Mekong Independent

Hun To says he had no decision-making authority in Huione

The politically-connected director of Huione Pay distances himself from the beleaguered company after protests turned violent last month.

May 6, 2026

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Mech Dara
Mech Dara

Poipet raids, firefights leave residents uneasy

May 5, 2026

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Mech Dara
Mech Dara

Vulnerable living conditions worsen as rainy season begins in Rohingya camps

May 2, 2026

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Niyamot Ullah
Niyamot Ullah

The five men and 24 businesses in Kok An sanctions

May 1, 2026

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Mech Dara, Danielle Keeton-Olsen
Mech Dara

Thailand and Cambodia ended their war. The Kui are still measuring the loss

May 1, 2026

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Ru-orn Promprasit
Ru-orn Promprasit

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Apr 29, 2026

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

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Chantal Eco
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Scam briefs: Huione protests continue, Kok An sanctioned

Apr 24, 2026

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Vietnam’s race to go nuclear leaves villagers in limbo

Apr 24, 2026

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

Apr 22, 2026

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Niyamot Ullah
Dance teacher sentenced to jail for royal defamation over Facebook comment

Apr 22, 2026

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Mondulkiri compounds raided, as victims tell their stories

Apr 20, 2026

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Mech Dara
Mech Dara
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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‘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
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Myanmar’s mining boom is poisoning Thailand’s rivers

Apr 7, 2026

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Waste colonialism is alive in Southeast Asia

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

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Sheikh Mehzabin Chitra

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

Mar 10, 2026

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