In Laos, war still waits beneath the soil
Tea Leaves
After more than 50 years, country still struggling with unexploded US ordnance
Various bombs are displayed at the UXO Lao Visitor Centre in Luang Prabang. Laos remains the most heavily bombed country per capita in the history of warfare. (Photo by Tom Vater)
LUANG PRABANG, Laos — According to the Laotian Times, Laotian teams searching for unexploded ordnance (UXO) destroyed an American 500-pound MK82 bomb in a village near Luang Prabang on March 27. Three days earlier, another clearance team had destroyed a similar bomb in Xiengkhouang province. Both were enduring legacies of the American war in Indochina.
