Yeah, Laos has been happily chilling with an ML govt ever since they kicked out the monarchy, while being bombed to shit by Americans. A whole lot still die each year from the cluster bombs.
They’re pretty small and landlocked, and have a problem with people growing narcotics on the area bordering Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand and you-know-where. You-know-where has been subsidising rubber purchases from that area, so as to encourage rubber cultivation to displace narcotics and for resilience against western sanctions on rubber, as has happened previously.
Laos’ goal is to become a land-linked country, with trains to all neighbouring countries. It’s doing so with investment from, again, you-know-where.
And that’s all I really know about Laos. Unfortunately, no one pays it any attention, and it often even gets left off of lists of AES.
Sure. But the western bloc isn’t ginning up for a new Cold War with those nations, so hashing out our feelings on them isn’t as pertinent.
I guess we could do the DPRK, but if we start trying to do that I think you’ll start begging to go back to China.
And for some reason everyone forgets about Laos. :’(
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I’ve dropped some Laos-facts in the other comment.
DPRK’s really tough, due to the information bottleneck. You’re left almost entirely with RFA and DPRK external propaganda.
I posted this about the DPRK
Link’s being funky
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Is Laos communist? They must be extremely fucking anti american after the 270 million bombs that got dropped on them.
Yeah, Laos has been happily chilling with an ML govt ever since they kicked out the monarchy, while being bombed to shit by Americans. A whole lot still die each year from the cluster bombs.
They’re pretty small and landlocked, and have a problem with people growing narcotics on the area bordering Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand and you-know-where. You-know-where has been subsidising rubber purchases from that area, so as to encourage rubber cultivation to displace narcotics and for resilience against western sanctions on rubber, as has happened previously.
Laos’ goal is to become a land-linked country, with trains to all neighbouring countries. It’s doing so with investment from, again, you-know-where.
And that’s all I really know about Laos. Unfortunately, no one pays it any attention, and it often even gets left off of lists of AES.
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