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The onset of the annual burning season in South-East Asia has prompted significant alarm over its detrimental effects on air quality and public health.
The practice is illegal, and experts warn it threatens fish populations in the region.
Police in Tonpheung district, Laos' northern province of Bokeo have recently apprehended two suspects and seized 166 bags of crystal methamphetamine weighing 166kg, reported Lao media on March 26.
Several Buddha statues of unknown age and origin were retrieved from the Mekong River’s shore in Tonpheung district in northern Laos’ Bokeo province.
An office site in the special economic zone has already been selected, a government official said.