The pulse of Southeast Asia beats through the mighty Mekong River. For thousands of years, this massive waterway has nourished civilizations, shaped cultures, and sustained livelihoods from the ...

The Mekong River faces growing threats from dam construction, sand mining, climate change and the decline of international aid. Citizen science — grassroots data collection and local knowledge ...

Slip into the slow pace of life in Laos, where a new Mekong cruise follows the river’s course past the pagoda-studded world heritage city of Luang Prabang, into a less-explored stretch of the waterway ...

This story was originally published by New Security Beat on July 17, 2025. For decades, China has been the dominant force in hydropower development across the Mekong subregion, financing, and ...

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Don Sahong dam uses flawed and incomplete research and will put at risk the Mekong River’s fisheries and 60 million people. Phnom Penh, Cambodia – New WWF ...

I first began covering the Mekong River in Southeast Asia almost two decades ago, encountering fish so immense they seemed almost mythical: giant freshwater stingrays weighing as much as a grand piano ...