Mekong Independent
  • About
  • Articles
  • Border-fuelled politics disrupts families’, businesses’ futures

    Border-fuelled politics disrupts families’, businesses’ futures

    Oct 15, 2025

    /

    Meng Kroypunlok, Anna Lawattanatrakul
    Meng Kroypunlok

    Mekong Indy and Prachatai talk to employers and migrant workers bracing for financial strain due to the ongoing Thai-Cambodia border conflict.

  • Fragile Peace Teeters at Metta Forest Pagoda

    Fragile Peace Teeters at Metta Forest Pagoda

    Jul 4, 2025

    /

    Meng Kroypunlok, Danielle Keeton-Olsen
    Meng Kroypunlok

    Prum Socheat throws a meditation pad on the floor of the Metta Forest pagoda and squats, flipping through photos collected from pagoda events. The lead monk acts as a school teacher reciting a story to his class, and on April 8, his class was two journalists. The early photos are from community events: worshippers ceremonially…

Donate

Contribute to journalists reporting in Southeast Asia

Mekong Independent

Fearless journalism in Southeast Asia

Contributors

  • Dialogue Earth
  • HaRDstories
  • Mekong Eye
  • Mongabay
  • Prachatai

Social

  • Facebook
  • Twitter