The Mekong River forms a large part of the country's western border with Thailand. Most children in Laos live in rural areas, where about 80% of families earn a living in agriculture. These rural ...

and 8.6 percent in rural areas (home to 3.1 million). The distribution of poverty was uneven across geographic regions, with the rate in the South and the Northeast almost twice the national level.

A children's mobile library run by a Japanese expat in northern Thailand has become more important ... "friends" for the youngsters in the remote, rural areas she visits. The 37-year-old remembers ...