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Laos likes to keep to itself, and the Communist government does everything in its power to see that it stays that way. The country is one of the most isolated and information-starved in Asia, with no independent media of any kind. In 2001, the government announced that limited ownership of private media would be allowed,…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260