LAOS IN 2013.

The article provides an overview of political and economic developments in Laos during the year 2013. It discusses events that became the subject of international criticism toward the country's one-party government under the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), including the disappearance of community leader Sombath Somphone while in police custody and a planned dam on the Mekong River near Cambodia. Other topics include civil society, local government reform, and economic development.