Xayaburi Dam has been nine years in the making and the 135-billion-baht project. It was built and financed by Thai...
Human traffickers in Thailand have ignored court orders to compensate victims in more than 99% of cases in recent years. Fueling fears that many survivors could...
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...
BANGKOK – A Human Right Watch report has slammed Authorities in China and Myanmar for failing to stop the brutal trafficking of young women,often teenagers, from...
CHIANG RAI – Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation launched a project called “Free Wild Trap Zone” Wednesday to clear harmful hunting devices...
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...
BANGKOK – Advocates for the protection of refugees and asylum seekers lauded a commitment by Thailand on Monday to release children held in its immigration...
HANOI – Thao Thi Van was just two when her mother disappeared during a trip to the market, likely taken by traffickers preying on women...
CHIANG RAI – As a new year dawns, the waters of the Mekong River remain turbulent with uncertainty. While many take holidays and prepare for...
BANGKOK – Thailand is on the brink of becoming the first Southeast Asian nation to legalize medical marijuana, a development that has pot connoisseurs around...
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