More flights to Laos after SilkAir-Lao Airlines codeshare deal

SINGAPORE: SilkAir, the regional wing of national carrier Singapore Airlines, will offer more flights to Laos under a codeshare agreement with Lao Airlines signed on Wednesday (Jul 27). 

The carrier said that from Oct 31, SilkAir will offer three weekly flights on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays from Singapore to the Laotian cities of Vientiane and Luang Prabang. 

Cheese triggers the same part of the brain as hard drugs, say scientists

Cheese triggers the same part of the brain as hard drugs, say scientists

Hooked on cheese? There’s science behind your addiction!

If you regularly find yourself hovering around the cheese board at the Christmas dinner table, helping yourself to seconds or thirds, there may be a scientific explanation as to why you’re unable to tear yourself away. 

Looking forward to working with Saffron, our favourite Lao coffee company!

With tourists flocking to the world-heritage town, the coffee producer believes it has found a win-win solution for highland farmers who in the past may have relied on opium as a cash crop and are prohibited from the cycle of "slash and burn."