Thailand is the country with the widest income inequality in ASEAN and one of the four worst performers on a world chart which included Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Egypt.
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Cambodia’s energy security woes
Fifty percent of Cambodia’s population had electricity in 2016. By 2019, 80 percent of households were connected to the grid. The challenge now are rural areas where certain remote areas have almost no electricity.
Saving Sharks
Everyone has a good understanding of the famous great white sharks, but what about those species that rarely cross our human paths? There are many globally endangered species, and some of them can only be found in our local waters.
Who is Laos’ first special economic zone benefitting?
In the Savan-Seno SEZ, local people fear their land being seized by the government without compensation
Half of Mekong Delta to be lost under sea level
New research shows that more than half of the Mekong Delta will disappear under sea level in the next two generations if no action is taken now.
Vietnamese Environmental Activist Detained in Hanoi
Member of the independent civil group Green Trees, was detained on Friday in Hanoi in what was thought to be the government’s response to a film on other environmental activists who were detained for their advocacy.
US urges Thailand to delay ban on pesticide as it will affect Bt51-bn of imports
He also said that the National Committee on Hazardous Substances had not made the decision based on scientific evidence.