Southeast Asia has the "highest rates of methanol poisoning globally", said Al Jazeera, and this is often blamed on "economic ...

Police in Laos have detained the manager and seven staff members of a backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng following the deaths of ...

The U.S., Australia and U.K. have issued warnings for travelers in Vang Vieng after several tourists died in a suspected ...

James Louis Hutson, 57, of the US, and Anne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20 and Freja Vennervald Sorensen, 21, both Danish, were ...

Officials arrested eight hostel workers in Laos on Monday for allegedly poisoning travelers with methanol, according to ...

Doctors have revealed a common treatment to slow the effects of methanol poisoning. It comes after six people died following ...

Authorities in Laos have reportedly banned the sale and consumption of a vodka and whisky brand after six tourists died from ...

The U.S. State Department issued a warning to travelers to be “alert to the potential risk of methanol poisoning.” ...

T he death of six tourists visiting Laos is suspected to be the result of mass methanol poisoning, after all are believed to ...

The deaths of five tourists after apparently drinking tainted drinks highlight the wider issue of bootleg alcohol.

SINGAPORE: Six tourists have died after they were suspected to have drunk contaminated alcohol in Laos. On Thursday (Nov 21), it was reported that a 28-year-old British woman died after consuming ...

Unlike ethanol, the type of alcohol found in beverages, methanol is highly poisonous even in small quantities. Its ingestion ...