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Garment workers buy food at a stall in front of a factory in Kandal province after arriving early in the morning before their shift. Sept. 3, 2025. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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GFT Workers Frustrated After Minimum Wage Rises $2

17 Sep 2025 8:50 PM|
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Garment, footwear and travel goods (GFT) workers expressed frustration Wednesday after Prime Minister Hun Manet announced the minimum wage will rise just $2 next year, far short of the increase independent unions say is needed to meet the “real cost of survival.”

Farmers set up water pumps along a canal to wait for water to be released from upstream to sustain their dryland paddy rice in Pursat province, January 2024. (CamboJA/Uon Chhin)

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Farmers Demand For Release of Water as Shortages Damage Dry Rice Fields

10 Feb 2024 2:06 PM|

At least 760,000 hectares of dryland rice are planted in a few provinces, however, there is currently a scarcity of water to irrigate their fields, which is worrying farmers as…

View of the water system restoration and canal project in Kampong Speu’s Kong Pisey district aimed at preventing floods in Phnom Penh and Kandal province. (Picture: Facebook page Kampong Speu’s Administration)

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Ministry Builds Canal To Save Phnom Penh, Kandal From Flooding By Diverting Water

9 Feb 2024 10:43 AM|

Parts of Phnom Penh and Kandal province would undergo flood mitigation works, implemented by the Water Resources and Meteorology Ministry with the construction of canals, and the restoration and modernization…

The Education Ministry in Phnom Penh on February 2, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Civil Society Groups Call for Increased Health, Education and Social Services Funding

8 Feb 2024 3:18 PM|

A working group representing 19 civil society organizations is urging the Cambodian government to increase funding for education, health and social protection in response to the 2024 budget approved by…

Pregnant garment workers buy food during lunch time in Kandal province on June 4, 2021. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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Garment Workers Ask For Workplace Nurseries to Enable Breastfeeding and Protect Children’s Health

7 Feb 2024 4:17 PM|

Amid falling breastfeeding rates in Cambodia, garment workers are pushing for nurseries and community kindergarten to be set up near their factory. This is in light of reports that breastfeeding…

Officials from Kampong Speu Provincial Department of Labor at the factory during the workers’ protest on February 3, 2024. (Supplied)

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Over 100 Garment Workers Demand Company’s Reinstatement of Union Leaders

6 Feb 2024 11:51 AM|

More than 100 garment workers at Shengbo Garment Factory Ltd in Kampong Speu province protested on Saturday, demanding the reinstatement of two workers, who were fired after their election as…

The famous lions roundabout in Sihanoukville, the coastal city housing numerous scam compounds, on August 24, 2022. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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Cambodia Deports Four Japanese Nationals, 19 Chinese Nationals This Week

2 Feb 2024 4:02 PM|

Cambodia deported four Japanese citizens Wednesday, with three suspected of involvement in online scam operations, according to Japanese and Cambodian officials. In Preah Vihear, 19 Chinese citizens were also arrested…

Cambodian youths showcase their corruption-themed artwork in an exhibition organized by TIC in conjunction with International Anti Corruption Day. Photo taken on December 8, 2023. (CamboJA/ Chhorn Chansy)

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Cambodia’s Corruption Index Slips, Indicating Stagnation in Fight Against Corruption

31 Jan 2024 2:14 PM|

Cambodia’s corruption index on Transparency International 2023 has worsened, falling two points from last year, according to Transparency International Cambodia (TIC). The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), released on Tuesday, showed…

Plots of land given by Kandal provincial authority to villagers. Picture taken on 24 January 2024. (CamboJA/ Sovann Sreypich)

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Victims of Kandal River Bank Collapse Get Land But Promise To Build Houses Still Unfulfilled

29 Jan 2024 2:41 PM|

Seventy two families in Kandal province’s Rokar Khpos commune, who are living temporarily on private land in Prek Thei village, have asked the provincial authorities to build their houses as…

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