Garment workers say coronavirus isolation funds needed
Garment factory workers forced to isolate without pay for 14 days due to coronavirus concerns say they fear running out of money... Read More
Cambodian Migrant Workers Are Prohibited from Returning to their Jobs Abroad
PHNOM PENH—The Ministry of Interior Wednesday (April 22) said that the 85,000 or so Cambodian migrant workers who have returned to Cambodia... Read More
Sar Kheng: All Migrant Workers Cleared of COVID-19, But no Incomes
PHNOM PENH — Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Wednesday suggested that there were no positive cases of the novel coronavirus among the... Read More
Over 15,000 workers to be kept in quarantine
More than 15,000 workers in Phnom Penh who took time off during the Khmer New Year holidays will be quarantined for 14... Read More
Garment Workers Cornered by Job Loss, Virus Fears and Looming Debt
At 47 years old, Chhun Sovath has worked in garment factories for more than a decade. The steady income — less than... Read More
As Loan Payments Approach, Indebted Migrant Workers Face Economic Uncertainty
TAKEO PROVINCE, CAMBODIA — Min Sarun and Neang Chantrea reached the Ban Laem border checkpoint in Chanthaburi, Thailand, on the morning of... Read More
Wives of Opposition Activists Jailed in Cambodia’s Prey Sar Demand Right to Prison Visit
The wives of two activists from Cambodia’s banned opposition party called on the Ministry of Interior’s Prison Department Tuesday to allow them... Read More
Garment workers in Cambodia, Myanmar and even Asia lose jobs as Covid-19 hits them hard
YANGON: Advocates urge brands to honour their agreements with cash-strapped factories as hundreds of thousands in Asia, especially in South-East Asia, face... Read More
‘Please, we are not animals’: virus fears weigh on Cambodia’s garment workers
PHNOM PENH, April 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Climbing onto a crowded truck each morning, Cambodian seamstress Sim Samphor cannot help but... Read More
Cambodians in Malaysia Plead With PM Hun Sen to Allow Their Return, Citing Financial Hardship
Some 150 Cambodian migrant workers and students on Wednesday urged their government to allow them to return home from Malaysia, where they... Read More
Returnees a concern: WHO
The World Health Organization has expressed its concern over an influx of migrant workers from Thailand, saying it might lead to cluster... Read More
Cambodian migrant workers return home to bleak prospects
or the past couple of years Sun Chen, 23, worked at a second-hand shoe store in Longkluor market in Thailand, just across... Read More
Cambodia’s coronavirus curbs leave karaoke workers in limbo
PHNOM PENH, March 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – T housands of Cambodian women are heading home to the countryside after karaoke clubs... Read More
Japan requested to recruit 100,000 for skilled workforce
Minister of Labour and Vocational Training, Ith Sam Heng, has asked Japan to increase the number of Cambodian workers to 100,000 in... Read More
Four more get Covid-19, 15,000 migrants tracked
THE Ministry of Health on Tuesday night confirmed four new coronavirus infections, bringing the total to 91. The four are among passengers... Read More
Unemployed Siem Reap Temple Workers in Limbo, As French and Cambodian Officials, Fail to Find Resolution
SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA — Tuy Kdong, 39, drove his wife, Yun Pi, and young daughter in their Indian-made tuk tuk to the... Read More
Unemployed Southeast Asian Migrants in Thailand Struggle as COVID-19 Shuts Down Economy
As Thailand’s economy shuts down due to government efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus, migrant workers from neighboring Southeast Asian... Read More
Village lockdowns mulled if returning workers have COVID-19
Authorities are in the process of locating and identifying the majority of about 15,000 migrant workers who fled back to the Kingdom... Read More
Migrant Workers Return Home Amid Covid-19 Fears, Border Closures
Thousands of migrant workers from Thailand and Vietnam returned to Cambodia in the last week, as governments closed borders in an effort... Read More
Garment workers face destitution as Covid-19 closes factories
The fashion industry is facing calls to step in and protect the wages of the 40 million garment workers in their supply... Read More