• Land clearance by Korean firm blocked
    • Phnom Penh Post
    • 07 January 2011

    800 people in Kampong Thom province staged a protest against a Korean company that is trying to clear their trees and farmland, to produce rubber and cassava, without offering any compensation.

  • Selling to Korea
    • CNN
    • 24 December 2010

    CNN's Robyn Curnow sat down with the head of Tanzania's Development Authority, Aloyce Msanja, to find out about the sale of "unused" land to Korea.

  • Perú: Juez legaliza despojo de tierras a nativos.
    • La Primera
    • 16 November 2010

    Líderes de la Nación Shawi defenderán las tierras que les pertenecen, en rechazo a una orden judicial que concede título de propiedad a una empresa coreana.

  • S.Korea to farm Tanzania site in early 2011
    • Reuters
    • 11 November 2010

    Tanzania expects South Korea to begin farming 15,000 hectares of land in the east African country early next year for food production and processing, a senior official said on Thursday.

  • Land grab: Africa at the mercy of investors abroad
    • Asahi Shimbun
    • 27 September 2010

    The fact is, Madagascar agriculture must rely on foreign capital, despite the risk of problems from farmland deals, according to Masanobu Furuya of the Asahi Shimbum

  • Large-scale farm deals endanger local control, World Bank says
    • Bloomberg
    • 08 September 2010

    Foreign purchases of agricultural land from Mozambique to Cambodia pose “significant risks” to the livelihoods of farmers in countries with “weak land governance,” the World Bank said in a report.

  • ANALYSIS-Brazil ups stakes for foreign investors in farmland
    • Reuters
    • 24 August 2010

    Brazil's essential role as a provider of food for the world's expanding population is at risk if the government makes good on threats to curtail foreign investment in farmland.

  • Lower Ruvu intruders won’t be compensated
    • Daily News
    • 18 August 2010

    Government of Tanzania will not compensate villagers who have moved onto land of the proposed irrigation farming project with Korea.

  • Tanzania: South Korea set to expand co-operation
    • Tanzania Daily News
    • 16 August 2010

    A delegation of Korea experts is expected to arrive in the country to sign a $50 million pact covering an initial 15,000 ha in the Rufiji River Basin.

  • Lula defende inibir venda de terras a estrangeiros
    • Folha de São Paulo
    • 08 June 2010

    Pelo menos nove grupos, entre coreanos, chineses e indonésios, vieram neste ano ao país em busca de terras para plantio de alimentos.

  • Hyundai Co. aims to purchase 10,000 ha farmland in Brazil
    • MBN
    • 10 May 2010

    South Korea's Hyundai Corporation is trying to purchase 10,000 ha of farmland in Brazil to grow soybeans for the Korean market

  • Hyundai wants to buy land in Brazil
    • Folha de São Paulo
    • 09 May 2010

    Executives from the South Korean company Hyundai are negotiating with state governments for the purchase of land in Brazil, with the objective of planting and exporting soya to South Korea.

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