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STUNG TRENG & KRATIE, CAMBODIA – Communities that relied on fishing in the Mekong River along the Cambodia-Laos border have seen their catches – and incomes – drop dramatically since work started on the Don Sahong hydropower dam in Laos. [1]

STUNG TRENG, CAMBODIA – Two years after the last Irrawaddy dolphin was found dead in a transboundary pool in the Mekong River on the Cambodia-Laos border, the villagers who once relied on the dolphins to attract eco-tourists have a new plan to get vi... [2]

STUNG TRENG, CAMBODIA – An economic land concession granted in 2018 has failed to deliver development and prosperity to local communities, who now face an uncertain fate after being ordered by authorities to vacate their houses and leave their land. [3]

STUNG TRENG, CAMBODIA – Declining fish stocks in Cambodia have disrupted the lives of women in the fisheries sector and caused them financial difficulties. [4]

STUNG TRENG, Cambodia -- Sam In, a 48-year-old rice farmer from Cambodia's northeastern province of Stung Treng, never knew that people paid for water until he was forced to move out of his home on the banks of a Mekong River tributary two years ago. [5]

Wave from Laos dam collapse hits Cambodia Evacuations underway in the northeastern province of Stung Treng, on the border with Laos. Rescuers' efforts continue. 27 dead are ascertained; 131 missing. [6]

Mainland Southeast Asia is home to some of the world’s most biodiverse rivers, including the transboundary Mekong and Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady, which sustain local communities and ecosystems and are home to the endangered Irrawaddy dolphin. [7]

Second Army Region Commander Lt-Gen Weerayuth Raksilp issued an order on Sunday night, effective from midnight, forbidding the delivery of fuel and strategic goods into Laos through the Chong Mek border checkpoint in Sirindhorn district of the northe... [8]

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[1] TH mekongeye.com · 2023-02-27 · 85% match

Cambodia’s fishing industry under threat as catches shrink

STUNG TRENG & KRATIE, CAMBODIA – Communities that relied on fishing in the Mekong River along the Cambodia-Laos border have seen their catches – and incomes – drop dramatically since work started on the Don Sahong hydropower dam in Laos.

[2] TH mekongeye.com · 2024-04-01 · 75% match

Cambodian villagers plan new attraction after last dolphin dies

STUNG TRENG, CAMBODIA – Two years after the last Irrawaddy dolphin was found dead in a transboundary pool in the Mekong River on the Cambodia-Laos border, the villagers who once relied on the dolphins to attract eco-tourists have a new plan to get vi

[3] TH mekongeye.com · 2024-09-02 · 75% match

Failed Cambodian land concession leads to eviction threat

STUNG TRENG, CAMBODIA – An economic land concession granted in 2018 has failed to deliver development and prosperity to local communities, who now face an uncertain fate after being ordered by authorities to vacate their houses and leave their land.

[4] TH mekongeye.com · 2023-08-07 · 75% match

Women hit hard by declining fish catches in Cambodia

STUNG TRENG, CAMBODIA – Declining fish stocks in Cambodia have disrupted the lives of women in the fisheries sector and caused them financial difficulties.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-05-09 · 73% match

Mekong River nations face the hidden costs of China's dams

STUNG TRENG, Cambodia -- Sam In, a 48-year-old rice farmer from Cambodia's northeastern province of Stung Treng, never knew that people paid for water until he was forced to move out of his home on the banks of a Mekong River tributary two years ago.

[6] MM asianews.it · 71% match

Wave from Laos dam collapse hits Cambodia

Wave from Laos dam collapse hits Cambodia Evacuations underway in the northeastern province of Stung Treng, on the border with Laos. Rescuers' efforts continue. 27 dead are ascertained; 131 missing.

[7] TH mekongeye.com · 2025-04-07 · 40% match

The fight to save endangered river dolphins gathers pace

Mainland Southeast Asia is home to some of the world’s most biodiverse rivers, including the transboundary Mekong and Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady, which sustain local communities and ecosystems and are home to the endangered Irrawaddy dolphin.

[8] TH world.thaipbs.or.th · 2025-12-15 · 40% match

Fuel shipments to Laos halted at Chong Mek amid Cambodia tensions

Second Army Region Commander Lt-Gen Weerayuth Raksilp issued an order on Sunday night, effective from midnight, forbidding the delivery of fuel and strategic goods into Laos through the Chong Mek border checkpoint in Sirindhorn district of the northe

[9] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2025-12-16 · 40% match

Thailand halts fuel exports at Chong Mek border as fighting escalates near Cambodia

UBON RATCHATHANI, Thailand – Hundreds of tanker trucks are stranded at the Chong Mek border crossing after Thailand’s Second Army Area Command

[10] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2015-06-20 · 40% match

Thai entrepreneurs to strike deals with Cambodian counterparts

SURIN, June 2015 – Entrepreneurs from the northeastern provinces of Thailand are set to establish a cooperation in agricultural products and business matching, at a meeting in Cambodia later this month.

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