A few families in Cambodia’s southwest lead resistance effort against large resort including casino and golf courses.
Tag: land grabbing
Ministry to crack down on land grabbing
Last week, the ministry said legal action will be taken to prevent illegal logging and land grabbing of land in protected areas.
Chinese Money Is Driving One of Asia’s Fastest Property Booms
Phnom Penh, once known for its French colonial villas and modernist “New Khmer Architecture,” is becoming unrecognizable.
Lao Citizens Displaced by China-Linked Railroad Project Still Not Paid For Losses
While construction is well underway villagers say, “We have received nothing so far… no official from any department has come to talk to us.”
Myanmar: Farmers Seek Return of Seized Land
While the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims continues, a story just as consequential and longer in the making has gone largely unreported.
Lao Families Fear Getting Cheated by Developers of New SEZ in Champasak Province
Losing land to developers spending US$9 billion on 35 five-star hotels and casinos near the Mekong’s majestic Khone Falls.
A Cambodian Spring: new film shows how land-grabbing drives political repression
Shot over six years, this film charts the growing wave of land-rights protests that led to the ‘Cambodian Spring’ and the tragic events that followed.
Parliament OKs $144.54 million loan to improve Dawei road
US$144.54 million loan approved from Thailand for the Dawei-Hteekee highway, which will connect Dawei SEZ to the kingdom.
Women’s sustainable coastal management struggle against EEC port expansion
Women’s efforts to restore and sustain fisheries and communities near Thailand’s Laem Chabang deep sea port are in an uphill battle to survive