New data released by Thailand shows that in some tributaries, arsenic concentrations caused by active mining operations ...

Toxic runoff from rare earth mines in Myanmar is contaminating rivers that flow into Thailand, threatening the Mekong River ...

By Pham Phan Long Southeast Asia’s growing demand for rare earth elements and gold, driven by global needs in electronics, ...

CHIANG RAI - The golden shores of the Mekong River are facing a silent, invisible threat. Recent environmental studies and high-level discussions in Chiang ...

Dec. 3 (UPI) --Unregulated mining across the Mekong region is accelerating at a pace that environmental researchers warn is outstripping governance, enforcement and ecological safeguards. From Myanmar ...

(Reuters) -Cambodia should share a feasibility study on the impact of a planned China-backed canal that would divert water from the rice-growing floodplains of Vietnam's Mekong Delta, said the body ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Water levels in the Mekong River have fallen to a "worrying level" in part due to outflow restrictions from Chinese hydropower dams upstream, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) said ...

Many millions depend on the river but toxic run-off from mining for modern technology - including for war - could be an ...