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2.3m speed pills seized on Mekong river bank, smugglers flee
Online Reporters, Published on 11/02/2026
» A navy patrol seized about 2.3 million speed pills abandoned by fleeing smugglers on the banks of the Mekong River in Muang district of Nong Khai in the early hours of Wednesday.
400kg of 'ice' seized in Northeast
Online Reporters, Published on 02/02/2026
» NONG KHAI - Border patrols have seized a total of 400 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, known as “ice”, left for collection on the bank of the Mekong River by smugglers.
EXCLUSIVE: Endangered flat-headed cat sighted after 29 years
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 26/12/2025
» The endangered flat-headed cat, also one of the world's rarest wild felines, has been rediscovered in southern Thailand for the first time in nearly three decades, Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) and Panthera Thailand, the global wild cat conservation organisation, announced in time for Thailand Wildlife Protection Day, which is tomorrow.
Ocean Cleanup Marks One Year on Chao Phraya
Published on 19/05/2025
» BANGKOK, May 2025 – The Ocean Cleanup partnership on the Chao Phraya River is marking one year since the deployment of its first Interceptor™ in Thailand—part of a broader research collaboration aimed at tackling plastic pollution in one of the world’s busiest working rivers.
PM set to push transport megaprojects
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 28/04/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is pushing for transport megaprojects in the Northeast to coincide with a mobile cabinet meeting in Nakhon Phanom on Tuesday.
PM heads to Thailand's Northeast to tackle trade, tourism, drug issues
Online Reporters, Published on 27/04/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will lead her cabinet to the northeastern provinces of Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom, and Mukdahan on Monday to inspect key projects and review local challenges ahead of a mobile cabinet meeting scheduled the following day in Nakhon Phanom.
Cambodian canal's impact on Mekong questioned
Published on 23/04/2025
» HANOI - The authority overseeing the transnational Mekong River wants Cambodia to share a feasibility study on the impact of a planned China-backed canal that would divert water from the rice-growing floodplains of Vietnam's Mekong Delta to the Gulf of Thailand.
Live gem resurfaces
Life, John Clewley, Published on 11/03/2025
» Cameroonian musician, composer and songwriter Manu Dibango passed away in 2020 at the age of 86. His career and life were extraordinary. He was one of the most celebrated African musicians alongside Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Fela Kuti, Frnaco and Youssou N'Dour. He was known as the most sampled of all African musicians.
The sounds of Kinshasa
Life, John Clewley, Published on 18/02/2025
» Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is one of Africa's centres for music. With a population estimated at 17 million, the city is a melting pot of ethnicities and cultures.
Riverine 6 strengthen ties
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 02/09/2024
» Six countries along the Mekong River -- Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand -- have committed to working together to tackle fake news and cybercrime and also better protect the young online through shared legislation.