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Alleged wildlife smuggling kingpin jailed
Associated Press, Published on 12/05/2018
» A court has sentenced a man believed to be a kingpin in the illicit wildlife trade to two years in prison for smuggling rhinoceros horns, according to an organisation that works with police to combat trafficking.
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Exile's parents seek information on his disappearance
Associated Press, Published on 13/05/2019
» The parents of a self-exiled Thai activist who disappeared after reportedly being extradited from Vietnam visited government offices and diplomatic missions in Bangkok on Monday to seek information about his fate.
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Police say bodies from river were missing activists
Associated Press, Published on 22/01/2019
» Police say DNA tests show that two bodies found washed up on the shore of the Mekong River in Nakhon Phanom province are the corpses of anti-government activists.
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Cambodia's biggest hydropower dam now producing electricity
Associated Press, Published on 17/12/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's largest hydropower project officially began producing electricity Monday as the country tries to increase its energy capacity to reduce energy imports and help jump-start industrial expansion.
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Census finds increase in Irrawaddy dolphins
Associated Press, Published on 23/04/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's government and a major conservation group say the number of critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins along a stretch of the Mekong River has increased for the first time in 20 years but the animals still face serious threats.
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New dam in Cambodia 'would destroy Mekong'
Associated Press, Published on 18/05/2018
» A Chinese-backed plan for Cambodia to build the Mekong River's biggest dam would destroy fisheries that feed millions and worsen tensions with Vietnam, the downstream country with most to lose from dams on the waterway, according to a three-year study commissioned by the Cambodian government.
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Nest of endangered giant softshell turtle found in Cambodia
Associated Press, Published on 19/12/2017
» PHNOM PENH: Conservationists have found a nest of the endangered Asian giant softshell turtle on a Mekong River sandbar in northeastern Cambodia, while 115 new species of various other animal and plant life have been discovered in the greater Mekong region.
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Superbug's spread to Vietnam threatens malaria control
Associated Press, Published on 21/09/2017
» HANOI: Vietnam's main malaria treatment is failing at an alarming rate because of a highly drug-resistant superbug that has spread into the southern part of the country from western Cambodia, scientists said Thursday.
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Vietnam elects first chairwoman of parliament
Associated Press, Published on 31/03/2016
» HANOI -- Vietnam has elected Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan as chairwoman of the National Assembly, making her the first woman to lead the Communist-dominated legislature, the assembly said on its website.
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Vietnam warns of dire impact from planned Mekong dams
Associated Press, Published on 05/04/2016
» HANOI -- Vietnam has predicted “very high adverse effects” on the Mekong River environment and economy if 11 proposed dams are built on its lower mainstream.
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