– BEIJING – China is shoring up its sphere of influence in Southeast Asia through aid and investment. By funding infrastructure and development, China can increase...
– CHIANG RAI – Representatives from Datang (Lao) Pak Beng Hydropower Co Ltd and the Lao government yesterday met in Chiang Rai with the Network of...
– PHNOM PENH – Beijing has pledged billions of dollars to build new infrastructure in Cambodia, officials said Thursday, as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang ended a...
– CHIANG RAI – Thai People from Eight Mekong Provinces Networking group met in Chiang Rai’s Chiang Khong district yesterday, with participants concluding that the Mekong...
CHIANG RAI – At the third Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Mekong-Lancang Cooperation, China’s central government acknowledged Rak Chiang Khong’s concerns about the impacts on people’s livelihoods...
– BANGKOK – The drastic reduction in sediment flow in the Mekong River is threatening the stability of the delta and the livelihoods of millions...
— CHIANG RAI – Environmentalist Rak Chiang Khong Group have pledged not to lower their guard against attempts to clear rapids on the Mekong River for...
– CHIANG RAI – A Thai firm has won a contract to develop and operate Ban Mom port on the Mekong River about 17km north...
– CHIANG RAI – Chiang Rai Governor, Narongsak Osatthanakorn chaired a religious ceremony to carry the ashes of sandalwood flowers collected from funeral sites in 18...
CHIANG RAI – China wants a favour from Thailand, and last week sent a straight-talking official to lobby for it. Beijing is “developing” the Mekong...
– CHIANG RAI – Thirty million people depend for a living on the Mekong, the great Asian river that runs through Southeast Asia from its...
– . –CHIANG RAI – The Chinese firm commissioned to conduct a survey of the Mekong River has insisted only a few islets and reefs in...
– CHIANG RAI – The volume of water in the Mekong River has risen rapidly following discharges from a dam in Yunnan province in southern China,...
– A woman is shown watching boats pass the Pak Beng pier on the Mekong River in northern Laos PAK BENG – The sleepy town of...
– BANGKOK – Demand for sex with children is an emerging cause of human trafficking in the Mekong region, the United Nations said on Thursday, as...
– NAKHON PHANOM – Police have seized almost 495kg of compressed marijuana, worth at least 10 million baht and arrested 4 Lao men on the banks...
– CHIANG RAI – The Thai Network of Eight Mekong Provinces filed a lawsuit in the Administrative Court yesterday against the Water Resources Department and its...
NAKHON PHANOM – The Thai Navy’s Mekong Patrol Operation Command seized 840 kilogrammes of compressed marijuana worth nearly 17 million baht seized late Wednesday night....
– CHIANG RAI – A group of activists in the northern province of Chiang Rai on Monday conducted a peaceful protest against the presence of a...
– CHIANG RAI – Local environmental group Rak Chiang Khong and academics are angry that Chinese officials and companies working on the Mekong River Navigation Channel...