TransportationCambodia's airport dreams stall as Chinese money dries up
Residents say they've been pushed off land to make way for big-ticket projects
Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport opened last November as a gateway to Cambodia's top tourist destination, the Angkor Wat temple complex. © AP
JACK BROOK, Contributing writer
February 23, 2024 12:12 JST
PHNOM PENH -- For years, an airport has been slated for construction in Cambodia's Mondulkiri province, but all that exists are concrete fence posts across the razed farmlands of an indigenous community, cleared for a runway that may never get built.