Stretching over 4,000 kilometers from the Tibetan Plateau to the South China Sea, the Mekong River supports more than 60 ...

As Vientiane marks 50 years as the capital of the Lao People’s Republic, here’s what it’s like to live in the laid-back ...

The toxic chemicals released through unregulated rare earths mining include ammonium sulphate, sodium cyanide and mercury that are used for two different types of gold mining ...

As the evidence piles up, scientists are urging Southeast Asia’s governments to wake up to the rare earth pollution crisis.

Local resident Heang Sam Ath was elated to see the construction of a China-funded bridge across Mekong River here in ...

Rare earth mining is illegal in Laos, yet weak oversight and limited civic space have enabled the opening of at least 27 rare ...

We’ll be unpacking an in-depth graphic-led Reuters story that explores the experiences of residents and farmers based along ...

Global demand for rare earth minerals is driving the toxic pollution of some of Asia’s most important rivers, threatening the health and livelihoods of tens of millions of people.

According to the Washington-based Stimson Center, the past decade has seem a spike in unregulated mining activity in Myanmar, ...

For most of her life, 59-year-old farmer Tip Kamlue has irrigated her fields in northern Thailand with the waters of the Kok ...

Sources have requested pseudonyms be used to protect their identity out of fear of retaliation from the government or mining ...

Accelerating salinity intrusion in the Mekong Delta makes scientific clarity on its root causes essential for effective ...