Story Archive
2009-12-24
Officially, the military regime fights drug production in Shan State, Burma, but our reporters meet with local residents who expose the army as a main participant in the manufacturing process.
2009-12-18
In Ubon Tatchathani province, Thailand, construction of the Pak Mun dam was so disastrous for the local economy that it stalled all new dam projects across the country.
2009-12-18
A poor rice farmer in Ubon Tatchathani province, Thailand, wins a 32-year battle over a dam that flooded her land. Grandma Hai tells all.
2009-12-18
China stakes a claim in Chiang Rai province, Thailand, with its new casinos.
2009-12-11
A fishing community in Chiang Khong, Thailand, talks about changes in the ecology of the river that make it difficult to continue the traditions of their trade. The Mekong catfish, a monster that can reach nine feet in length and over 650 lbs in weight, has been endangered since 2004. But is their scarcity due to overfishing, industrial development upstream, or climate change?
2009-12-10
In northeastern Burma’s Shan state, our Mekong team speaks with the Lahu minority people about being forced into difficult, often deadly service to the Burmese army.
2009-12-07
Experts say two-thirds of Himalayan glaciers could melt over the next 40 years. The Mekong team treks to the Mingyong Glacier in northern Yunnan, China, a 12-km sheet of ice.
2009-12-03
Flowing for the first time through this regional capital in Yunnan province, China, the Lancang provides electricity to neighboring Thailand while an ethnic minority produces rubber.
2009-12-02
As the Mekong changes its name and wends through the highlands of Yunnan province, the massive scale of China’s plans to dam the mighty river are readily apparent.
2009-11-25
An activist holes up in Japan's international airport after being refused re-entry to China by authorities.
2009-11-20
Nomads describe the ancient practices of water burial and sky burial, threatened by China's policies in Tibet.
2009-11-01
The ancestral lifestyle of the Khampa nomads in Tibet is threatened by a forced modernization.
2009-11-01
Dzachu, Tibetan for the Mekong River, is said to be sacred by nomads living on the Qinghai plateau.
2009-10-09
Coercion, graft, and underage recruits: Former soldiers describe widespread abuses.
2009-10-09
The Tibetan spiritual leader meets with top U.S. lawmakers but not with President Obama, who will go to China in November.