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Four unionists stand in front of their factory, a photo posted on FUFI’s Facebook, April 21, 2025.

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Five Unionists Reinstated After Buyers Intervene, Others Await Solution

22 Apr 2025 6:49 PM|
Khuon Narim|

Five unionists from the Federation Union of Free and Independent (FUFI) were reinstated at a garment factory on April 21 after foreign buyers intervened in their case. The members were dismissed several months ago. However, other FUFI members have yet to receive any resolution from the factory.

Koh Meas community people meet with government representatives to raise their concern of losing their farmland and to request for land title, March 14, 2025. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Koh Meas Residents Demand Land Titles Amid 50-Year Development Lease

14 Mar 2025 8:51 PM|

Around 60 residents from Koh Meas community in Kbal Koh district, gathered on March 14 to voice their concerns about their long awaited land title, as they fear displacement following the granting of a 50-year lease to a private company for development. Residents claim they have waited for land titles since 2020, with officials saying that a resolution would be made in accordance with government policy.

People register for TB tests at the World Tuberculosis Day event on March 24 in Ou Reang Euv district, Tboung Khmum province. Picture taken on March 24, 2022. The TB program is affected by the USAID funding cut. (CamboJA/ Khy Sovuthy)

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Thirty USAID Contracts Cease in Cambodia; Civil Society Find Ways to Survive, Gov’t Unfazed

13 Mar 2025 2:18 PM|

Hope turned to shock and despair as a leaked document detailed the US government’s permanent cancellation of funding for 30 USAID programs in Cambodia, dashing expectations that the Trump administration might reconsider its January foreign aid freeze.

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WHI Sheds Light on Scam, Online Sexual Abuse Survivors; Runs Workshop to Train Caregivers to Reduce Vulnerability

12 Mar 2025 10:28 AM|

A majority of Cambodian and Filipino survivors of human trafficking into online scam operations and forced marriages are women aged between 28 and 43 years of age, a study by World Hope International (WHI) showed, where six out of 10 Cambodians said they were labor-trafficked across borders. The rest were trafficked for forced marriages.

Kao Menghorng did coding and helped friends in the Technovation Girls program in high school in 2022. Photos supplied.

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Breaking Barriers: Young Women Lead Cambodia’s Tech Revolution

7 Mar 2025 3:44 PM|

As the world embraces digital transformation, young women in Cambodia are proving that technology is not just a man’s world. With determination and innovation, they are breaking stereotypes, solving community problems, and inspiring the next generation to step into the tech field.

Kuy indigenous community holds a press conference in Phnom Penh to seek intervention to their land dispute linked to a senior provincial officer in Preah Vihear province, on March 3, 2025. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Kuy Indigenous Demand Resolution Over Land Dispute in Preah Vihear

4 Mar 2025 4:34 PM|

Indigenous community members in Preah Vihear province sought intervention for their communal land, which has been allegedly cleared by a company said to belong to a senior provincial official — a claim that has been denied by another official on the basis that it involves individual developers instead.

Police raid a scam center at Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet city, a photo posted on National Police’s website.

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Cambodian Police Raid Scam Centers in Poipet, Discover Over 200 Foreigners

24 Feb 2025 3:22 PM|

Cambodian police raided two buildings in Poipet city, Banteay Meanchey province and found 230 foreigners including 68 women who are allegedly involved in online scam operations, according to a National Police statement on Monday.

LRSU members gather at the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training building to seek an update of their complaint about their dispute with NagaWorld from three years ago, February 21, 2025. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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LRSU Members Gather to Urge Labor Ministry to Expedite Resolution to Three-Year Labor Dispute

21 Feb 2025 6:53 PM|

Approximately 40 Labor Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees of NagaWorld (LRSU) members gathered in front of the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training on the morning of February 21, 2025, to follow up on a complaint they filed in January.

Firefighters putting out the fire which razed Foremart Cambodia Co Ltd factory in Phnom Penh on February 12, 2025. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Workers of Fire-Damaged Foremart Factory Paid Wages, Benefits; Want to Continue With Owner If They Reopen

20 Feb 2025 8:58 PM|

About 441 garment workers who have been working at Foremart Cambodia Co Ltd in Phnom Penh received their salary and other benefits in a program facilitated by the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and the factory owner after this factory burned to the ground on February 11, 2025.

Five Unionists Reinstated After Buyers Intervene, Others Await Solution

Koh Meas Residents Demand Land Titles Amid 50-Year Development Lease

Thirty USAID Contracts Cease in Cambodia; Civil Society Find Ways to Survive, Gov’t Unfazed

WHI Sheds Light on Scam, Online Sexual Abuse Survivors; Runs Workshop to Train Caregivers to Reduce Vulnerability

Breaking Barriers: Young Women Lead Cambodia’s Tech Revolution

Kuy Indigenous Demand Resolution Over Land Dispute in Preah Vihear

Cambodian Police Raid Scam Centers in Poipet, Discover Over 200 Foreigners

LRSU Members Gather to Urge Labor Ministry to Expedite Resolution to Three-Year Labor Dispute

Workers of Fire-Damaged Foremart Factory Paid Wages, Benefits; Want to Continue With Owner If They Reopen

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