Category: Analysis
In the dam’s shadow Displaced by conflict, communities are left without a home or electricity
Regardless of where they lived in the areas where dams were planned, the villagers’ stories are similar. They were promised, coerced or threatened into leaving their homes.
he Mekong Dimension of South Korea’s New Southern Policy with ASEAN
The Moon administration is upping its focus on Mekong countries as part of its wider approach to Southeast Asia.
Vietnam Waste Crisis: Plastic Consumption Per Capita Soars
According to the latest Ipsos report, per capita plastic waste in Vietnam has increased by 10 fold within 3 decades, making it the third highest plastic waste generator in the region after Malaysia and Thailand.
Thailand’s jump to high-income status at risk: Fitch
Thailand risks a protracted slowdown in the next decade, on the back of its aging population and lack of economic reforms, analysts at Fitch Solutions have suggested.
Start of Latest Mekong Dam brings ecological “Tipping Point’
Critics of the 1,285-megawatt Xayaburi hydropower dam in northern Laos fear recent upgrades to the controversial project won’t be enough to save the Mekong River from ecological damage.
Mekong: When the river runs dry
The MRC has no control over China’s dams nor those in Laos. China’s LMC framework seems divorced from the problems its dams are causing. So there seems every reason to hold a gloomy view of the Mekong’s future.
Gold mining operation kicks off in Xaysomboun
As part of the gold mining development project, the company will seek permission to establish the Lao People’s Bank to provide loans to local people and farmers in the project area.