Mekong Independent

At the barricade: A mother’s stand against mining in the northern Philippines

Protests by villagers in the northern Philippines have led the Senate to suspend a permit given to a gold miner owned by a UK company.

Apr 27, 2026

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Chantal Eco
Chantal Eco

Scam briefs: Huione protests continue, Kok An sanctioned

Apr 24, 2026

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Danielle Keeton-Olsen, Mech Dara
Danielle Keeton-Olsen

Vietnam’s race to go nuclear leaves villagers in limbo

Apr 24, 2026

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Minh Tran
Minh Tran

Another Rohingya boat tragedy: When desperation meets the world’s silence

Apr 22, 2026

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Niyamot Ullah
Niyamot Ullah

Dance teacher sentenced to jail for royal defamation over Facebook comment

Apr 22, 2026

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Prachatai
Prachatai

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Apr 20, 2026

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Mech Dara
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Job promises broken for young Ugandan worker

Apr 20, 2026

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Mekong Independent
Mekong Independent
Stranded for four months after Mondulkiri compound closed

Apr 20, 2026

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Mekong Independent
Mekong Independent
Mounting debt from scam experience in Cambodia

Apr 20, 2026

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Mekong Independent
Mekong Independent
Court denies activist’s travel request for human rights workshop

Apr 13, 2026

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Prachatai
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‘I have to keep living like this’: Chiang Mai residents struggle to make ends meet amid pollution

Apr 10, 2026

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Wanna Tamthong
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This Indian billionaire is trying to get Trump to drop his bribery charges. Meanwhile, his company is forcing out another Indigenous tribe for coal

Apr 9, 2026

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Laasya Shekhar / The Xylom
Laasya Shekhar / The Xylom
Huione customers wait at NBC for hours demanding account funds

Apr 8, 2026

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Mech Dara, Danielle Keeton-Olsen
Mech Dara
Myanmar’s mining boom is poisoning Thailand’s rivers

Apr 7, 2026

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Pratch Rujivanarom
Pratch Rujivanarom
Huione Pay customers file complaints as NBC says ‘no sufficient basis’ for payback

Apr 5, 2026

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Mekong Independent
Mekong Independent
Cambodia says new law tightens net on online scams

Apr 4, 2026

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Mech Dara
Mech Dara
Panda Bank promises payouts as former board chairman extradited

Apr 2, 2026

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Mech Dara, Danielle Keeton-Olsen
Mech Dara
Waste colonialism is alive in Southeast Asia

Mar 31, 2026

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Isa Lim
Isa Lim
A year after US aid cuts, Thailand’s largest refugee camp struggles to cope

Mar 27, 2026

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HaRDstories, Delta News Agency
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Court orders mining company pay damages to locals

Mar 27, 2026

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Prachatai
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Waste colonialism is alive in Southeast Asia

Mar 31, 2026

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Isa Lim
Isa Lim

Invisible in transit: Rohingya refugees in Thailand’s legal gray zone

Mar 17, 2026

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Sheikh Mehzabin Chitra
Sheikh Mehzabin Chitra

Ugandans in Cambodia take on debt, sell cattle to return home

Mar 10, 2026

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Mech Dara
Mech Dara