For most of her life, 59-year-old farmer Tip Kamlue has irrigated her fields in northern Thailand with the waters of the Kok ...
More than 2,400 mines – many of which are operated by Chinese companies – are draining waste into river waters, researchers ...
The study identifies widespread contamination risks in rivers that feed into the Mekong, Salween, and Irrawaddy, including hazardous chemicals such ...
Unregulated mining in Southeast Asia is poisoning key waterways such as the Mekong River with deadly chemicals. New research ...
A new study by the US-based Stimson Centre think tank warns that toxic runoff from thousands of unregulated mining sites ...
A recent study by the Stimson Centre reveals that toxic chemicals from unregulated mining sites are contaminating major rivers in Southeast Asia, endangering millions of lives.
THA TON, Thailand — The Wat Tha Ton Temple sits high above the tourist town of Tha Ton, with a magnificent view of the Kok River valley to the south and an equally impressive view of the river winding ...
Bangkok, Thailand – A surge in rare earth mining in rebel-held pockets of Myanmar supplying Chinese processing plants is being blamed for toxic levels of heavy metals in Thai waterways, including the ...
On Wednesday, the public relations team of the Chiang Mai provincial administration ran a much-criticised public relations campaign showing provincial governor Thosapol Phueanudom eating fish caught ...