Interview by Dr Pick Keobandith, Founder and International Director, Inspiring Culture Laos works in cooperation with many countries, the main ones being China and from ASEAN, but it also has a lesser known partnership with the European Union. While Laos isn’t itself a major partner of the world’s largest single market area, it is part […]

I THINK SOUTHEAST ASIA IS CURRENTLY ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING AND EXCITING REGIONS IN THE WORLD Interview by Dr Pick Keobandith, Founder and International Director, Inspiring CultureH.E. MRS. ANNETTE KNOBLOCH Laos has had its first ever high speed train since the 3rd December 2021. It is called Lane Xang (Million Elephants) as Laos was […]

FIRST RAILWAY BETWEEN VIENTIANE AND CHINA SPEEDS UP DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRY By Pick Keobandith Laos has had its first ever high speed train since the 3rd December 2021. It is called Lane Xang (Million Elephants) as Laos was previously known as the Lane Xang Kingdom. The train’s exterior is red, blue and white, […]

By Pick Keobandith This year Documenta 15, a huge art exhibition that takes place in Kassel, Germany, every four years, is an event of exceptional importance. For the first time ever, it has been curated not by a single person but by an Indonesian art collective – Ruangrupa – that has brought a strong presence […]

PAUL DELVAUX, KING PHILIPPE AND QUEEN MATHILDE OF BELGIUM AND PAO, A LADY FROM LAOS. By Pick Keobandith, Founder and International Director, Inspiring Culture. Here in Brussels during this chilly month of May, the great sculptor Félix Roulin is bringing warmth to the room. And magnificently so. At 90 years old he is still talking […]

By VINCENT GARNIERPhotos by IGOR PLINER Like many events originally scheduled in 2020, the world exposition in Dubai actuallytook place a year later between October 2021and March 2022.You can trust the emirate for being a perfect host for such an event. The cosmopolitan city of Dubai is an international hub for business, logistic, finance and […]

By DR. PICK KEOBANDITHK Recently I was curious to read again about the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi who wanted, amongst other things, to be assured of the promotion of the Congolese rumba during the World Expo Dubai 2020, which has just ended. In mid-December 2021, he expressed his delight […]

By CORDOGAN CLARK “I wanted it to blend with the landscape, and to restore and echo the winding paths along the lakefront that had been straightened over time. Olmsted was instrumental in inspiring the preservation of Chicago’s lakefront, recognizing its profound aesthetic importance, and in keeping it open to the public, free from industrial activity.” […]

Honorary Professor at ULB, Filmmaker and Screenwriter By Pick Keobandith, Founder and International Director, Inspiring Culture.Photos Lucas De Spiegeleer In these dark days, taking up the challenge of attending a series of master classes on film led by Luc Dardenne at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) meant taking a deep breath, freeing myself from […]

Australia and Laos By Pick Keobandith H.E Paul Kelly, Ambassador of Australia to Laos, celebrates 70 years of unwavering diplomatic relations and friendship between Laos and Australia. His appointment as Australia’s ambassador to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Lao PDR was announced on 16 December 2020 by Senator the Hon Marise Payne, Australia’s Minister for […]