The Korean peninsula issue, the South China Sea dispute and human rights violations in Myanmar were also of particular concern.
Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
It’s decision time for Southeast Asia as power demand soars
Still stuck on coal, the region is missing out on massive price cuts in renewables, writes Courtney Weatherby
‘Agencies ‘not taking air pollution seriously’
More people killed by pollution than by aids, malaria: world health organisation
New elephant camp to be opened in Myanmar’s central region
It will be opened in Magway region next month as a wildlife-based tourist destination and a wildlife conservation center.
Illegal ivory seized in raid on Luang Prabang shop
Some 73 kgs of ivory products were confiscated from a shop in Luang Prabang recently and the foreign owner detained for suspected trading in elephant ivory.
Laos doubles export of finished timber products
Wood products export increased by 107 percent in 2018 after the government banned the export of unfinished timber.
Mega First’s Laos hydropower project in final stage of completion
Don Sahong dam will have its first turbine installation in March followed by the energy test in June-July.
Kachin blast Chinese statement on dam project
“We talked about the Belt and Road and development projects. But we didn’t say we would not oppose the Myitsone project,” KSDT chairman said. “The Kachin people won’t change their minds.”
From Tibet to the ‘Nine Dragons’, Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is losing sand
A key cause is the years of upstream damming in Cambodia, Laos and China that has removed crucial sediment, local officials and experts said.
Smog serious threat to public health: experts
Authorities must take the air pollution problem in Bangkok seriously and strictly enforce mitigation measures to protect people’s health, academics said, while warning of serious financial costs to match.