Tag: Thailand

Cambodian boxer Khun Bora (red) spars with Vietnamese fighter Cao Minh Phat Truong in the SEA Games’ Kun Khmer semi-finals on May 9, 2023. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

SEA Games Conclude with Cambodia Winning the Third Most Medals

17 May 2023 6:16 PM|
Khuon Narim|

As the Cambodia-hosted Southeast Asia Games conclude, the Kingdom ranked fourth in gold medals and third in medals overall, winning big in Kun Khmer and…

A woman votes at a polling station in Phnom Penh during the commune election on June 5, 2022. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

For Overseas Khmer Citizens, Voting Requires a Costly Trip Home

10 Apr 2023 11:29 AM|
Khuon Narim|

Sopheara is one of an estimated 1 to 2 million overseas Cambodians, whom the National Election Committee (NEC) called on last week to return to…

Sitanun Satsaksit, sister of missing Thai activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit, speaks to the media in December 2020 in front of the Mekong Gardens building, near where her brother was allegedly abducted in June 2020. CamboJA/Panha Chhorpoan

Sister of Missing Thai Activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit Pens Letter to Biden

13 Nov 2022 5:07 PM|
Matt Surrusco|

The sister of missing Thai government critic Wanchalearm Satsaksit has written to U.S. President Joe Biden, calling on him to raise Wanchalearm’s disappearance from Phnom…

CNRP activist Sat Pha has dinner in her rented room in Thailand on September 5, 2022. (CamboJA/Khiev Saraswati)

Facing Death Threats, CNRP Exiles in Thailand Seek Safer Refuge

10 Oct 2022 3:09 PM|
Khiev Saraswati|

Five years after the main opposition CNRP was banned, some 40 party officials and activists remain in Thailand, unable to return to Cambodia or resettle…

Representatives of CENTRAL, FAR, LPN, and a Thai lawyer talk to Cambodian workers who were laid off in Rayong province, Thailand on June 19, 2022. Photo Supplied: CENTRAL

NGOs Concerned Over Increase in Cambodian Migrant Worker Lay-Offs in Thailand

29 Jun 2022 8:57 AM|
Try Thaney|

Rights groups are concerned about several major factory layoffs of Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand in the first half of this year.

The representatives of CENTRAL and CFAT cooperated with the LPN foundation to help resolve the cases of 38 Cambodian workers who were cheated by migration brokers in Ban Kao area, Phan Thong district of Chon Buri province in Thailand, on May 29, 2022. Photo: CENTRAL

Cambodian citizens continue to migrate illegally to Thailand

9 Jun 2022 4:12 PM|
Try Thaney|

The number of workers illegally migrating to Thailand continued to increase at the start of the year, many of them cheated by their brokers, according…