Story Archive
2020-12-31
Travel by boat is now blocked along a scenic stretch of the Nam Ou River, as dam operators hold back water needed for power generation.
2020-12-30
Migrants say they want to return home, but borders remain closed.
2020-12-29
Phou Ngoy Dam will be the seventh of nine planned mainstream Mekong dams.
2020-12-23
The group are the latest to enter Thailand illegally trying to get home after losing their jobs amid fears of the spread of COVID-19.
2020-12-18
The attempted trip home was 'difficult and dangerous,' one man says after fishing work dried up in Malaysia in November.
2020-12-16
Data could be used to hold China accountable for impact of 11 upstream dams.
2020-12-15
A former UN rights monitor calls the Lao government's refusal to investigate a “disgrace."
2020-12-10
The situation is “getting worse,” experts say, while the government blames lack of progress on COVID-19.
2020-12-08
As borders were closing, they missed chances to get home as the Lao embassy took over travel arrangements.
2020-12-04
They come back after living under harsh conditions in the forest, but are not allowed to replace homes torn down by village authorities after they refused to renounce their faith.
2020-12-03
Experts say Thailand can prevent dam construction as it is the intended market for the power.
2020-12-03
Officials say a truck smuggling fireworks exploded during an inspection at a Lao customs facility.
