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Garment workers leave a factory during lunch break in scorching weather, in Phnom Penh on April 10, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Garment Workers Request for Water Mist Fans as Rising Temperatures Affect Health And Productivity

11 Apr 2024 9:09 AM|
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Garment workers in Phnom Penh and Kandal, Takeo and Kampong Chhnang provinces have asked their companies to install water mist fans in the factory amid rising temperatures. The call comes on the heels of the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training’s directive on April 9 to factories and companies to spray water on roofs and set up enough fans to cool down.

A dolphin found dead along a beach in Kep province on May 31, 2023. (Supplied)

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Another Dolphin Found Dead on Coast of Kep Province

13 Jun 2023 5:40 PM|
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Three dolphins have been found dead in the last six months along beaches in Kep province, according to the chief of the Phum Thmey community, Prak San, the latest one found two weeks ago. Provincial fishery officials and community members buried the dolphin carcass.

Local security guard photograph a CamboJA journalist as they were covering the protests in Kandal province on June 8, 2023. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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Kandal Residents Protest New Land Filling Near Airport Development

8 Jun 2023 5:56 PM|
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Kandal village residents protested on Thursday against the filling in of land near their homes at the $1.5 billion airport development project, with a company official saying they were only filling the homes of three people who had agreed to leave the site.

Houses collapsed at Bassac’s river bank in Prek Koy commune, Sa’ang district, Kandal province, April 25, 2023. (CamboJA/Sovann Sreypich)

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Kandal Residents Whose Homes Were Destroyed By Riverbank Collapse Request Faster Solutions

16 May 2023 8:56 AM|
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Kandal residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed following a riverbank collapse in late April in a stretch of the Tonle Bassac with heavy sand-mining say they have still not received solutions from authorities.

Men drive past the Great Union Factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, which has had to suspend a number of its workers due to decreased orders, March 07, 2023. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Government Announces Financial Support for Suspended Workers as Garment Sector Struggles Under Global Economic Blows

9 Mar 2023 8:43 AM|
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Since November, factory worker Ouk Tharith, 40, has been relying on $30 a month from Great Union (Cambodia) Garment Co., Ltd in Phnom. Lacking sufficient orders, the factory has suspended operations three times in recent months, impacting some 1,072 workers. Tharith has taken a job as a cleaner — work that pays just $170 a month compared with the $300 she earned as a garment worker.