Toxic runoff from rare earth mines in Myanmar is contaminating rivers that flow into Thailand, threatening the Mekong River ...

Many millions depend on the river but toxic run-off from mining for modern technology - including for war - could be an ...

Toxic runoff from rare earth mining in Myanmar and Laos is contaminating Mekong River tributaries, raising cancer and organ failure risks for millions in Southeast Asia. Thai farmers and fishers ...

A lone finger-length fish was a disappointing start to 75-year-old Sukjai Yana’s day. He recast his net from the bow of his ...

CHIANG KHONG, Thailand (AP) — Dismissing its neighbors’ pleas, impoverished Laos is rapidly building a Mekong River dam that threatens fisheries crucial to millions of Southeast Asia’s poorest people.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LUANG PRABANG, Laos (AP) — Landlocked Laos ...

The Mekong River faces growing threats from dam construction, sand mining, climate change and the decline of international aid. Citizen science — grassroots data collection and local knowledge ...

A big spike in water levels has been detected along the Mekong River which could threaten the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people who live hand to mouth off crops planted along the banks of the ...

A week-long Viking cruise allows Kate Wickers to take in some of Southeast Asia’s most stunning backdrops, as well as to ...