By Michael Hart • May 28, 2020
A nine-year US campaign from 1964-73 made Laos the most bombed nation on earth, contaminating millions of hectares of land with explosives. Five decades on, thousands of UXO victims, some recent and some from decades past, work to piece their lives together

By Janelle Retka • Sep 24, 2018
For almost four years, Phouviengsavanh “Toui” Keosouphan, 39, has worked to clear Laos’ plague of unexploded ordnance (UXO). Laos has the distinction of being the most heavily bombed nation on the planet per capita, with 29,000 people killed and 21,000 injured by deadly leftover devices from the Vietnam War era. He works with Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA), a humanitarian relief organisation that’s been active in Laos since 1997

By Will Feuer • Aug 17, 2017
Richard Yim is hoping his mine-melting robots will avoid the same pitfalls that have met other would be demining innovators

By Marianne Brown • Jun 19, 2013
Victims of unexploded ordnance find new hope in fungi farming