Cambodian women, especially journalists and activists, are facing growing threats of online gender-based violence, civil society group the Asia Centre said in a new report.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
