research - A Lao Wedding

A declassified cable about a Lao Royal Wedding

December 12 2016

A declassified cable reveals that back in January 1974, John Gunther Dean, chargé d'Affaires of the US embassy sent a cable to Ambassador Richard Helm (Director of Central Intelligence until February 2, 1973 and then ambassador to Iran from 1973-1977)....

Archives from Overseas

May 4 2016

A treasure trove of old images of Laos (416 photos) but also Cambodia, Vietnam and other exotic countries when France was still an empire. One can never have enough of these memories, the quiet land in South East Asia. The Archives d'Outre Mer is the...

Joel Halpern collection

April 2 2016

Joel Halpern is an American anthropologist who worked in Laos in 1957, 1959 and 1969, with a particular focus on the Lao elite. He initially went to Laos as a Junior Foreign Service Officer attached to USOM, the U.S. Operations Mission, in January 1957...