'Postpone construction of Xayaburi dam for 10 years'
When the Xayaburi dam in Laos gets approval from Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand, it will mark the start of a doomsday scenario that will see another 10 dams built in the Lower Mekong.
The government of Laos is sticking to the plan to build a large dam in the Mekong River. The Mekong is the largest river in Southeast Asia, an important part of the population of Thailand, among others, depends on this river for their livelihoods. Consultations with neighboring countries Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, who fear the consequences for the river's water management and ecology, have so far yielded nothing. Riparian States Yesterday is…
Thailand expels Hmong to Laos
More than 4.000 Hmong, some of whom have been living in refugee camps for thirty years, have been deported by Thailand to Laos. Ethnic minority in Thailand Hmong are an ethnic minority in Thailand, originating in southern China. Members of this group also live in Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar. They are also called a mountain people because most Hmong live in areas above 1000 meters on mountain tops or ridges. International protests have long been against the…
