A collaboration by journalists and photographers who work as correspondents in Asia

Global Witness says IFC and Deutsche Bank Back Vietnamese Land Grabs

Global Witness says IFC and Deutsche Bank Back Vietnamese Land Grabs

Posted on May 13, 2013

FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — Indochinese governments have faced fierce criticisms from their own people and abroad over land grabbing in...

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Laos US$5 Billion Loan Approved

Laos US$5 Billion Loan Approved

Posted on Apr 19, 2013

FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — A U.S. $5 billion dollar loan for construction of a rail link across southern Laos between Thailand and...

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Southeast Asia’s Missing Activists

Southeast Asia’s Missing Activists

Posted on Apr 16, 2013

FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — Thai human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit went missing on March 12, 2004. Filipino activist Jonas...

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Pressure Mounts on Laos Over Missing Activist

Pressure Mounts on Laos Over Missing Activist

Posted on Feb 23, 2013

FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — Laos is facing mounting international pressure over the disappearance of civil rights worker Sombath...

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Lao Called on Xayaburi

Lao Called on Xayaburi

Posted on Jan 23, 2013

FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — Vietnam and Cambodia have finally found their voice. After months of obfuscating their position on the Lao...

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