Luang Prabang’s rise to become one of Southeast Asia’s top luxury destinations for those in search of culture and relaxation was inevitable. In the years following the former Laos royal ...

An eerie peace has descended on Luang Prabang in Laos. Residents describe a tranquillity that has not been seen in the increasingly popular Southeast Asian tourist destination for decades.

As our minivan rounded a mountain pass, a gaggle of giggling teenagers appeared at the fringe of a thatched-roof village. Hey, I thought, what’s with the buckets and the water guns? Splash!

Event previously known as the Luang Prabang Film Festival. The annual film event in Laos that was for the past 12 years known as the Luang Prabang Film Festival has given up its name in order to ...

A monk rushes to dawn prayers and meditation at one of the hundreds of Buddhist temples in Luang Prabang, Laos [Jack Picone/Al Jazeera] This dawn ritual in Luang Prabang is just one aspect of life ...

“Give it 10 years and they will have trashed the place.” The place was the ancient royal city of Luang Prabang, the date 2002, and it was one of the most magical shores on which I’d ever ...

The practice of getting up before daybreak to donate food to the orange-robed Buddhists of Luang Prabang is as ancient as some of the city's temples I faced a moral dilemma when, at just gone 5am ...

By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau Chief Southeast Asia‘s pioneering Luang Prabang Film Festival, held annually amidst the ancient Buddhist temples of Laos’ UNESCO World Heritage town, is set to ...