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
Chan Thorn once provided for her family by fishing, but Cambodia’s new airport development changed everything. The 60-year-old now depends on her daughter’s factory wage while fearing they may lose their home next.| 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
They’ve lost homes, jobs and safety, but Cambodia’s opposition wives refuse to lose hope. Years into an escalating authoritarian crackdown, they’re among the few still fighting back. The post Cambodia jailed the husbands. The wives won’t stay silent 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
How Thailand's diverse indigenous groups – from mountain farmers to sea nomads – joined forces to create legislation that might finally protect their ways of life, despite challenging national narratives of cultural homogeneity.| HaRDstories
Cambodia’s Supreme Court has denied bail to five environmental activists from the NGO Mother Nature Cambodia, all of whom are appealing their convictions after spending more than nine months behind bars.| HaRDstories
Lured by false promises, trapped by ruthless criminals, and then punished by a system meant to protect them. The twisted tale of Thailand's cybercrime victims.| HaRDstories
How a village won a landmark case against a polluting factory in Thailand’s industrial heartland.| HaRDstories
