Korea

Foreign investors snap up African farmland
- Der Spiegel
- 30 July 2009
Because of the political sensitivity of the modern-day land grab, it is often only the country's head of state who knows the details. Der Spiegel investigates.
Human face: Food sovereignty
- Philippine Daily Inquirer
- 30 July 2009
"Why should we prioritize the production of corn to feed animals in Korea when we cannot even feed all the Filipino people?" asked Arze Glipo, lead convenor of the Task Force Food Sovereignty (TFFS). Think about that.
Temor en los países pobres por la compra de sus tierras por los países ricos para cultivar alimentos
- Globalízate
- 29 July 2009
La ONU hace sonar la alarma después de que se hayan comprado 30 millones de hectáreas.
Global land grab, agricolonialism
- Philippine Daily Inquirer
- 23 July 2009
In the Philippines, who is monitoring & regulating these deals? Are they violating people’s rights enshrined in our laws? Will communities succumb to vague promises of jobs & infrastructures? Will the deals really trigger economic growth?
Worry over 'land-grabbing colonialism'
- The Nation
- 23 July 2009
Thai exporters are concerned about the "land-grabbing colonialism" strategy being used by developed nations such as South Korea to reap benefits from agricultural goods grown in a second country and exported to other nations.
What do we get from land deal?
- Philippine Star
- 20 July 2009
A South Korean provincial government has leased a major plot of farmland in Mindoro to grow corn
Like foreign bases
- PDI
- 19 July 2009
The Philippine government hopes it can sideline land reform by leasing lands to foreign governments and corporations.
Opposition vs government’s leasing local farms to foreign companies gains ground
- Business Mirror
- 16 July 2009
A militant legislator has expressed alarm over what he described as escalating land-lease agreements by the Philippines with other countries
S. Korea leases 94,000 ha in Mindoro
- Inquirer
- 16 July 2009
A southwestern province in South Korea has leased 94,000 hectares of farmland in Mindoro to grow 10,000 tons of corn a year for feed for 25 years, a provincial government official said on Tuesday. In Manila, however, agriculture officials were caught unaware of such lease agreement
Global Campaign for Agrarian Reform Emergency Action: Madagascar: threat of large-scale land acquisition by foreign companies
- FIAN
- 16 July 2009
Coordinated action towards the president of the Malagasy High Authority of the Transition supporting the demands of the Malagasy people, as well as towards the president of the Republic of Korea recalling his country's extra-territorial human rights obligations in these projects.
SKorea leases RP farmland in food security bid
- AFP
- 16 July 2009
A South Korean provincial government has leased a major plot of farmland in the central Philippines to grow corn as part of Seoul's bid for food security, officials said Thursday.
Daewoo Logistics goes bankrupt
- Fairplay Shipping News
- 06 July 2009
Daewoo Logistics, one of South Korea’s leading shipping and logistics companies, has filed for receivership in Seoul Central District Court.