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news Against the currents The Bangkok Post © The Bangkok Post For people living along the Mekong, the river is their ‘mother’. Photos: Piyanan Jitjang and courtesy of the Mekong Butterfly Through disasters, a fellowship was struck. Ormboon Thipsuna remembers the date well, Aug 12, 2008, when a deluge of water from the Mekong swept through her hometown of Nong Khai and seven riparian northeastern provinces. Considering the rainfall was rather small and the Mekong’s gradual seasonal pace of fluctuations, many locals believed the sudden mega-flood, at times water levels ...

Feel the people's power flow Feel the people's power flow This two-part series explores people living along the Mekong and its tributaries who have embarked on a crusade to save their source of life and livelihoods published : 14 Apr 2021 at 04:00 The wetland forest of Boon Rueang community in Chiang Rai province has long served as a 'kitchen supermarket' for locals. (Photos courtesy of Phitchayetsaphong Khurupratchamak and Kitti Treeraj) Amid the jubilation, there was a brief moment of uneasiness. Last September, during a ceremony to award the United Nations Dev...