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!['Public health crisis': Country's perfect Covid-19 record ends with deaths](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
'Public health crisis': Country's perfect Covid-19 record ends with deaths
More than a year, they did the impossible and not recorded any Covid deaths – until now.
![Convicted fraudster, sex offender skips country while facing new charges](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Convicted fraudster, sex offender skips country while facing new charges
A convicted fraudster and sex offender has skipped the country while facing fresh charges
![Experts predict when to expect expanded NZ travel bubble](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Experts predict when to expect expanded NZ travel bubble
While there was confidence the vaccine reduced transmission, further data was required.
![Asia: Inside the caves of Laos](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Asia: Inside the caves of Laos
Janie Walker digs deep into the recent traumatic history of Laos.
![Meth epidemic now Southeast Asia's biggest drug problem](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Meth epidemic now Southeast Asia's biggest drug problem
Heroin is no longer the main drug of concern in East and Southeast Asian countries.
![Buddhist alms to lethal arms: Luang Prabang](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Buddhist alms to lethal arms: Luang Prabang
The most magical time to explore Luang Prabang is at dawn.
![The mosquito bite that nearly killed me](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
The mosquito bite that nearly killed me
Doctors kept telling Jane she just had the flu but her instinct suggested much worse.
![Editorial: Please be careful what you 'accept', Jacinda](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Editorial: Please be careful what you 'accept', Jacinda
Ardern learning the language - and lessons - of international diplomacy
![Laos: The road from Phonsavan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Laos: The road from Phonsavan
Justine Tyerman encounters good humour and some odd food items on a road trip in Laos.
![Laos: The hills of paradise](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Laos: The hills of paradise
Justine Tyerman puts forward her own theory about the enigmatic Plain of Jars.
![Return to Laos](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Return to Laos
Warriors star Shaun Johnson returned to his roots, and took a documentary crew along for the ride.
![Laos: Paradise lost to Unesco](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Laos: Paradise lost to Unesco
Label has saved Luang Prabang's buildings but killed its soul, writes Denis D. Gray.
![Warriors star Shaun Johnson on returning to Laos](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Warriors star Shaun Johnson on returning to Laos
Shaun Johnson: Across the Mekong screens on Sky Sport 2, on Monday February 27, at 8.30pm. For the full story, see this week's Sunday Travel magazine in the Herald on Sunday.
![Laos: Shaun Johnson goes home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Laos: Shaun Johnson goes home
The Warriors star has spoken publicly about his mother's escape from Laos more than 30 years ago.
![Dying for a selfie](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Dying for a selfie
It's a map of a country familiar to many travellers but on closer inspection it reveals a heartbreaking reality.
![Family's second chance at life](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Family's second chance at life
Marking World Refugee Day, the Herald spoke to a refugee family who escaped from Laos to New Zealand 33 years ago, risking their lives to do so.
![Laos: Going with the flow](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Laos: Going with the flow
A Mekong Sun jaunt is as much an educational cruise as one of relaxation, writes Patrick Horton.
![On track to Laos in the lap of luxury](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
On track to Laos in the lap of luxury
In a style that acknowledges the extravagant comforts of early 20th-century travel, Sarah Marshall sips prosecco on a train trip from Bangkok to Vientiane.
![Laos: Picks words and leaves](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Laos: Picks words and leaves
Communist Laos is still close to its agricultural roots, writes Yvonne van Dongen.