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The Latest Breaking News from Mekong

Fanta-sting Size: The World’s Largest Stingray Is Around The Same Length As A Mini Cooper

The massive ray was caught in the Mekong River, Cambodia, and had a whopping length of 13.04 feet.

Zenger

Myanmar hosts 1st regional meeting since army takeover

Myanmar’s military government has hosted the first high-level regional meeting since the army took power last year with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and counterparts from Mekong Delta nations

The Independent UK

Drug seizures on Mekong river bank

NAKHON PHANOM: Combined patrols of the navy's Mekong Riverine Unit and local security officials seized a total of 1.4 million methamphetamine pills and 482 kilogrammes of dried marijuana in That Phanom and Tha Uthen districts on Monday night.

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A fisherman in Cambodia bagged a 660-pound stingray

The 13-foot monster is the largest freshwater fish ever recorded.

Mic

World’s largest freshwater fish, a giant stingray, caught in Cambodia

The giant stingray measured 4 meters and weighed just under 300 kilograms.

Evening Standard

World's largest freshwater fish, almost 660 pounds, is found in Cambodia

Scientists say a fisherman caught a giant stingray that measured almost 13 feet from snout to tail in the Mekong River.

WEKU

Stingray caught in Mekong believed world’s largest freshwater fish

For 17 years, Zeb Hogan, a biologist, has been searching for the world’s largest freshwater fish. On June 13, his team found it — a giant freshwater stingray, or Urogymnus polylepis.

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World’s largest freshwater fish found in Cambodia

Scientists say the world’s largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia

The Hindu

Massive stingray weighing 300kg and 13 feet long is world's BIGGEST freshwater fish

The enormous stingray, netted on the Mekong River in Cambodia, took around a dozen men to haul onto land and has been christened Boramy, meaning 'full moon' in the Khmer language

Daily Mirror

Cambodian Catches World’s Largest Recorded Freshwater Fish

The world’s largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia, according to scientists from the Southeast Asian nation and the United States. The stingray, captured on June 13, measured almost four meters (13 feet) from snout to tail and weighed slightly under…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cambodian catches world's largest recorded freshwater fish

Scientists say the world’s largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia

The Independent UK

Mekong villagers land heaviest ever freshwater fish

Cambodian villagers on the Mekong River have caught what researchers say is the world's biggest freshwater fish ever recorded, a stingray that weighed in at 300kg (661 lb) and took around a dozen men to haul to shore.

Reuters

Stingray tale harks to Mekong risks

Before she helped to release a 181-kilogramme giant stingray back into the Mekong River in May, Chea Seila had only seen parts of the pancaked-shape fish before -- sliced and being sold at local markets in Cambodia.

Bangkok Post

Mekong River in jeopardy: Sand-pumping operations ravage ecosystem

The Mekong is one of the largest rivers in the world, beginning in China and flowing through Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. Nearly 70 million people in Asia are dependent on its waters for fishing or to irrigate their rice fields. But this watery giant is threatened due to the dredging…

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A win for Kru Ti and the Mekong River

Over the past 20 years, Niwat Roykaew, a teacher, activist and founder of the Chiang Khong Conservation Group in Chiang Rai province has been campaigning to bolster the grassroots movement he initiated to protect the Mekong River, a crucial lifeline for countries in the Mekong Region.

Bangkok Post

Niwat award a call to act

After two decades of campaigning to protect the Mekong River, Niwat Roykaew, a local teacher and founder of the Chiang Khong Conservation Group in Chiang Rai, finally received the accolade he deserved. Mr Niwat was one of six recipients of this year's Goldman Environmental Prize, a prestigious award for grassroots…

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Tied, gagged body found in Mekong river

NAKHON PHANOM: A dead man who had been tied, gagged and hit on the head was found floating near the bank of the Mekong river in Muang district of this northeastern border province on Sunday.

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Fishermen hook giant stingray

Cambodian fishermen on the Mekong River got a shock when they hooked a giant stingray four metres long and weighing 180 kilos, scientists said on Wednesday.

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Cambodian fishermen hook giant endangered stingray in Mekong

Cambodian fishermen on the Mekong River got a shock when they inadvertently hooked an endangered giant freshwater stingray four metres long and weighing 180 kilos, scientists said on Wednesday.

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CKP to build hydropower plant near Luang Prabang

CK Power Plc (CKP), the power generation arm of construction firm CH Karnchang Plc, expects to start building a new hydropower plant near Luang Prabang on the Mekong River in northern Laos as it joins the global trend of focusing more on clean energy.

Bangkok Post

UN forges bonds in war on drugs

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is seeking closer cooperation with Thailand to tackle narcotics issues in the region.

Bangkok Post

Tourists throng beach on Mekong River

NAKHON PHANOM: Tourists thronged a sandy beach on an island in the Mekong River on Saturday, generating hundreds of thousands of baht a day at the attraction in That Phanom district.

Bangkok Post

Search for woman, young daughter missing in Mekong river

NAKHON PHANOM: The search continued on Monday for a woman seen jumping into the Mekong river, taking her 7-year-old daughter with her, from a moored boat in That Phanom district on Sunday afternoon.

The Independent UK

An eco-cruise along Vietnam’s Mekong River

With an alternative route, small carbon footprint and efforts to benefit small, off-the-beaten-track communities, this is no ordinary cruise, writes Claire Boobbyer

Bangkok Post

Receding Mekong exposes 'Buddha footprints'

NAKHON PHANOM: Local residents and tourists have been paying homage to a rock formation said to contain footprints of the Lord Buddha, now visible above the water in the middle of the Mekong River, which has dropped to just one metre deep.

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