Cambodians struggle to retain their identity after being displaced by dam
“My ancestors are buried here,” says 23-year-old Yem Thavdy, pointing to a spot on the Sesan River, a tributary of the Mekong in Cambodia’s northern province of Stung Treng. She rows the boat across an expanse that was land before the USD 781 million Lower Sesan 2 dam flooded it in 2017. The 400-megawatt hydropower dam, Cambodi...
17 June, 2021
