Study identifies malaria resistance genes, possible drug targets
A new study of drug resistance in the parasite responsible for roughly half of all malaria cases worldwide has identified more than 80 genes that contribute to resistance, some of which could provide important information for drug development, researchers say.[]In recent years, however, a strain ...
Chris Dall
Thailand aims to boost trade with neighbors by 15% in 2018
Thailand aims to increase trade with countries on its borders by 15% this year, to a record high of 1.5 trillion baht ($50 billion). The government is backing the drive to offset an expected slowdown in overall export growth due to appreciation of the baht ...
APORNRATH PHOONPHONGPHIPHAT
No authority to prevent new Mekong River projects: MRC
The Mekong River Commission does not have the authority to stop projects even if they have trans-boundary effects, delegates to the fourth Green Mekong Forum said on 13 June, while the Thai Irrigation Department presented a water diversion project to fight poverty. If the MRC member states – ...
(English) Southeast Asia’s transparency problem
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More talk on Pak Bang Dam, but is anyone listening?
THE THAI delegation at a meeting this week on a third dam planned for the Lower Mekong River at Pak Bang in Laos urged the Chinese project developer, Datang Corp, to conduct a transboundary study to resolve outstanding issues. The developer appeared hesitant to take ...
Law Enforcement from Mekong Nations Unite as Drug Trafficking Worsens in the Golden Triangle
Law enforcement agencies from Thailand, China, Myanmar and Laos will once again join together to boost measures against drug trafficking, following the worsening situation in northern Thailand. The drugs being carried through the Golden Triangle bore the same characteristics with pills imprinted with a symbol ...
Thailand plans regional infrastructure fund to reduce China dependence
Thailand is taking the lead in creating a regional fund with its neighbors, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, to back infrastructure and other development projects and to lessen reliance on Chinese investment. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is expected to propose the idea to the leaders of ...
Johnson confident in Thai reform bid
UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Boris Johnson has expressed confidence in the kingdom’s reform process and return to democracy, deputy government spokesman Werachon Sukondhapatipak said Monday. []The majority of illegal wildlife products originate in Africa, which smugglers will often transit via Asean ...
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Actions will be taken against migrant workers who fail to register before the end of March
The Thai Ministry of Labour announced that actions will be taken against migrant workers from neighboring countries if they fail to register by March 30. The Thai Ministry of Labour told Channel 3 on March 20 that it has been providing services to register and ...
Burma News Reporter
New power plants blamed for turning Mekong River blue
The Mekong River has turned a bright and striking blue, but this eye-catching sight has raised concerns about the environment and the livelihoods of those living in the region. The Mekong runs for nearly 3,100 miles and flows through China, Laos, Burma, Thailand and Cambodia, filling a ...
Simon Roughneen
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Project to improve agricultural development policy in Mekong subregion
A workshop was held in Hanoi on July 16 to launch a regional project to improve cooperation in policy research, implementation and advocacy in agriculture and rural development in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam. The project “Network for Agriculture and Rural Development Think-tanks for Countries in ...
Dammed Mekong: lasting challenges for the region’s energy security
The recent collapse of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy dam in Laos shows Southeast Asia’s vulnerability to natural disasters and highlights the importance of emergency preparedness, safety regulation, and sustainable development planning in energy security policies. It also demonstrates the growing asymmetry that’s emanating from an economic ...
Mekong countries to seek sustainable tourism by training Cultural Heritage Specialist Guides
The ASEAN-Korea Centre (Secretary General Kim Young-sun) will organize the ‘Mekong Sub-regional Capacity Building Workshop on Cultural Heritage’ from 15 to 20 October in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR. The Workshop will gather government officials in charge of training the cultural heritage specialist guides and developing ...
Eleven Myanmar News Staff
China, neighbors seize 17.6 tonnes of drugs in joint operation
A six-nation joint operation against rampant drug crimes along the Lancang-Mekong region has seized 17.6 tonnes of narcotics and apprehended 15,000 suspects in three months starting May, Chinese police said Thursday. Police have also seized 330.6 tonnes of chemicals to be used in drug manufacturing ...
Where the Silk Roads meet the mighty Mekong
Welcome to the China-Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor, one of the key planks of the New Silk Roads, or Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The apparition on the Mekong is an under-construction bridge, part of the 420 km-long, US$6 billion worth high-speed railway connecting Kunming, in Yunnan ...
Pepe Escobar
Migrant social security discussed
Southeast Asian migrant workers are no longer just emigrating to developed countries, increasingly they’re moving within the region. With cross-border labour migration increasing, the question for governments has been how to ensure their citizens enjoy social security benefits abroad. []In light of this, labour authorities from ...
8th ACMECS Summit pledges to forge regional ties
The leaders of the CLMVT bloc pledged to forge deeper economic ties in the eighth Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation (ACMECS) Summit held on June 15th – 16th. In the keynote address, Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha said at the summit that ACMECS has been working towards ...
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ເດັກນ້ອຍນັກຮຽນໃນວຽງຈັນ, ທະຫານ, ຕຳຫຼວດ ແລະ ລັດຖະກອນ ໄດ້ມີການບໍລິຈາກເລືຶອດຢ່າງເປັນປົກກະຕິເພື່ອສະໜອງໃຫ້ແກ່ໂຮງໝໍພາຍໃນປະເທດ ໂດຍສະເພາະເລືອດທີ່ເປັນທີ່ຕ້ອງການຂອງຜູ້ປະສົບເຄາະຈາກອຸບັດຕິເຫດບົນທ້ອງຖະໜົນ. ເຖິງຢ່າງໃດກໍຕາມການສະໜອງດັ່ງກ່າວແມ່ນຍັງບໍ່ພຽງພໍກັບຄວາມຕ້ອງການ, ເຊິ່ງສ່ວນໃຫຍ່ແມ່ນຍ້ອນການເພີ່ມຂຶ້ນຂອງຈຳນວນຜູ້ບາດເຈັບຈາກອຸບັດຕິເຫດບົນທ້ອງຖະໜົນ. ການເພີ່ມຈຳນວນຢ່າງໄວວາຂອງຜູ້ປະສົບເຄາະດັ່ງກ່າວໄດ້ສ້າງບັນຫາໃຫຍ່ຫຼວງໃຫ້ແກ່ສູນເລືອດແຫ່ງຊາດອົງການກາແດງລາວ ຈາກການປະເມີນປະລິມານເລືອດທີ່ຕ້ອງການ ແລະ ເລືອດທີ່ມີຢູ່ອ່ານຕໍ່ ...
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