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National Assembly passes Labor Law amendments criticized by unions
The National Assembly passed amendments to the Labor Law on Thursday that unions and workers say will have a negative impact on garment workers.
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International Red Cross donates supplies for overcrowded prisons
The Cambodia mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday donated 20 tons of essential health care, hygiene and sanitation goods to the directorate general of…
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Journalist charged and jailed for relaying Hun Sen’s coronavirus advice
According to an order from investigating judge Key Manera, Rithy was charged under articles 494 and 495 of the Criminal Code and sent to Phnom Penh’s P.J. prison for pre-trial…
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Gov’t bans provincial travel for Khmer New Year
Cambodia’s government has banned travel in and out of Phnom Penh and between any districts across the 24 provinces for a week amid fears people would ignore an official cancellation…
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Journalist arrested for repeating Hun Sen’s advice to motorbike taxi drivers
The director of online news outlet TVFB, Sovann Rithy, was arrested Tuesday night for reporting on advice from Prime Minister Hun Sen to motorbike taxi drivers to sell their vehicles…
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Hun Sen cancels Khmer New Year, but says no ‘emergency’ yet
Cambodia will most likely not be placed into a state of emergency for the coronavirus using its new powers, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen, but next week’s Khmer New…
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Garment factories flag money issues as workers go without pay
Cambodia’s garment and footwear factories say they might not be able to continue paying workers even reduced wages beyond this year’s Khmer New Year, as foreign orders for clothing dry…
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Staff of ex-hotel used for coronavirus quarantine protest for pay
About 50 former employees of Phnom Penh’s old InterContinental Hotel, which was sold and then shuttered last year and is now being kept as a hospital ward for Covid-19 victims,…
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European Nations Charter Flights for Citizens Stranded in Cambodia
Special flights chartered by the Swiss and French governments to help citizens stranded due to the coronavirus crisis are leaving from Phnom Penh International Airport, with some embassy officials saying…
