its role as ASEAN chairmanship, the Laos Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs,…





