The disappearance of Vue Mai sparked resistance to a plan to return Hmong refugees to this country.
Harrison Jack was one of ten men arrested in 2007 for allegedly part alleged role in a planned coup in this country. A kingdom centered in this modern-day country repelled a pair of invasions at Sala Kham and Chiang Mai. The kingdom of Champasak was united into this country 200 years after breaking off from a kingdom named for "a million white elephants under a white parasol." A "Secret War" in this country filled large areas, like the (*) Plain of Jars, with unexploded mines. The disappearance of Vue Mai sparked resistance to a plan to return Hmong refugees to this country. For 10 points, name this Southeast Asian nation whose US-backed government was overthrown in a 1975 coup in Vientiane.
Harrison Jack was one of ten men arrested in 2007 for allegedly part alleged role in a planned coup in this country.
Laos [or Lao People's Democratic Republic]