The Mighty Mekong River has recently acquired an aquamarine colour that may beguile tourists but also indicates a problem caused by upstream dams in China, experts...
Xayaburi Dam has been nine years in the making and the 135-billion-baht project. It was built and financed by Thai companies and banks, has been controversial...
CHIANG RAI – A Ching Rai cattle trader who was kidnapped in Laos has been released, appearing weak but without serious injury. Singkaew Wongyai, 54, was...
CHIANG RAI – As night falls on the Mekong River in Northern Thailand, a nightly dance begins between Thai border security and Laos drug gangs now...
HANOI – Although Vietnam has some of the world’s most stringent drug laws — those convicted of possessing or smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin...
CHIANG RAI – An Environmental group in Chiang Rai has renewed its campaign against the controversial Pak Beng dam that is due to be built on...
CHIANG RAI – Methamphetamine drug cartels in the lawless jungles of eastern Myanmar are flooding neighboring countries with meth. In Thailand, Buddhist monks have been...
CHIANG RAI – Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Prajin Juntong has told a press briefing the six-nation Safe Mekong Operation Project will continue...
CHIANG RAI – The Network of Thai People in Eight Mekong Provinces said Thursday that they are planning to boycott a public hearing for the...
BANGKOK – Thailand and Laos have agreed to strengthen cooperation on drug prevention and suppression to promote peace and cooperation in the border regions of...
KUNMING – The 76th joint patrol on the Mekong River jointly conducted by China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand was completed Saturday. Ten vessels and 198...
SINGAPORE – After a decade, the symbolic gavel of the Asean chairmanship has been turned over again to Thailand from Singapore. After the handover on...
CHIANG RAI – The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) secretary-general Niyom Termsrisuk announced yesterday that a heightened cooperation between six countries as part of...
CHIANG RAI – Organized crime groups are expanding and diversifying drug production in Thailand’s Golden Triangle amid fears the region could emerge as a hub for...
VIENTIANE – Restaurateurs and entrepreneurs can now tap into Laos’ rich food and farming culture, with the launch of a website dedicated to preserving traditional...
BANGKOK – Defence spokesman Kongcheep Tantrawanit said on Thursday production of illicit drugs is increasing in neighbouring countries as producers gain access to “new chemicals”...
VIENTIANE – The Lao government has expressed gratitude to the international community for the care, courage and help extended promptly to the government and Lao...
VIENTIANE – Another 10 bodies have been recovered on Thursday and Friday, bring the death toll of the dam collapse in Laos to 23, Lao...
ATTAPEU, Laos – Many victims of the floods that devastated several villages in Sanamxay district of Attapeu province in southern Laos have returned to their...
PAKSONG, Laos – Petchinda Chantamart first heard what sounded like a bomb going off a few miles away. Then came a curious noise, like a...
