Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of ...

Police in Laos have arrested eight people over the suspected mass methanol poisoning which killed six foreign tourists in ...

Southeast Asia has the "highest rates of methanol poisoning globally", said Al Jazeera, and this is often blamed on "economic ...

Officials arrested eight hostel workers in Laos on Monday for allegedly poisoning travelers with methanol, according to ...

At least six tourists who traveled to Laos have died in recent days, prompting international alarm about the dangers of ...

The U.S. State Department issued a warning to travelers to be “alert to the potential risk of methanol poisoning.” ...

The local governor visited the hostel in which some of the victims were staying, promising justice for those responsible.

Six travelers have died from suspected methanol poisoning in Vang Vieng, Laos. Most of these incidents occur in Asia, ...

The U.S., Australia and U.K. have issued warnings for travelers in Vang Vieng after several tourists died in a suspected ...

Vang Vieng, Laos - 13, 2024 Video shot from inside the hostel on Nov 13, 2024. Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in ...

As some of their number succumbed to methanol poisoning, other guests at the Laotian hostel at the centre of the probe tried ...

The problem with methanol poisoning is that it looks very much like alcohol poisoning. And delays in treatment can be fatal.