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@LaotianTimes
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314subscribers
+1 since we began measuring on 7 August 2026
Risers and fallers across the register · movement among entries of Under 1,000.
| Telegram ID | -1001574618988 |
|---|---|
| Type | Channel |
| Username | @LaotianTimes |
| Created | Between 1 August 2021 and 28 February 2023 — estimated from Telegram’s id allocation, not measured. How this range is calculated. |
| First recorded | 8 August 2026 |
| Last confirmed live | 2 October 2026 |
| Measurements held | 7 |
| Confirmed unchanged | 1 time, most recently 2 October 2026 |
| On Telegram | t.me/LaotianTimes |
National news — a classification, not a measurement. An on-box language model (Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP8, prompt version 1) read this channel’s own recent posts on 22 September 2026 and assigned it the closest of 31 fixed categories, at 82% confidence. This is a model’s judgement about what the channel is likely to be about, not a fact this register measured the way a subscriber count or a view count is measured — it can be revised on a later pass, and it carries no weight anywhere else on this page. How this classification works, and why it has no browse page of its own yet.
| Measured (UTC) | Subscribers | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Oct 2026, 09:01 | 314 | +4 |
| 17 Sept 2026, 17:00 | 310 | +2 |
| 9 Sept 2026, 09:41 | 308 | -1 |
| 31 Aug 2026, 11:39 | 309 | -1 |
| 24 Aug 2026, 21:54 | 310 | -3 |
| 8 Aug 2026, 07:35 | 313 | no change |
| 7 Aug 2026, 21:47 | 313 | first reading |
20 posts held, back to 30 July 2026 — the reader has not yet reached the start of this channel’s public history, so older posts may sit further back, unread. Read across 1 page of Telegram’s post history, 20 posts per page.
Nothing published in the last 30 days. ERR and ER are rolling 30-day measures, so there is nothing to compute — we hold 20 posts for this entry, the most recent from 7 August 2026. An engagement rate over an empty window would be a number about nothing.
Seven Dead, 15 Injured in Thailand School Shooting Seven people have died, including a student gunman, after a shooting at a school in Thailand’s Nonthaburi province on 7 August, according to local authorities. The six victims were three teachers and three students, while 15 other people were injured. Two of those injured were in critical condition, according to the latest reports. The suspected… https://laotiant…
Laos Deports 32 Thai Nationals After ST Vegas Raid Laos has deported 32 Thai nationals following a major police operation at the ST Vegas complex in Vientiane Capital, where authorities detained hundreds of people suspected of involvement in online fraud and illegal gambling. Lao officials handed the group to Thai authorities on 6 August at the First Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge between Vientiane Capital and… https:…
Thailand’s HIV Cases Pass 550,000, Laos Reports Rising Infections Among Young People Thailand has recorded 557,993 cumulative HIV cases, health authorities say, even as new infections have fallen by 12,000 over the past three years. Across the border in Laos, officials are tracking a similar pattern among young people, though on a smaller scale. Thirteen of Thailand’s 77 provinces now record more than 10,000 cases …
Thai YouTuber Hlun Solo’s Body to Return Home as Family Awaits Autopsy Results The body of Thai travel YouTuber Hlun Solo is expected to return to Thailand on 6 August, according to his family, as authorities continue to await the results of an autopsy and toxicology tests following his death in Georgia. His brother, Somsak Butsri, who posts on Facebook under the name Klose Mos, said the body… https://laotiantimes…
Vientiane Court Hands Down 15-Year Sentence in Methamphetamine Ring The Vientiane Provincial People’s Court has sentenced eight people to prison terms of up to 15 years. The rulings, handed down on 31 July, followed convictions on charges of trafficking methamphetamine pills. According to Vientiane Police, the defendants were arrested in separate operations across Vientiane Province and Vientiane Capital between 20…
Oudomxay Seeks More Railway Services to Boost Investment Authorities in Oudomxay Province, northern Laos, have announced plans to expand railway services and free up land for investment around the region’s three Laos-China Railway stations. The provincial government said on 3 August that it would set aside more than 300 hectares around Xay, Namor and Nga stations for commercial, logistics and urban development proj…
Vientiane Halts New Microfinance, Pawnshop Licenses Amid Regulatory Review On 31 July, the Bank of the Lao PDR (BoL) suspended applications for new non-bank financial institutions in Vientiane Capital. Effective from the announcement date onwards, the suspension applies to both domestic and foreign investors seeking to establish deposit-taking microfinance institutions, non-deposit-taking microfinance institutions,…
Vientiane Halts New Microfinance, Pawnshop Licenses Amid Regulatory Review On 31 July, the Bank of the Lao PDR (BoL) suspended applications for new non-bank financial institutions in Vientiane Capital. Effective from the announcement date onwards, the suspension applies to both domestic and foreign investors seeking to establish deposit-taking microfinance institutions, non-deposit-taking microfinance institutions,…
Heavy Rain Floods Laos as Rivers Rise, New Warnings Issued Heavy rain in recent days has caused flooding, rising river levels, and infrastructure impacts across several provinces, while Lao authorities warn that more rainfall could bring further flooding, landslides, and strong winds this week. According to the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, a low-pressure system moving across northern and central Laos, c…
Vientiane Raids Target Online Fraud Network, 63 Arrested in Latest Crackdown On 1 August, Vientiane authorities arrested 63 people on suspicion of involvement in an alleged telecommunications fraud network during coordinated raids across six locations in Sikhottabong and Hatsayfong districts. The suspects included 57 Chinese nationals, four Lao nationals, one Cambodian, and one Thai national. The largest operation…
Lao Authorities Warn Against Defaming Police on Social Media After Series of Cases Lao authorities have warned social media users against posting content that damages the reputation of police officers and state institutions after three recent cases involving Facebook and TikTok posts. In the cases, three individuals were questioned, fined, or required to issue public apologies over posts as officials said misrepres…
Laos, Vietnam Set USD 4 Billion Trade Goal as Economic Ties Grow Laos and Vietnam are pushing to take their economic partnership to the next level, with both countries targeting USD 4 billion in bilateral trade in 2026. The goal follows a strong year for trade, with two-way trade reaching USD 3.196 billion in 2025, up 12 percent from the previous year. The two sides also set… https://laotiantimes.com/2026/08/04/l…
Showing the 12 most recent of 20 posts we hold for @LaotianTimes. View and reaction counts are the latest single reading for each post, not a live figure, and a recent post is still accumulating both. A view count marked ≈ was rounded by Telegram before we ever saw it — t.me prints views in full below 1,000 and to three significant figures above, so ≈1,200,000 means somewhere between 1,150,000 and 1,249,999. Unmarked counts are exact. Text is reproduced from the public post preview and truncated for length.
A live page changes as we take new readings, so a citation should name the measurement it is based on, not just the URL. The line below cites the subscriber count as measured 2 October 2026 — this entry's latest reading, not the date you are reading this.
“Laotian Times News Updates” (@LaotianTimes), 314 subscribers as measured 2 October 2026. Telegram Register, tgregister.com/channel/LaotianTimes.
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