Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Laos seeks to become regional hub for electricity transmission by 2025
Under this plan, Laos expects to export 14,800 MW of electricity annually to neighboring countries by 2025.
Cambodia can achieve SDGs, but deep fiscal reform needed: ADB report
Laos and Myanmar too will have to make trade-offs, while Thailand and Vietnam should be able to meet the social protection agenda within the limit of their current fiscal deficit.
Will China let Belt and Road die quietly?
In all likelihood, we will see a significant decline in the hype Chinese official media outlets devote to BRI.
Myanmar Christian leaders join calls against Myitsone dam revival
Ongoing protests have brought together Catholic priests and nuns to demand an end to the controversial project that activists say will damage the environment displace thousands.
Vietnam’s clampdown on academic freedom
Under new rule, Vietnam is discrediting critics of the one-party state. Alexandre Sisophon reports from Hanoi on the academics and students resisting this campaign.
Myanmar: A New Pattern of China-Japan Interactions?
If Japan and China focus on different rail systems in Myanmar, can their division of labor create a new pattern for cooperation?
How Myanmar indigenous peoples defend their rights over natural resources
The Karen people also have been campaigning for more than a decade against the construction of the 1,365 MW Hatgyi Dam pushed by the Burmese government along with Thai and Chinese companies.