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Workers at the Le Crown factory in Kampong Cham province leave for lunch. The Taiwanese-owned factory plans to lay off staff and roll back operations in December 2025, raising concerns over fair compensation and the challenge of finding new employment. (Supplied)

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Kampong Cham GFT Factory Blames Falling Orders for Thousands of Layoffs

10 Oct 2025 6:24 PM|
Sovann Sreypich|

At least 2,700 workers, including unionists, at a garment and shoe factory in Kampong Cham province will lose their jobs in December after the company cited falling orders from U.S. buyers.

Union representatives submit a petition to the Ministry of Interior against CENTRAL’s report on June 14, 2024. (CamboJA/Sovann Sreypich)

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Interior Ministry Orders CENTRAL To Furnish Bank Details in 30 Days After Criticism Over Report

1 Jul 2024 8:24 PM|

The Ministry of Interior has ordered Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL) to disclose its bank account details within 30 days of the date of the letter,…

The banana plantation owned by HAGL in Ratanakiri province closed due to infestation and disease. Photo taken on May 2024. (Him Khortiet)

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Workers Of Vietnamese-Owned Hoang Anh Gia Lai Still Suffer Years After Plantation Closes

29 Jun 2024 2:20 PM|

Andong Meas District/Ratanakiri Province – For nearly three years, about 300 local workers, 50% of them women, worked in a Vietnamese banana plantation belonging to Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint…

About 70 unionists protested in front of CENTRAL’s office in Phnom Penh on June 14, 2024. (CamboJA)

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Report Was To Improve Workers’ Condition, CENTRAL Clarifies; Interior Ministry Investigates

27 Jun 2024 9:05 PM|

The Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL) clarified that its report, which highlighted restrictions on freedom of association, was aimed at improving workers’ conditions and ensuring respect…

Thai authorities checking the documents of Cambodians who joined the Paris Peace Agreement training, where seven people were detained on December 29, 2023. (Supplied)

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Thailand Frees Six Cambodian Refugees Six Months After Detention At Paris Peace Agreement Training

27 Jun 2024 7:33 PM|

Six refugees who were arrested during a Paris Peace Agreements (PPA) training on December 29 last year and detained at the Suan Plu Immigration Detention Center in Thailand were released…

Cambodian Youth Network member Dam Sosreyneang speaks to a CamboJA News reporter during an interview in Phnom Penh on June 7, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Threat of Legal Action An Obstruction To Young Activists To Participate in Politics And Social Issues

27 Jun 2024 7:31 AM|

In the last few years, the incitement charge has been used as a tool to threaten youths’ activity, including political activists, in addition to plotting charges, which have a more…

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Koeut Rith speaks during a press conference in Phnom Penh regarding murder suspect Srey Sina’s charge, June 26, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Justice Ministry To Amend Criminal Code After Strong Criticism On Tycoon’s Murder Charge

26 Jun 2024 9:52 PM|

The Justice Ministry will amend the Criminal Code, particularly the “aggravating” circumstances of a criminal offense relating to murder, following public outcry over the charges brought against tycoon Srey Sina…

Preah Sihanouk police raid a building where an illegal online scam was operating on March 10, 2024. (Preah Sihanouk police’s Facebook)

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U.S. Reprimands Cambodia’s Trafficking, Online Scam Response: Report

26 Jun 2024 11:18 AM|

Cambodia was ranked lowest for its response to human trafficking by the U.S. for the third year in a row, with a new report saying that Cambodian officials have not…

Workers walk on a rooftop structure of one building in the Golden Fortune Resorts World Casino compound in Kandal province’s Sampov Poun city on June 10, 2024. (CamnoJA/Danielle Keeton-Olsen)

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Kandal Border City Swelling With Mysterious Condos

26 Jun 2024 9:26 AM|

The ground in Sampov Poun city shakes as construction trucks, stacked with bricks and dirt towering over their cabins, pass over battered cement roads in June.

Kampong Cham GFT Factory Blames Falling Orders for Thousands of Layoffs

Interior Ministry Orders CENTRAL To Furnish Bank Details in 30 Days After Criticism Over Report

Workers Of Vietnamese-Owned Hoang Anh Gia Lai Still Suffer Years After Plantation Closes

Report Was To Improve Workers’ Condition, CENTRAL Clarifies; Interior Ministry Investigates

Thailand Frees Six Cambodian Refugees Six Months After Detention At Paris Peace Agreement Training

U.S. Reprimands Cambodia’s Trafficking, Online Scam Response: Report

Kandal Border City Swelling With Mysterious Condos

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Kampong Cham GFT Factory Blames Falling Orders for Thousands of Layoffs

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Report Was To Improve Workers’ Condition, CENTRAL Clarifies; Interior Ministry Investigates

Thailand Frees Six Cambodian Refugees Six Months After Detention At Paris Peace Agreement Training

Threat of Legal Action An Obstruction To Young Activists To Participate in Politics And Social Issues

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