Farmers feel the pressure after conservation crackdown around Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake
PREK TABAEK, Cambodia — Bat Savoeun claims he has Prime Minister Hun Sen’s signoff to farm his 2 hectares of land in Prek Tabaek village, on the edge of the…
Articles by Ly Vouch Long
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