Suspended workers get unemployment
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has announced allowance payments for more than 33,000 suspended workers from the garment and tourism... Read More
Cambodian hospitality, tourism workers in dire straits due to pandemic
Khem Sovannary, 53, works at a Korean owned massage and spa salon for tourists in the Cambodian city Siem Reap, the gateway... Read More
Observers Raise Concerns Over New, Higher Traffic Fines During Downturn
New, higher fines for traffic violations and stricter enforcement by authorities will place undue strain on motorists who are already losing income... Read More
‘Government support for workers during Covid-19 insufficient’
With the halt of global tourism, and the mass cancellation of orders from the West, the global pandemic has hit the Cambodian... Read More
Lenders’ ‘Case-by-Case’ Debt Relief Too Slow, Civil Society Groups Say
Weeks after the National Bank suggested financial institutions cut struggling borrowers a break, microlenders say they are relieving customers affected by the... Read More
Malaysia to test Cambodians for coronavirus before deporting them
The government has requested Malaysia to test 73 Cambodians, who have served out their jail terms and 149 fishermen arrested for illegal... Read More
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