Manipulating the Mekong
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CHONG KHNEAS, Cambodia -- A decade ago, Chan Kimoeun could pilot his skiff across the turbid water of the Tonle Sap, stay out for two days and bring home as much as 400 pounds of fish. On this day, he returned from five nights of floating torpor with a mere 50 pounds -- hardly enough to cover the costs of fuel or the rice he cooked during the trip.
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By Nicole C. Wong, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb.
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Two cargo boats sank in Thailand's Mekong River after the water level dropped sharply and exposed hazardous reefs.  The first boat, a Lao vessel, hit a reef and capsized, killing a man and his son, the Bangkok Post reported Monday.
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VIENTIANE, Laos Asia excels at airbrushing its cities for international events. Build a road here, relocate hawker stalls there, close adult entertainment spots and, presto, you&#39;ve overhauled a city&#39;s complexion for a few days.
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Updating Confucius to the stresses of a fast-changing nation.
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The clever, cruel and deadly methods insurgents are using to counteract the U.S.-led surge  -  and the reasons their maneuvers are working
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A non-magical approach to building wealth.
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Communities worldwide are finding ingenious ways of purifying water and getting the most out of their supplies.
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A submersible robot can harvest timber from long-forgotten underwater forests. Clear-cutting never looked so green. By Michael Behar from Wired magazine.
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Why the approach that seems to have worked in Anbar province may not pay off elsewhere
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THAI army helicopters with loudspeakers hovered over remote jungle peaks in the south of the country yesterday, coaxing those who had fled Sundayâs massive tidal wave to come down to safety.
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NUEVO JERUSALEM, Peru -- TomÃÂ¿s Maynas Carijano strolled through his tiny jungle farm, pinching leaves, shaking his head. Rain forest spread lush in all directions -- covering what oil maps call Block 1AB.
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By Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn, Bangkok Post, Tha
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Over exploitation threatens Tonle Sap Lake: PM    PHNOM PENH, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Over exploitation of fisheries and wildlife as well as the increasing population are threatening the Tonle Sap Lake, the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, Prime Minister Hun Sen said here on Monday.
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By Michael Casey, Associated Press  ZHEN
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Vietnam is making a big push to turn itself into an outsourcing powerhouse.
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By Abdul Razak Abu Samah  THE decision to dam the rivers in the vast jungle area in the Klau Valley in Pahang to supply raw water to the Klang Valley is a mistake, the effects of which will only be felt in years to come.  We seem to be going round in a vicious circle.