land disputes



STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 06, 2022 • 1 min read

ការដោះដូរទីតាំងដី “ទេវតាមានភ្នែក” ៖ ក្តីសង្ឃឹម​របស់​ក្រុមអភិរក្ស​ចំពោះ​ការ​អភិវឌ្ឍ​នៅ​ព្រៃ​ការពារ

By Anton L. Delgado • Jul 06, 2022
ការលើកលែងផ្លូវច្បាប់ និងការការពារមិនច្បាស់លាស់ បានត្រួសត្រាយផ្លូវ សម្រាប់​ការសាងសង់​ និង​រំខាន​ជីវិត​សត្វ​ព្រៃ​ នៅក្នុង​ព្រៃភ្នំតាម៉ៅរបស់​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា។

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 09, 2021 • 11 min read

Analysis Murder and impunity: The human cost of land conflict in southern Thailand

By Mark S. Cogan • Jun 09, 2021
In Thailand, where inequality runs rampant, the rich, powerful and connected are rarely held responsible for their crimes. In the country's south, the lack of justice for one community in a years-long struggle for land rights is a powerful reminder of this reality

STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 26, 2021 • 9 min read

Land rights Island of Gold: Is Koh Meas the latest mega-development of Phnom Penh?

By Andrew Haffner • Mar 26, 2021
This week it emerged that Koh Meas, 'Gold Island', could be the latest patch of undeveloped land within a stone’s throw of Phnom Penh to be consumed into the urban sprawl, as the Khun Sea Import/Export Company was granted a 50-year lease for the area

Feb 10, 2021 • 14 min read
Land disputes

In Cambodia, this village shows even the wealthy are vulnerable to land grabbing

While high-profile land grabbing disputes involving disempowered communities have made headlines in Cambodia in recent years, the case of Arey Ksat – a village of well-connected and wealthy residents near Phnom Penh – shows few are safe from the practice
By Andrew Haffner • Feb 10, 2021

Jan 19, 2021 • 12 min read
Land rights

As Thai forest aims for UNESCO status, Karen community pushed to the margins

Environmental conservation and indigenous rights are often natural bedfellows – but what happens when the two are at odds? In Thailand's Kaeng Krachan Forest, Karen communities battle to secure ancestral land rights, as officials strive for world heritage status
By Wanpen Pajai • Jan 19, 2021

Sep 28, 2020 • 8 min read
Analysis

Dong Tam death sentences dim hopes for land rights reform in Vietnam

The Dong Tam case once offered a glimmer of hope for those advocating for land rights reform in Vietnam. But with the conviction and sentencing to death of two men this month, the Communist Party has reaffirmed its grip on land and power
By Jake Black • Sep 28, 2020

Jun 26, 2020 • 10 min read
Land rights

David vs Goliath: Indonesian communities push back against palm oil firm

In Sumatra, communities have reported for years the encroachment upon their land by multi-national agribusiness group Wilmar to develop palm oil plantations. But Nagari Institute director Zulkifli is helping those at the Indonesian grassroots push back
By Zachary Frye • Jun 26, 2020

Sep 25, 2018 • 5 min read
FreedomFilmFest

The future is bleak, says ‘A Cambodian Spring’ director Chris Kelly

In the run up to its screening at this year’s FreedomFilmFest, Southeast Asia Globe speaks to the director of 2017 documentary A Cambodian Spring, which highlights the infamous land disputes of Boeung Kak Lake in Phnom Penh and charts the return of prominent opposition politician Sam Rainsy
By Lesly Lotha • Sep 25, 2018

May 23, 2018 • 6 min read
Whatever happened to

The standoff at Dong Tam

In April 2017, villagers from Dong Tam on the rural outskirts of Hanoi allegedly seized dozens of government hostages over a land dispute. Locals shared a very different story
By Bennett Murray • May 23, 2018

Mar 09, 2018 • 9 min read
Land rights

Kratie’s ‘insurrection’

A violent clash between security forces and local villagers in Kratie echoes the bloody 2012 intervention that left a teenage girl dead and a village traumatised
By Paul Millar and Leng Len • Mar 09, 2018

Aug 01, 2012 • 8 min read
Boeung Kak Lake

No man’s land

Phnom Penh's Boeung Kak lake development project has become a flashpoint for clashes over valuable land as the Kingdom develops. Will a high-profile protest movement encourage the Cambodian government to side with its electorate?
By Sebastian Strangio • Aug 01, 2012