Lao News Agency

Lao News Agency
Native name
ຂ່າວສານປະເທດລາວ
Agence de presse lao
Company typeState-owned news agency
IndustryNews media
Founded6 January 1968; 56 years ago (1968-01-06)
Headquarters
Vientiane, Laos
Key people
Sounthone Khanthavong
Websitekpl.gov.la

Khaosan Pathet Lao (Lao: ຂ່າວສານປະເທດລາວ, romanized: Khaosan Pathet Lao, KPL; French: Agence de presse lao), also known as the Lao News Agency in English, is the official news agency of the Laos Government and the ruling Communist Party. It was started as the news agency of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party on 6 January 1968 in Viengsay and later became the official news agency of Laos after the communists seized power in 1976.[1] Its current General Director is Khampheuy Philapha.[2][3]

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