Marcus Tantau from Templeton Research sees maritime Southeast Asia faring well, but predicts mixed fortunes for the mainland ...

2024 was a grim year for conservation and its champions across Southeast Asia, as deforestation surged due to infrastructure, agriculture, logging and mining, threatening critical ecosystems and ...

This piece is part of a series of articles covering the medieval and early modern great powers of each of Asia’s regions: East Asia, Central and North Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and West Asia ...

With upstream accountability elusive, Thailand could emerge as a pragmatic leader on Mekong and Salween river protection.

For much of prehistory, Southeast Asia was not a scattering of islands separated by shallow seas. It was a single, immense landmass—low, fertile, and threaded with rivers—stretching from the Asian ...

Studying microscopic layers of dirt dug from the Tam Pa Ling cave site in northeastern Laos has provided a team of archaeologists further insights into some of the earliest evidence of Homo sapiens in ...

New research shows over 2,400 mines along mainland Southeast Asia rivers Mines may be releasing deadly chemicals into river water, says Stimson Center think-tank Many rare earths mines operate with ...

Rare-earth mining in Myanmar is polluting the Mekong River with toxic metals, threatening ecosystems, food security, and water supplies across mainland Southeast Asia.Ecologists are warning that ...