Khaosan Pathet Lao
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Khaosan Pathet Lao also known as KPL, or 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 January 6, 1968 in Viengsay and later became the official news agency of Laos
after the communists seized power in 1976.
News agency
A news agency is an organization of journalists established to supply news reports to news organizations: newspapers, magazines, and radio and television broadcasters. Such an agency may also be referred to as a wire service, newswire or news service.-History:The oldest news agency is Agence...
of the Laos Government
Politics of Laos
The politics of Laos takes place in the framework of a single-party socialist republic. The only legal political party is the Lao People's Revolutionary Party . The head of state is President Choummaly Sayasone, who also is secretary-general of the LPRP. The head of government is Prime Minister...
and the ruling Communist Party.It was started as the news agency of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
Lao People's Revolutionary Party
The Lao People's Revolutionary Party is a communist political party that has governed Laos since 1975. The policy-making organs are the politburo and the central committee. A party congress, which elects members to the politburo and central committee, is held every five years...
on January 6, 1968 in Viengsay and later became the official news agency of Laos
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
after the communists seized power in 1976.