By Anton L. Delgado and Aniruddha Ghosal, AP, and published by Yahoo!News Chiang Saen, Thailand – 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 can sell them. Some days Yana earns nothing:
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New mass of water gushing down Mekong river from China
AMID flooding of provinces along Mekong river a warning has been issued that a new wave of water will be flowing down from China through Xayaburi Dam in Laos and reaching Thailand either tonight or in a day or two, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Aug. 15). Although flooding at Chiang Khan district
Read moreCambodia gears up to begin work on controversial canal
By AFP and published by CNA Phnom Penh – Cambodia will start work on a controversial US$1.7 billion canal linking the capital Phnom Penh to the sea in August, Prime Minister Hun Manet said today (May 30). The Chinese-backed Funan Techo Canal has sparked fears in neighbouring Vietnam that it could be used by
Read moreBig lot of meth pills seized from boat at Golden Triangle
A NAVY unit accompanied by Pha Mueang Task Force rangers intercepted a boat on Mekong river flowing through the Golden Triangle and seized around 6.4 million methamphetamine pills last night (Feb. 19), Naewna newspaper said today. Capt. Pakorn Maniam, chief of operations and news department, sent assault boats to patrol Ruak and Mekong rivers
Read moreThai star’s Mekong charity swim raises 56m baht for 2 hospitals
THAI singer, actor and footballer Phakin Khamwilaisak, nicknamed Tono, successfully completed his “One Man and the River” 15-kilometre charity swim to and fro Mekong river today (Oct. 22) raising 56 million baht in donations for a Thai and a Laotian hospital, Naewna newspaper said. At noon today when Tono and his team reached Wat
Read more3 drug runners arrested on Mekong river bank
ACTING on a tip-off Nong Khai police arrested three drug traffickers moments after they had collected sacks packed with 400,000 tablets of methamphetamine, worth 12 million baht, that a boat from Laos had dropped off on the Thai bank of Mekong river, Matichon newspaper said this evening (Sept. 8). Pol. Maj. Gen. Puttipong Musikul,
Read moreMyanmar hosts 1st regional meeting since army takeover
By AP and published by VOA News MYANMAR’S military government today (July 4) hosted the first high-level regional meeting since the army took power last year with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and counterparts from Mekong Delta nations. State broadcaster MRTV reported that Wang met with his colleagues from Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam
Read moreMekong River levels ‘slightly’ rise amid conflicting regional data
By Reuters Staff, published by Todayonline.com THE inter-governmental Mekong River Commission (MRC) said today (Feb. 22) that levels on the vital waterway have “slightly” increased and it would look into why its outflow data from Chinese dams upstream differed from data later given by Beijing. Whether or not China’s 11 dams are harming downstream nations
Read moreTwo boys killed by electric shock in Mekong River
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TWO BOYS WERE ELECTROCUTED and drowned as they were swimming in Mekong River in Chiang Rai yesterday (June 23), police said. The 9-year-old and 11-year-old were among five boys swimming in the ebbing river in Huay Ian village of Wiang Kaen district of the northern province when they were electrocuted in
Read moreLaotian boatmen toss bagful of speed pills on Thai side and flee
A LAOTIAN boat quickly sped away after flinging a sackful of methamphetamine (speed) pills into the bushes near a pier at Mekong river in upper northeastern Mukdahan City which when seized yielded a total of 74,132 tablets of this drug, Naewna newspaper reported today (June 21, 2020). An eagle-eyed local man who saw the whole
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