PREK TAKEO: Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet on Monday (Aug 5) launched a controversial US$1.7 billion canal project that aims to provide a new link from the Mekong River to the sea. Manet ...

Just before dawn on a pleasantly warm August morning, the AmaDara is tied up to trees on an island in the middle of the Mekong River. From the bow of the snub-nosed ship, the serenity is ...