Is a rubber company controlled by a retired general’s daughter pressuring indigenous farmers to give up their land in Cambodia? Jarai villagers say the firm offers minimal compensation for ancestral plots – then seizes the land anyway when families refuse. The post As rubber trees spread, indigenous farmers fight for their land appeared first on HaRDstories.| HaRDstories
Do migrant workers threaten Thailand’s local workforce? Economic data and academic research paint a different picture than the viral videos and manipulated content driving online hatred. The post Thailand depends on migrant workers. So why the backlash? appeared first on HaRDstories.| HaRDstories
Thailand made headlines this year as the first Southeast Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage. Now intersex and non-binary advocates are pushing for the next frontier: legal recognition for people who challenge the very notion of binary gender. The post Thailand achieved marriage equality. Intersex people are still waiting for their turn appeared first on HaRDstories.| HaRDstories
When Maung Thein Myint fled Myanmar eight years ago, he escaped with only the clothes he was wearing. Today, he's part of an ambitious effort to collect photographs, documents and artifacts that prove the Rohingya's centuries-old ties to a country that denies their existence.| HaRDstories
