Perched on the bow of his long-tail fishing boat, 75-year-old Sukjai Yana untangled a handful of small fish from his net, ...

New data released by Thailand shows that in some tributaries, arsenic concentrations caused by active mining operations ...

Perched on the bow of his long-tail fishing boat, 75-year-old Sukjai Yana untangled a handful of small fish from his net, disappointed by his catch and fretting over whether he ...

CHIANG RAI - The golden shores of the Mekong River are facing a silent, invisible threat. Recent environmental studies and high-level discussions in Chiang ...

The Mekong River, a lifeline for 70 million people in Southeast Asia, is facing severe contamination from unregulated rare earth mining in Myanmar and Laos. Scientists warn that toxic runoff ...

The mainstream Mekong at the Golden Triangle has turned a murky yellow-orange. MRC and other tests confirmed arsenic contamination at several points between Chiang Khong and Chiang Saen. Credit: Earth ...

Southeast Asia’s growing demand for rare earth elements and gold, driven by global needs in electronics, renewable energy, ...

Dec. 3 (UPI) --Unregulated mining across the Mekong region is accelerating at a pace that environmental researchers warn is outstripping governance, enforcement and ecological safeguards. From Myanmar ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul hold up signed copies of the Kuala Lumpur Accord at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Oct. 25, 2025. The two ...

The Ministry of Environment has reported that regular monitoring of water quality along the Mekong River shows conditions remained at a “good” level during ...

The Mekong River, that runs through six countries, has long faced mounting pressures, from plastic pollution to hydropower ...

Toxic runoff from rare earth mining threatens the Mekong River and local communities in Thailand, impacting fisheries and ...