In late 2012, after years of denials, Laotian officials admitted that construction of the Thai-financed Xayaburi dam, on a remote stretch of the Mekong in northern Laos, was under way. New dams ...

The Mekong giant catfish is the official freshwater heavyweight champion of the world. According to the Guinness Book of Records, a nine-foot-long individual caught in northern Thailand in 2005 ...

Follow her on 𝕏, @CarolynCowan11. Banner image: The Mekong River flows between northern Thailand, Laos and Myanmar at the meeting point of the three countries, known locally as the “golden ...

The captured fish were apparently migrating from their floodplain habitats near Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake northward along the Mekong River, likely to spawning grounds in northern Cambodia ...

SINGAPORE: The ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC) issued a "Level 1" alert on Thursday (Jan 2), warning of hotspots and haze in northern ... most parts of the Mekong sub-region as ...

The ecosystems range from the forested mountains of the Eastern Himalayas and Annamites, to the vast floodplain of the Mekong - Tonle Sap basin and the delta of the Ayeyarwady, from the wilderness of ...

Chiang Saen, Thailand: Where the Mekong’s plastic problem peaks In northern Thailand, the Mekong flows past Chiang Saen near the Golden Triangle, where Thailand, Myanmar and Laos converge. Here, ...

Law enforcement departments from China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand conduct the "Vision 2024" joint crackdown action exercise against illegal activities in the Mekong River region in Muong Mom ...

While the centre’s primary focus is on northern Thailand, it aims to expand its reach to the Greater Mekong Subregion in the future, she added.