Migrant workers who believed Veasna prophecy in dire straits
Source: Khmer Times More than 500 migrant workers, who fled from South Korea and Japan to join Khem Veasna’s end-of-the-world gathering... Read More
Police Bust Compound for Trafficking, Advocates Remain Doubtful
Source: Camboja Nearly 500 foreign nationals were found by authorities at a Sihanoukville compound where illegal gambling, confinement, torture, human trafficking and... Read More
Smash Human Trafficking Corrupt Links: Civil Groups
Source: Cambodianess PHNOM PENH – Tackling human trafficking must go hand in hand with the elimination of corruption, civil society groups say,... Read More
Garment sector confronted by rising costs, falling orders
Source: The Phnom Penh Post After Covid-19, Cambodia’s garment, travel goods and footwear makers and workers are faced with new issues... Read More
TVET upskills laid-off factory workers
Source: Phnom Penh Post When Covid-19 first began to appear in news reports in 2019, few people could have predicted the long... Read More
Workers earn wealth, ideas while abroad for home use
Source: Phnom Penh Post South Korea is a burgeoning job market, especially for young Cambodians. When working as migrants, Cambodians tend to... Read More
Shooting Scandal Ex-Governor Gets Promotion
Source: Cambodianess PHNOM PENH – A former Bavet governor who was jailed for shooting and injuring three women garment workers more... Read More
Chinese manager of Kandal casino under arrest
Source: Khmer Times A Chinese manager of a casino was detained for investigation and two Vietnamese were arrested by the An Giang... Read More
Human trafficking in Cambodia: A problem that’s as wicked as the issue
Source: Khmer Times t has been a year since Khmer Times first reported on human trafficking in the country. What was... Read More
‘Rescued’ foreigners not victims
Source: KhmerTimes Three foreigners, who were reportedly forced to work in a Chinese company in Sihanoukville, were “rescued” by National Police,... Read More
Pension fund workshops reach over three-quarters of a million workers
Source: Phnom Penh Post As of August 20, a total of 1,600 workshops had been held to explain the new pension scheme... Read More
Free upskilling plan to take in 15% more workers than in 2021
Source: The Phnom Penh Post The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training intends to recruit 7,500 workers for free technical training,... Read More
Labor and Civil Rights Organizations Deny Labor Ministry Accusations that Yang Sophorn Had no Mandate to Lead the NagaWorld Protests
Source: Cambodianess PHNOM PENH – Twenty-four unions and civil society organizations have collectively rejected a warning letter sent by the Ministry of... Read More
Sihanoukville businesses warned of closures if serious crime takes place in their premises
Source: KhmerTimes In a move to crack down on crime in Sihanoukville, Provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun announced that in the event of... Read More
US downgrades Cambodia’s ranking
Source: KhmerTimes According to the 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report by the US Embassy in Cambodia, the Cambodian government does not fully... Read More
Unions Say Hun Sen Should End NagaWorld Dispute
Source: VOD Unions and NGOs have asked the Prime Minister Hun Sen to intervene in the prolonged NagaWorld strike action, which has... Read More
Gov’t to wait for MoU on maids for M’sia
Source: KhmerTimes Cambodia will wait for the proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) the Malaysian Human Resources Ministry plans to present to the... Read More
Cambodia again arrests more than 100 NagaWorld Casino strikers
Authorities in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh again detained more than 100 striking NagaWorld Casino workers Friday, in the latest in a... Read More
Officials Mum After Sar Kheng Meeting on NagaWorld
A meeting of several governmental departments led by Interior Minister Sar Kheng to defuse the NagaWorld labor conflict was “preliminary,” City Hall... Read More
End NagaWorld rallies: ministry
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has issued a notice calling on NagaWorld protesters to end their months-long demonstration, warning that... Read More