Local groups and conservationists opposed to massive Mekong River development are raising the stakes and involving Western nations. After almost two decades of campaigning against hydro-dams...
Mekong River Naval authorities have arrested 16 Chinese nationals for illegally entering Thailand by crossing over on the river at the Thai-Lao border in Nong Khai....
The United States and Thailand launched the new Mekong Air Quality Explorer Tool to support Thailand’s efforts to address air pollution challenges. The new state-of-the-art, publicly...
The national committee for the Mekong River on Wednesday approved a framework for discussions at the teleconference-based 27th meeting of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) with...
The Golden Kings Romans casino kingpin Zhao Wei the U.S. has designated a transnational crime boss is building a new port on the Mekong River in...
The U.S. has blamed Chinese state-owned companies for engage in predatory business practices in the Mekong River region. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the...
Building on a relationship spanning two centuries, Thailand and the United States took an important step forward to work even closer together. Elevating our already strong...
Border police have seized 270 kilograms of premium-grade dried marijuana on the banks of the Mekong river in northeastern Thailand. The premium-grade dried marijuana was recovered...
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang has promised five Southeast Asian partners priority access to a covid-19 coronavirus vaccine and pledged to share water control information for...
Immigration officials in Chang Saen, Chiang Rai have arrested 18 Chinese nationals for illegal entry after crossed the Mekong from Laos. Immigration police said the Chinese...
The Mekong River Commission said Mekong countries should implement drought plans and request that water storage operators release more water and instigators use less of it.
The Mighty Mekong River has become a new battle front in US-China rivalry, environmentalists and officials say. China is overtaking the United States in both spending...
Laos is pushing ahead with the Luang Prabang dam hydropower project on the Mekong River, despite reservations aired by neighbouring countries. Especially over its potential to...
Border patrol police have seized 480kg of compressed marijuana on the bank of the Mekong River in northeastern Thailand. Narcotics suppression police estimate the street value...
"China has funded numerous hydropower projects inside Laos, and it has built 11 dams on the upper reaches of the Mekong River"
Thailand has called for a joint study with China and neighboring Mekong countries to determine what caused a devastating drought in the Lower Mekong Basin last...
China’s Mekong River dams held back huge amounts of water during a damaging drought effecting downstream countries last year. Even more China had higher-than-average water levels...
Thailand has reopened four ports on the Mekong River that had been closed since March 21 due to the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak. These ports in Chiang...
The sacks contained a total of 1,000 slabs of dried, compressed marijuana, each weighing about one kilo each.
Border patrol police seized 183 kilograms of compressed marijuana in eight fertiliser sacks left on the bank of the Mekong river in northeastern Thailand on Sunday...