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  • THAILAND

    Lack of data stalls Mekong dam

    News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/12/2021

    » Thailand has yet to start a stage of Procedures for Notification, Prior Consultation and Agreements (PNPCA) for Lao's newest run-of-river Sanakham Dam due to insufficient information from the Chinese project developer, the Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR) has revealed.

  • BUSINESS

    CKP moves forward with planned Laos hydro plant

    Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 16/09/2021

    » CK Power Plc (CKP), a power generation arm of CH Karnchang Plc, is going ahead with its feasibility study to build a hydroelectric power plant near Luang Prabang on the Mekong River in northern Laos following a delay caused by the impact of the pandemic last year.

  • THAILAND

    Power plant shares effects of Cempaka storm

    Published on 27/07/2021

    » Hydroelectric company Xayaburi Power has said that the flow rates of the Mekong river have been affected by Tropical Storm Cempaka and the volumes discharged from the run-of-river Xayaburi Hydroelectric Power Plant reflect the natural flows.

  • OPINION

    Luang Prabang Dam a threat to World Heritage?

    News, Philip Hirsch, Published on 29/06/2021

    » The Lao government is intent on building a dam on the Mekong just upstream of the country’s old royal capital. Despite the project having undergone design work, environmental impact assessment and a prior consultation process managed by the Mekong River Commission (MRC), no heritage impact assessment has been carried out to date — despite requests by Unesco’s World Heritage Centre dating back as far as 2012 that the Lao government should do so. Ahead of next month’s World Heritage Committee meeting in China, of which Thailand is a current member, Unesco has asked that no construction work go ahead on the dam until a full heritage assessment has been completed.

  • THAILAND

    Mekong depth set to dip

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 31/05/2021

    » The Mekong River's depth in Chiang Rai's Chiang Saen district is expected to drop by about 1.3 metres today, as a dam in China's Yunnan province reduced its discharge rate last week, a river monitor warned.

  • LIFE

    Against the currents

    Life, Published on 21/04/2021

    » Through disasters, a fellowship was struck. Ormboon Thipsuna remembers the date well, Aug 12, 2008, when a deluge of water from the Mekong swept through her hometown of Nong Khai and seven riparian northeastern provinces. Considering the rainfall was rather small and the Mekong's gradual seasonal pace of fluctuations, many locals believed the sudden mega-flood, at times water levels went up as high as 13m, was caused by China's dams upstream. Importantly, Ormboon got to know Niwat Roykaew, aka "Kru Tee", founder of the Rak Chiang Khong group based in Chiang Rai province.

  • BUSINESS

    Sharing the Mekong

    Asia focus, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 29/03/2021

    » "The Mekong River is the source of prosperity," an old saying goes, and it was once true for Pongsak Saitongmart. The 69-year-old former fisherman and his family of five largely depended on income from fishing and a vegetable farm fed by water from the Mekong.

  • BUSINESS

    CKP eyes further 5% share in Xayaburi

    Business, Published on 09/03/2021

    » CK Power Plc (CKP) is preparing to acquire an additional 5% share, valued at 1.8 billion baht, in Xayaburi Power Company Ltd (XPCL), which operates a hydropower dam on the Mekong River in Laos, to further invest in renewable energy and generate more long-term revenue.

  • THAILAND

    Thai govt threatens to veto new Lao dam

    News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/12/2020

    » LOEI: Thai authorities are not happy with the potential environmental impact of the planned Sanakham hydroelectric dam in Laos and have hinted they may exercise a section of the Mekong River Agreement to halt the scheme, according to Somkiat Prajamwong, secretary-general of the Office of National Water Resources (ONWR).

  • THAILAND

    Tide turning for Mekong protesters

    News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/12/2020

    » CHIANG RAI: After almost two decades of campaigning against hydro-dams and water projects built on the Mekong River, local civic groups and conservationists finally launched the "Mekong People's Forum," with the hope of moving their campaign to a policy level.

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