As China Builds, Cambodia’s Forests Fall.
Illegal logging is widespread in Cambodia Efforts to prevent it have had only a limited impact. Much of the wood goes to China. China’s demand for natural resources is being felt in a big… Read More
Tag Archive: Laos
2 Comments
UN reports huge rise in Myanmar opium production.
Conflicting figures! – What do these numbers really say? Myanmar. Myanmar, the region’s largest opium producer and heroin exporter, is the focus of attention and interest of law enforcement and anti-drug advocates. Myanmar… Read More
China will finance Laos Rail Link.
“Game of Thrones”: Laos & Cambodia Stay Close to China. Laotian officials announced Thursday that China and Laos have agreed on a railway project that would cross the Laotian highlands to the Chinese… Read More
Cambodia: Vietnamese investments in the Kingdom of Wonder.
Vietnam is biggest investor in Cambodia, from ASEAN countries. Viet Nam led other ASEAN nations in investments in Cambodia last year, contributing US$631 million out of the total $880 million invested by nations… Read More
Mekong Region: New Species every other Day.
The diversity of life in the Mekong River region of Southeast Asia is astonishing. The Mekong River region includes portions of China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Is so surprising that a… Read More
Laos: Xayaburi delayed once more.
Laos delays Mekong dam project, Japan to conduct study. No one wants to use the word “delay”, but the controversial Xayaburi dam project in Laos will be on hold for at least as… Read More
Cambodia: Gaddafi’s brutal end a signal to SEA?
In opposition circles in Southeast Asia is a lively controversial debate ongoing over the violent end of the more than 40-year Libyan dictatorship of Muammar al-Gaddafi. Many of the ASEAN-countries have longstanding hardliner… Read More
Tonle Sap fliesst aufwärts.
Der Fluss Tonle Sap weist die Besonderheit auf, dass sich seine Fliessrichtung im Lauf des Jahres ändert. Während der Regenzeit führt der Mekong viel Wasser, mit ihm auch der Tonle Sap. Dieser speist… Read More
Proposed Mekong Dams – Quick Facts
More Information: Delay urged for Mekong dams Mekong River Commission
China baut Eisenbahntransversale durch Laos.
In diesem Monat beginnt China mit dem Bau der Eisenbahntrasse, die von Südchina nach Laos führen soll. Die amtliche Nachrichtenagentur Xinhua berichtete am Freitag, dass die 530-Kilometer lange Eisenbahnstrecke die Stadt Xishuangbanna… Read More
