According to the Washington-based Stimson Center, the past decade has seem a spike in unregulated mining activity in Myanmar, ...

Research from the United States-based Stimson Center think tank marks the first comprehensive study of potentially polluting mines in mainland Southeast Asia.

If the river could cry, it would have cried already. But now it is me who can no longer hold back tears -- because I can no longer use the Mekong River." ...

More than 2,400 mines – many of which are operated by Chinese companies – are draining waste into river waters, researchers ...