The Lao News Agency, formally Khaosan Pathet Lao (KPL), is the official state news agency of Laos and its ruling Communist Party, headquartered in Vientiane. It was established on January 6, 1968, initially serving the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, and became the country's official news outlet following the communist takeover in 1976.
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Khaosan Pathet Lao (Lao: ຂ່າວສານປະເທດລາວ, romanized: Khaosan Pathet Lao, KPL; French: Agence de presse lao), also known as the Lao News Agency in English, is the official news agency of the Laos Government and the ruling Communist Party.
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It was started as the news agency of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party on 6 January 1968 in Viengsay and later became the official news agency of Laos after the communists seized power in 1976.
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