BANGKOK — In late February, China’s foreign minister addressed a concerned crowd in Laos, where farmers and fishers across the Mekong River region were contending with the worst drought in living ...

On April 24, 2025, according to revelations by the investigative outlet Intelligence Online, Thailand’s Ministry of Energy ...

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A fishermen near the Khone Phapheng Falls (Khone Falls) along the Mekong River in Laos. In my previous post, I summarized many of the superlatives of fish and fisheries from the Mekong River in ...

Hydropower projects, including a spree of mega-dams in China, have had a significant impact on the midstream reaches of the Mekong River, exacerbating drought conditions and altering the river’s flow ...

BANGKOK, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The inter-governmental Mekong River Commission (MRC) on Thursday called on China and mainland Southeast Asian countries to better coordinate management of Mekong hydropower ...

Eyes on Earth studied data from a 28-year period to determine the extent that dams in China on the Upper Mekong River impact natural water flow. While these dams have disrupted the river’s natural ...

As China shows signs of recovery from the COVID-19 outbreak, speculations abound about what a post-COVID-19 future will look like. Amid the cacophony of voices, consensus is gathering that global ...

The hydropower projects in China have caused major river flow changes to the Mekong River since the year 2011. An analysis of river flows in Northern Thailand indicates that the hydropower operations ...

A senior American diplomat has criticized China’s string of hydropower dams on the Mekong River, becoming the latest U.S. official to raise alarm about their possible effects on countries downstream.

Charles A. Nittrouer, David J. DeMaster, Emily F. Eidam, Thanh T. Nguyen, J. Paul Liu, Andrea S. Ogston, Phach V. Phung Oceanography, Vol. 30, No. 3, SPECIAL ISSUE ON ...

KNEELING DOWN ON the pavement in Luang Prabang, I rest my swing-basket of sticky rice, warm and damp, on my lap. At this early hour, the light is still colorless and the shadows long. In the distance, ...