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Coal plan sparks ire as Myanmar struggles to keep lights on

September 24, 2018

Opposition to a planned $3 billion coal-fired power plant in eastern Myanmar is highlighting the challenges facing ’s government in crafting a coherent energy policy in one of Asia’s poorest and most electricity-starved countries.
South Korean CSOs Want Government, Company to be Accountable For Lao Dam Disaster

September 24, 2018

Called for their government and the main partner in a joint venture to take responsibility for the deadly breach of an auxiliary dam at the South Korean-backed Xe Pian Xe Namnoy hydropower project in Laos.
Vietnam to increase environment fees on oil, petrol

September 24, 2018

Vietnam will apply higher environmental protection taxes on oil and petroleum products from Jan. 1, 2019 to increase tax collection by over 15,700 billion Vietnamese dong (682.6 million U.S. dollars) a year.
Don’t forget Sombath, says Shui Meng Ng, wife of disappeared Laotian activist

September 24, 2018

The unsolved case of disappeared Laotian development worker Sombath Somphone is brought to light in a documentary that is screening at this year’s FreedomFilmFest in Malaysia
Activists blast Myanmar timber deal: ‘There is no transparency at all’

September 24, 2018

It’s a “shadowy agreement” made by the Myanmar government to allow the export of 5,000 tons of hardwood timber, including 3,000 tons of highly prized teak.
As sand mining grows, Asia’s deltas are sinking, water experts warn

September 24, 2018

The Mekong delta is home to 17 million people, a major source of rice for the region and it underpins a quarter of Vietnam’s GDP – yet most of it is sinking.