The lawsuit against Asia’s largest sugar producer, filed on behalf of about 3,000 people, is the first class-action lawsuit filed in a Thai court by plaintiffs from another country against a Thai company operating outside Thailand.
Category: Cambodia
Field notes from “Cambodia’s beating heart”
Nicknamed Cambodia’s “beating heart,” the vast Tonle Sap Lake is Southeast Asia’s largest. Now, the country is trying to stop the loss of its lifeblood: the fish that thrive in these waters.
Organisations concerned over rivers’ water quality
The water quality in the Sesan, Srepok and Sekong rivers threatens the livelihood of about 3.4 million people in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam because of human activity and hydropower dam development.
Elephant rides to stop at Cambodia’s biggest attraction
The overworked group of 14 elephants will no longer be forced to work at Angkor Wat, where over 2.5 million international tourists visit each year.
Thai villagers face greater threat under new national parks law
The law is meant to protect and empower the communities who have always lived in these areas. Instead, it gives all the power to the national parks department.
The grandads fighting back against deforestation
Locals claim the government has been too slow to act. And one group has taken protecting the forest into their own hands.