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Laos2 months ago

Minister orders investigation into head-on collision in Sa Kaew killing 11

PHOTO: Thai PBS World Following a collision between an articulated truck and a passenger van killing 11 people and injured 4 yesterday morning, the Transport Minister...
Laos2 months ago

11 die in early morning passenger van collision in Sa Kaew

PHOTOS: The Nation Eleven people have been killed and four others seriously injured after a chartered van carrying Lao workers collided with an 18 wheel truck...
Cambodia3 months ago

Dams, politics and greed are killing the mighty Mekong River

Original story by Piyaporn Wongruang – The Nation | PHOTO: Sophie et Fred Dr Chainarong Setthachua, a lecturer and ecology expert at Maha Sarakham University, was at...
Crime3 months ago

Thai police in the Laos capital searching for gold thieves

Khon Kaen provincial police headed over the Laotian border to the Laos capital Vientiane after learning that a pair of Thai gold shop robbers had fled...
Business News3 months ago

Xayaburi Dam owners say they’re not responsible for dry Mekong River

PHOTO: The Laotian Times CK Power, operators of the new Xayaburi Dam in Laos, are denying their dam tests (running from July 15 until tomorrow) are...
Environment3 months ago

Builders of Laos dam say they’re not responsible for lack of flow in Mekong River

Both the government of Laos and the builders of the Xayaburi dam are dismissing allegations that damming of the Mekong River, for the trial run of...
Environment3 months ago

A year after the Laos dam collapse homeless survivors wait for help

PHOTO: World Rainforest Movement A year ago, a dam at the Xe Pian Xe Namnoy hydroelectric project in southern Laos collapsed under pressure of rising monsoon...
Environment3 months ago

Mekong River drops to lowest level in a century around Thai, Lao, Myanmar border

Water levels in the Mekong River are now at the lowest point in a century as of July 19, lower than a record set in April...
Crime3 months ago

Booming regional meth industry – Thailand, Myanmar, China and Laos

A UN Office of Drugs and Crime report released last week states that the methamphetamine trade is now worth between US$30-61 billion per year in East...
Environment3 months ago

Thai PM has “grave concerns”, orders army to be on standby over drought in north

PHOTO: Thai army water trucks are on standby to help northern farmers Acknowledging the severity of the potential crisis looking over northern and north-eastern provinces, PM...
Laos3 months ago

Heading south at speed: The China–Laos railway

by Selina Ho, NUS Laos is dependent on China to bankroll the US$7 billion project, raising concerns of being caught in a debt trap The Kunming-Vientiane...
Cambodia4 months ago

Tropical storm ‘Mun’ to affect north and north-east Thailand

The TMD (Thai Meteorological Department) has issued a warning this morning relating to possible impacts of tropical storm ‘Mun’. The TMD reports that the tropical storm...
Chiang Rai News4 months ago

Truck spraying stepped up to prevent swine fever from entering Thailand

Officials at the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge border checkpoint are stepping spraying and checking trucks in an attempt to prevent African Swine Fever from spreading into Thailand...
Cambodia4 months ago

Thailand’s dengue fever cases “double the five year average” – epidemic declared

“The situation is also the same in Thailand’s neighbour countries.” The Department of Disease Control on Friday has declared a dengue fever epidemic this year. From...

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