The outcome, “is emblematic of the weakness of prosecution in places like Thailand in general.”
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Gallery: The China-built railway cutting through Laos
The Laos government hopes the passenger and freight railway will boost tourism and trade and bring prosperity to its seven million citizens, but at what costs?
Upgrade infrastructure to attract global manufacturing, GMS told
There is a significant need for Mekong region countries to upgrade their infrastructure to take on a larger share of global manufacturing, said Sok Siphana, chairman of independent Cambodian think-tank Asian Vision Institute (AVI).
China advising on hydro policy as govt backs away from IFC assessment
Doubts now casts on Myanmar’s commitment to the key recommendation in the IFC’s SEA that five of its mainstem rivers be reserved from hydropower development.
Myanmar parliament passes gemstone bill amid criticism
The law does not specify how to tackle companies which bypass the size restrictions, for example, by applying small or medium-scale licences next to each other.