Poipet’s Border Casino Workers Are Out of Work, Out of Options
ប្រភព៖ VOD Leng Sreyneth, 25, says she doesn’t know if she’s capable of doing much more than serving food and drinks... Read More
Provinces Say They Are Prepared as Border Reopens at Midnight
Source: VOD In Oddar Meanchey, authorities have prepared 30 quarantine centers and 10 treatment centers ahead of reopening the border to Thailand... Read More
Subcontractors Say Payments Disappearing Amid Stacks of Construction Bosses
Source:VOD Chuon Vanny’s team of five workers, who lay bricks for the Royal Condominium construction in Choam Chao I commune, have all... Read More
Cambodia Closes Border Crossings as COVID-19 Crisis Strands Migrant Workers in Thailand
Source: RFA Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand on Thursday blasted Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government for ordering provinces near the Thai border... Read More
Cambodian Migrant Workers Stuck in Thailand with COVID-19 as Border Closes
Source: Cambodianess The government’s decision to close the border traps as many as 1 million Cambodians in Thailand and could lead migrant... Read More
Gov’t locks down border provinces, and announces new nationwide restrictions, amid fears of spreading Delta variant
Source: CambojA The Cambodian government announced it is locking down eight provinces along the Thai border in order to curb the spread... Read More
Up to Quarter of Returnees From Thailand Testing Positive for Covid-19
Source: VOD As much as 25 percent of migrant workers coming back from Covid-stricken Thailand are testing positive, according to provincial authorities,... Read More
Debt bondage and child labor remains stubbornly prevalent at brick kilns
Source: CambojA For more than a decade, Sopheap, 38, has worked in brick kilns — facing a seemingly endless cycle of debt. “First,... Read More
Migrants still slipping through closed Thai-Cambodian border, despite pandemic fears
Source: CambojA In April, 18-year-old Sophoth illegally crossed the Thai-Cambodian border to work at a factory. In July, he was arrested and... Read More
Human trafficking cases surge in early 2021 amid economic distress
A senior Ministry of Interior official said 85 human trafficking cases were recorded in the first quarter of this year, an increase... Read More
People smuggling on the rise along Cambodia’s border despite COVID-19 restrictions
Civil society groups have expressed concern at a reported increase in human trafficking as well as the “systematic” unlawful smuggling of people... Read More
Locked down during Cambodia’s virus outbreak, people are running out of food
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Thea is worried that he will go hungry. He hasn’t left his home in Phnom Penh since April 15,... Read More
Garment Factories Brace for Opening, or More Delays, After Lockdown Losses
Garment factories outside the strictest lockdown zones are looking to reopen with half their workforce and Covid-19 preventions as Phnom Penh eases... Read More
Lost in translation: ‘Starvation’ in capital’s designated red zones
“DACH bay” is a Khmer slang meaning a “loss of income”, that could also be literally translated to «deprived of rice”, which... Read More
Garment Exports Dropped 9 Percent Last Year: Factories Association
Garments exports dropped 9 percent last year, the manufacturers association estimated this week, amid a brutal year for the industry in which... Read More
Debt main reason for Cambodians seeking jobs in Thailand
Unmanageable debts are one of the main reasons why many Cambodians have felt forced to leave their homes and look for jobs... Read More
Thai overpass collapse injures Cambodian migrant workers
Seven Cambodian migrant workers were hospitalised for mild and serious injuries after an overpass under construction in Thailand collapsed on January 23.... Read More
Labor Rights Group Warns of More Workers’ Strikes If Factory Owners Fail to Address Indemnity Pays
PHNOM PEN– The Center for Labor Alliances and Human Rights (Central) has warned of increasing protests and strikes if factories’ owners fail... Read More
Cambodia set to have trade, labour courts by end of 2021
Minister of Justice Koeut Rith has directed the formation of two committees to begin the process of establishing separate courts for commercial... Read More
Garment workers block Phnom Penh road and call for bonuses
Thousands of garment workers blocked a major service road in Phnom Penh on Wednesday and Thursday to demand unpaid entitlements, as worker... Read More