Affectionally referred to as the “Mother of Water,” the Mekong River, one of the most important rivers in the world, boasts ...

not Southeast Asia, became the first to dam the main stem of the river. ThailandThe hunger for electricity in Thailand is driving dam construction on the lower Mekong in Laos and Cambodia.

It’s water that’s been stored behind a dam.” River water should instead be full of silt. The Mekong, South-east Asia’s main artery, winds 4,900km through China, Myanmar, Thailand ...

Five years after the Xayaburi dam in northern Laos began operations, the cost of Mekong hydropower is ... Southeast Asia's largest river gives rise to competing, and in some cases conflicting ...