A Lancang-Mekong Cultural Exchange Youth Camp was launched in Myanmar’s northern city of Mandalay Monday with the aim of enhancing cooperation between cultural groups and youth artists from six Lancang-Mekong countries.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Chinese company consults locals over Mekong blasting
“Thammachat [the natural system and state of the river] is not undeveloped; It is rich. To do this to the river without answering the concerns of local people would be the same as stealing.”
Cambodia’s bid to be ‘New Macau’ stirs old wounds as Chinese cash in
Yet swathes of new development make it harder to settle old disputes over ownership in a kingdom where land has been commandeered by prominent, government-connected tycoons.
Binh Duong has first wastewater-to-clean water treatment plant
A plant processing industrial wastewater into clean water for daily use and production, the first of its kind in Vietnam.
CPI attempts to bribe MP to keep silent about Myitsone dam project
“My desire is similar to the statement issued by three Kachin parties. I have a sense of oneness with the people. We want the total shutdown of dam project.”
PM calls on soldiers to end role in Cambodian logging
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday called on soldiers to stop colluding with illegal timber traders and work with law enforcement officers to protect natural resources.
Violent clashes break out in Preah Sihanouk, one man shot
According to villagers in the area, some people had been living there for many years, with some spending $4-$5,000 for their plots.
Six protesters held after police clash
“If they have the land title, they should meet the people to solve the problem but the police came in force with machines to measure the land and fired on people instead.”
Disturbing: Cambodia police shoot land protester in Sihanoukville (video)
There are sounds of guns being fired, as the videographer runs across what appears to be freshly graded land forming part of a new real estate development. In the distance people can be seen running.
Activists rally govt over water projects
The projects are the construction of dams at Khlong Sang and Wang Heeb, a water diversion canal at Muang Nakhon, and a water gate at Pak Pra.