Thai provinces in conflict with each other over what they perceive is unfair distribution of water during drought.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Last Group of Families Displaced by Laos’ Nam Theun 1 Dam Accept Compensation
More than a hundred families have decided to accept compensation, putting an end to a standoff that lasted 17 months.
U.S. sanctions on Chinese firm over Cambodia project
Against a developer of a port, airport and resort complex, saying it was built on land seized from local people and appears to be a military base.
Rights Groups Call For Release of Lao Blogger ‘Mouay’ On Anniversary of Arrest
Voiced her concern about the government response to flooding in the country’s southern Champassak and Salavan provinces in a Facebook Live video.
Vietnam’s Dong Tam Incident: the Curtain Falls
29 Vietnamese farmers protesting against state land-grabbing were found guilty in various ways of resisting state authority–two sentenced to death.
Thailand Eyes ‘Land Bridge’ to Link its Coasts
Thai PM supports land bridge between the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea, apparently shelving plan to build a canal across the Malay Peninsula.
Laos the latest China debt trap victim
Laos set to cede majority control of its national power grid to China to service Belt and Road debts
How Meaningful is the New US-Mekong Partnership?
The recently announced multilateral framework is a welcome – but limited – check on China’s expanding influence in the Mekong region.