Probe International

(June 3, 2000) The Memorandum of Understanding for the purchase of electricity from Nam Theun 2 … followed years of wrangling during which Laos understandably tried to secure the highest possible price for what will become the country’s main foreign exchanger earner

(June 2, 2000) Decommissioning the Pak Moon dam would have a trivial impact on electricity prices, a Kasetsart University lecturer said yesterday.

(June 1, 2000) The Pak Mun Dam has emerged as a critical challenge to the assumed premium of dam development over preservation of an existing river ecology. It has been suggested that the Dam be decommissioned, that is, removed from active generating service, to allow the river to flow free.

(May 27, 2000) Thailand and Laos will set up a joint land and river patrol along their common borders to check the flow of drugs, which threatens both social well-being and security.

(May 27, 2000) Thailand yesterday signed an agreement to buy electricity from Laos’ Nam Theun 2 dam in a move that will put five billion baht into the coffers of the cash-strapped country.

(May 24, 2000) The National Assembly, often criticised as a rubber-stamp parliament, has confounded its critics by putting the brakes on a massive hydro-electric power scheme previously touted as essential to northern Vietnam’s economic growth.

(May 22, 2000) NGOs express concern about plans between the Royal Thai Government and Burma’s State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) to develop a dam project on the Salween River in Burma.