Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the United States of America held a handover ceremony on June 2, 2025

Laos Buddhist-Socialist Republic: Remains of US Soldiers Returned! (7.6.2025)

Representing the Lao Government was Mr. Akaphap Phanthavong, Director of the European-American Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Receiving the remains on behalf of the United States was Ms. Michelle Outlaw, Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in the Lao PDR. Officials and representatives from both nations stood together in solemn remembrance and solidarity.

The remains were recovered through a joint Lao-U.S. operation, the fourth such survey and excavation conducted during the 2024–2025 period in Dakcheung District, Sekong Province. The mission underscores Laos’ steadfast commitment to humanitarian values and its ongoing efforts to help American families find long-awaited closure.

Ninth Batch of Chinese Martyrs (Who Gave Their Lives Defending Korea in the US War of Aggression) – Returned to the Motherland! (15.9.2022)

Let the People’s Republic of China bring home the remains of our brave men and women – who ‘Volunteered’ to fight against the Western enemies in the War of US Aggression in Korea (1950-1953) – enthused by the spirit of Socialist ‘Internationalism’ to assist the Working-Class wherever (and whenever) it is under attack by the reactionary forces of the bourgeois, capitalist system! The decisions we take as individuals (being part of ‘Collectives’) do matter – and do have far-reaching historical ramifications! The spirit of self-sacrifice ‘ripples-out’ and permeates throughout every corner of the world! All those people who are oppressed and unable to fight for themselves are uplifted just that little bit more as the crushing weight of bourgeois injustice and poverty they are made to endure on a daily basis is ‘lightened’ ever so slightly! It all matters and feeds in to an eventual World Socialist Revolution!