Houayxay, Laos – Fishing went well today for Khon, a Laotian fisherman, who lives in a floating house built from plastic drums, scrap metal and wood on the Mekong River. “I caught two catfish,” the 52 ...

The People's Network for the Protection of the Kok, Sai, Ruak and Mekong rivers yesterday protested outside the Myanmar ...

Chiang Saen, Thailand — A growing concern over the contamination of the Mekong River and its tributaries has emerged as toxic runoff from rare earth mining operations threatens the livelihoods of ...

Thai fisherman Somdet Singthong steered his metal skiff across the brown waters of the Mekong River, resigned to the pollution that has put his health and lifelong source of livelihood at risk.

On the line: A man fishing near the confluence of the Kok River and Mekong River in Chiang Saen, Chiang Rai province. — AFP Fisherman Somdet Singthong steered his metal skiff across the brown waters ...

Scientists warn of a regional disaster if pollution from rare earth and gold mining in Myanmar continues to spread toxins further along the Mekong River. As the evidence piles up, scientists are ...

Thai authorities have found what they described as dangerous levels of arsenic contamination in sediment from the Mekong River and three of its tributaries in the northern provinces of Chiang Mai and ...

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet on Monday launched a controversial $1.7 billion canal project that aims to provide a new link from the Mekong River to the sea. At a launch event in Prek Takeo, ...

Even as COVID-19 is wreaking havoc and uncertainty around the globe, Vietnam’s Mekong Delta declared an emergency over the devastating drought in early March. Studies suggest that the frequency and ...

With soaring temperatures and the approaching El Niño increasing the risk of forest and peatland fires across the Mekong region, governments are intensifying cross-border efforts to avert another ...