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Daung International Border Crossing in Battambang province, which Cambodia closed on June 13 amid rising border tensions. Photo taken Nov. 20, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Battambang Border Gate Closed In Latest Escalation with Thailand

13 Jun 2025 6:33 PM|
Khuon Narim|

Cambodia will “completely” close its side of the Daung International Border crossing with Thailand in Battambang province, the immigration department said, marking the latest move…

Defense lawyer Sam Sokong speaks to journalists after his clients’ trial at Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday. Panha Chhorpoan

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Defendant says police statements fabricated in ‘incitement’ trial of 15 charged for supporting jailed union leader

31 Dec 2020 4:53 PM|

The trial of 15 youth activists and former CNRP officials over protests supporting jailed union leader Rong Chhun was postponed on Wednesday, with the judge agreeing to summons police officials…

Activist monk But Buntenh rejects a court ruling against him via livestream from the US on Wednesday.

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Rainsy, But Buntenh among five sentenced on incitement charges

30 Dec 2020 7:52 PM|

Former opposition leader Sam Rainsy was among five people handed jail terms over incitement-related offences on Wednesday – adding to a growing catalogue of prison sentences facing the longtime opponent…

Phin Sophea, a representative for workers at the shuttered Dignity Knitter and ECO Base factories, explains how the sale of machinery seized from the factories fell though, in Kandal province on Tuesday. Panha Chhorpoan

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No relief for laid-off workers as auction of seized factory equipment delayed

30 Dec 2020 2:24 PM|

An auction of machinery seized by the government from two shuttered factories to compensate workers has been delayed, with the lone interested buyer refusing to deposit 10 percent of the…

Former CNRP officials leave Phnom Penh municipality court in a prison van after their trial on Tuesday. Panha Chhorpoan

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Former opposition figures deny conspiracy to topple government

30 Dec 2020 9:26 AM|

A district-level official from the outlawed Cambodian National Rescue Party denied involvement in a plot to topple the government on Tuesday, as the latest in a slew of court cases…

Workers protested outside the Le Meridien Angkor in Siem Reap in September after the hotel terminated three of their colleagues in July. Panha Chhorpoan

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Union dissolved at shuttered Le Meridien Angkor amid fight for workers’ compensation

29 Dec 2020 3:03 PM|

The Siem Reap Department of Labor agreed to dissolve a workers’ union at the shuttered Le Meridien Angkor Hotel, raising concerns about correct implementation of the law and whether staff…

Entertainment industry workers who lost their jobs, after the government shut down KTVs, casinos and theaters in the wake of Covid-19, gather in front of the Labor Ministry on June 10 to submit a petition asking for monetary support. Panha Chhorpoan

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‘Left behind’ in COVID-19 pandemic, informal workers sing for assistance

27 Dec 2020 1:29 PM|

Workers in the informal sector are singing for support, with the release of a song last week that says they’ve been ignored during the COVID-19 pandemic and pleads for financial…

Officials process returning migrant workers at the O’Smach border checkpoint in Oddar Meanchey province on December 23. GDI

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Legal action threatened for migrants who ignore protocol while fleeing COVID-19 outbreak in Thailand

24 Dec 2020 8:10 PM|

Migrant workers who ignore COVID-19 protocols when returning from Thailand will face legal action, the government said, with more than 1,300 passing through official checkpoints this week following a fresh…

Swedish Ambassador Björn Häggmark gives a speech at a CamboJA event in 2019. Panha Chhorpoan

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Cambodian groups implore Sweden to reconsider embassy closure

24 Dec 2020 9:51 AM|

More than a hundred local and international civil society groups have asked the Swedish Embassy in Phnom Penh to “not abandon” progress made in Cambodia’s democratic development, a call that…

Battambang Border Gate Closed In Latest Escalation with Thailand

Defendant says police statements fabricated in ‘incitement’ trial of 15 charged for supporting jailed union leader

Rainsy, But Buntenh among five sentenced on incitement charges

No relief for laid-off workers as auction of seized factory equipment delayed

Former opposition figures deny conspiracy to topple government

Union dissolved at shuttered Le Meridien Angkor amid fight for workers’ compensation

‘Left behind’ in COVID-19 pandemic, informal workers sing for assistance

Legal action threatened for migrants who ignore protocol while fleeing COVID-19 outbreak in Thailand

Cambodian groups implore Sweden to reconsider embassy closure

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Former opposition figures deny conspiracy to topple government

Union dissolved at shuttered Le Meridien Angkor amid fight for workers’ compensation

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