When the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy dam burst in southern Laos on July 23, it released 5 billion cubic meters of water that killed at least 35 people, displaced more than 6,000 and swamped 18,000 acres of land that stretched into neighboring...
Construction of the Xayaburi dam may cause massive change to 60 million people who live near the ecologically rich Mekong - and it's the poorest Southeast Asians who will be likely be hit the hardest.