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Korea’s overseas development backfires
- Korea Times
- 04 December 2009
That Korea is no longer "importing" this food that is being grown overseas implies that this land is effectively Korean. This amounts to agricultural imperialism.
Government says no land deal with South Korea
- The Citizen
- 25 September 2009
The government of Tanzania has refuted media reports indicating that it has leased out 1000 square kilometres of farmland to South Koreans.
Korea shifting to agricultural aid in resource diplomacy
- Joong Ang Daily
- 25 September 2009
The Korea Rural Community Corporation, under the Agriculture Ministry, said it is also in talks with other resource-rich countries about deals in exchange for support for the construction of agricultural infrastructure or farms. Among the negotiating partners mentioned were Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Senegal and Mongolia.
Tanzania says in talks with S.Korea to boost farming
- Reuters
- 24 September 2009
"This land [100,000 ha] is not meant to be leased to the Koreans as such, but a mechanism will be worked out on how the land must be processed," said a spokesperson for Tanzania's prime minister.
S. Korea to build farming infrastructure in Tanzania
- Yonhap
- 24 September 2009
South Korea will develop 100,000 ha of farmland in Tanzania to make inroads into African and European markets, a state-run rural development corporation said Thursday.