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Versailles orchestra plays New York in 'Affair of the Poisons'
AFP, Published on 23/07/2025
» NEW YORK — Acrobatics, fortune tellers, opulent gowns and palace intrigue: the New York debut of the Versailles Royal Opera Orchestra was a performance befitting the era it recalls.
MRC to the rescue
News, Editorial, Published on 12/07/2025
» A planned trip by the Mekong River Commission (MRC), a regional body tasked with overseeing the use of the Mekong River, to evaluate the transboundary water pollution in northern Thailand has given local villagers cause for optimism regarding this crisis.
Health Dept rejects child arsenic level allegations
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/07/2025
» The Department of Health has rejected claims that two children living near the Kok River in Chiang Mai were found with excessive levels of arsenic in their bodies, following growing concerns over heavy metal contamination linked to mining activities in Myanmar.
Mekong River Commission detects heavy metal contamination along the Mekong
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/07/2025
» The Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat is warning about a "moderately serious" situation following the detection of heavy metal contamination in the Mekong River, believed to have originated from poorly regulated mining operations in a self-administered region of Myanmar.
Myanmar ramps up cooperation
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 04/07/2025
» CHIANG MAI: Thailand and Myanmar have agreed to strengthen cooperation on cross-border issues, including heavy metal contamination in the Kok and Sai rivers and the suppression of transnational scam operations.
River contamination tops govt's Chiang Rai to-do list
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 30/06/2025
» The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) will send an expert team to discuss measures to solve arsenic contamination in the Kok River with Myanmar authorities next week, said Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa.
New rules may not change dirty and deadly ship recycling business
AFP, Published on 18/06/2025
» CHITTAGONG — Mizan Hossain fell 10 metres (33-foot) from the top of a ship he was cutting up on Chittagong beach in Bangladesh -- where the majority of the world's maritime giants meet their end -- when the vibrations shook him from the upper deck.
A waterway of life is turning deadly
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/06/2025
» The Kok River, once a lifeline for communities across northern Thailand, is facing an environmental catastrophe.
Toxic Thailand rivers pinned on Myanmar mines
AFP, Published on 11/06/2025
» CHIANG RAI — A sprawling new mine is gouged into the lush rolling hills of northeast Myanmar, where civil war has weakened the government's already feeble writ, and pollution levels are rising downstream in Thailand.
Myanmar response sought on contamination of rivers
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 11/06/2025
» Thailand is waiting for Myanmar's response regarding potential lead and arsenic contamination in the Kok and Sai rivers, says Deputy Interior Minister Theerarat Samrejvanich.