Khaosan Pathet Lao ( lo, Khaosan Pathet Lao, french: Agence de presse lao) also known as KPL, or the Lao News Agency in English, is the official

news agency A news agency is an organization that gathers news reports and sells them to subscribing news organizations, such as newspapers, magazines and All-news radio, radio and News broadcasting, television Broadcasting, broadcasters. A news agency may ...

of the Laos Government and the ruling Communist Party. It was started as the news agency of the

Lao People's Revolutionary Party The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) is the founding and sole ruling party of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. The party's monopoly on state power is guaranteed by Article 3 of the Constitution of Laos, and it maintains a unitary ...

on 6 January 1968 in Viengsay and later became the official news agency of

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

after the communists seized power in 1976. Its current General Director is Sounthone Khanthavong.

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Khaosan Pathet LaoBBC Laos Media
Mass media in Laos News agencies based in Laos {{Laos-stub