Selected media article for 2015

Villagers accuse authorities threatened them not to protest against the Lower Sesan 2 dam, Khmer, informal translation in English, 7th April 2015

Selected media article for 2013

3S rivers

Warning informed of Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology about the weather and flood situation, Khmer-18, September 2013

Authority in Ratanakiri Province informed to people who living along the riverside be careful of flooding, Khmer- 17th, September 2013

Workers begin clearing land for Lower Sesan 2 hydropower dam in Stung Treng, Cambodia-Cambodia daily, September 10, 2013

Forest Cleared for Lower Sesan 2 dam construction in Stung Treng province-September 5, 2013

The open letter was submitted together with the statement of recommendations from the Regional Public Forum (entitled Mekong and 3S Hydropower Dams: “People’s Voices Across Borders on River Crisis and Way Forward”) to Joint Committee Members of the Member Countries (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam) -August 15^th  2013

International donors, including the U.S., Australia, the European Union and the World Bank, have urged the Cambo­dian government to redesign a massive hydropower project in Stung Treng province – Cambodia daily, July, 4th 2013

Report of informal donors meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on June, 27-28, 2013

The Development Partners’ statement delivered at the MRC informal donors meeting – 27-28, 2013

The link to the statement of recommendations from the Regional Public Forum on the MRC website can be found now-June 2013

http://www.mrcmekong.org/about-the-mrc/programmes/initiative-on-sustainable-hydropower/strategic-environmental-assessment-of-mainstream-dams/sea-petitions-and-mrc-responses/

Lies, threats at dam site-Phnom Penh post , April 8th 2013

Officials from the Stung Treng provincial forestry administration have warned a local commune chief against speaking to the media about the clearing of trees of a giant hydropower dam in the area - open development Cambodia 3rd April 2013

Questions follow on heels of hydropower dam Sesan 2 vote-Phnom Penh Post, February 18th, 2013

Mekong Mainstream 

More than 140 NGOs have called on the Mekong River Commission to freeze all hydropower damn construction in the Lower Mekong River -Phnom Penh Post, August 6th, 2013

Selected media articles from 2012

Cambodian Royal Group and Chinese Hydrolancang International Energy on Monday signed a joint- venture agreement to build a 400-megawatt hydropower dam-Global times, November 26th, 2012

Community affected by the proposed LS2 dam request a more appropriate location for their resettlement – Radio Free Asia 27 Jan 2012 (Khmer language report with audio)
Work on the LS2 begins (also available in Khmer language) – Cambodia Daily 20 Jan 2012
Largest ever Cambodian solar project launched – Phnom Penh Post 18 Jan 2012

Selected media articles from 2011
Kingdom pushes power grid – PPPost 21 Dec 2011
Development is for other people – China Dialogue 15 Sept 2011
LS2 Battle for the 3S Rivers – Cambodia Daily 11 Sept 2011
Oh My News – 23 Aug 2011 (Korean language)
Media Blog by Stella Hong from Caixin Media – Aug 2011 (Chinese language)
Sesan 2 behind schedule – Saigon Times – 9 Aug 2011
Cambodian Women Speak Up on Lower Sesan 2 dam – WeNews 4 July 2011
Electricity for Vietnam – PPPost 01 June 2011
Construction nears for Sesan 2 – PPPost 24 Jan 2011

Selected media articles from 2010
Cambodia dams threat – PPPost 03 Nov 2010
Media from 3S Celebration – VOA 27 May 2010
Daming the future of villages on the Sesan – PPPost 30 Apr 2010
Sesan dam to proceed this year – PPPost 25 Apr 2010
Hun Sen asks Vietnam to supply more power – PPPost 19 Mar 2010
3S LS2 EIA OK – 16 March 2010
3S Villagers Write to Hun Sen – PPPost 15 Mar 2010
Rtk Villagers say Dams have Drained Rivers – PPPost 02 Mar 2010

Selected media articles from 2009
Sesan 3 – South Korea’s KTC Cable weighs $700m Dam – PPPost 15 Oct 2009
Dams threaten Sesan River report of Algae – PPPost 09 Sept 2009