Laotian police have detained the manager and owner of a hostel after five backpackers, including British lawyer Simone White, ...

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

Amongst the tourists who tragically lost their lives were American traveller James Louis Hutson, 57, 28-year-old British ...

Staff from a backpacker hostel have been detained after six tourists died from suspected methanol poisoning after a night out ...

A backpacker in Laos has said a snap decision made on a whim may have saved her from being another victim of a suspected mass ...

In the days after backpackers in Laos began falling violently ill due to suspected methanol poisoning, travellers tried desperately to warn each other about the hostel at the centre of the scandal.

A grieving backpacker has taken it upon himself to try and uncover the truth about a suspected mass methanol poisoning in ...

The venue’s manager is assisting police in the capital Vientiane while foreigners in Vang Vieng are being told not to drink ...

Police in Laos have detained eight members of staff at a backpacker hostel following the deaths of six tourists from ...

Details have been murky over the number of tourists affected and the possible source of the methanol-laced drinks.

Weeks on from the first case of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos, fellow backpackers investigate the culprit in lieu of information from police.

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