Dozens of hydroelectric dams are lowering levels and damaging a fragile ecosystem for the lower Mekong River basin.
CHIANG RAI – By this time of year, the Mekong River should have been rising steadily with the monsoon rains, bringing fishermen a bounty of fat...
BANGKOK – The World Bank has pledged to provide financial support for the Thailand Government’s efforts to manage marine debris on its waters. The permanent secretary...
BANGKOK – The Mekong People’s Network and local Mekong River residents have had a heated debate with the Chinese Embassy about China’s utilization and management of...
LONDON – A report published by the Korea Future Initiative, a London-based NGO, reveals that thousands of North Korean women and girls are being subjected to...
CHIANG RAI – Somchai Sophonsookpaiboon does not remember much about his younger years, except that they were spent in an opium haze. It’s how all the...
CHIANG RAI – Thailand’s Junta Government has just announced that it will re-allow the trade of elephants to other countries, according to Lek Chailert, Founder of...
CHIANG RAI – Originating in the Tibetan highlands and running through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia, and Vietnam, the Mekong and its tributaries provide water,...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn was officially crowned Saturday amid the splendor of the country’s Grand Palace, taking the central role in an elaborate centuries-old...
CHIANG RAI – Dr. An Pich Hatda, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mekong River Commission in an OP-ed reports that people who live in the...
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