
News by Country: Cambodia
8 January 2021
Cambodia
· Cambodia urged to rethink
scrapping of bonus pay for night workers (Reuters, 1 October 2020)
· Germany Contributes $8.2 million
to Cambodia’s Response to COVID-19 (Cambodianess,
1 October 2020)
· Garment workers say minimum wage
increase isn’t enough
(Khmer Times, 28
September 2020)
· Constitution Day marked by praise
and criticism (Camboja
News, 24 September 2020)
· Nearly 13,000 suspended workers
to receive cash allowance payments (The Phnom
Penh Post, 22 September 2020)
· Labour law discussions ongoing
despite boycott (Khmer
Times, 22 September 2020)
· Land to lose: coronavirus
compounds debt crisis in Cambodia
(Thomson Reuters, 21 September 2020)
· The effects of
COVID-19 on farming
(Khmer Times, 17 September 2020)
· U.S. State Department
Calls on Cambodia to Release Jailed Activists (Cambodianess, 16 September 2020)
· Unions boycott
discussion on Labor Law amendments (Camboja News, 15 September)
· First Batch of
Cambodian Workers Set to Return to Thailand Soon (VOD, 15 September 2020)
· Cambodia garment
worker wage bumped up US$ 2
(Just Style, 14 September 2020)
· Cambodia Denies the
UN Statement Saying Human-Rights and Environmental Activists Are Targeted (Cambodianess, 13 September 2020)
· Government continues to battle
COVID-19 with $78 million distributed so far (Khmer Times, 10 September 2020)
· CMLV garment industry expected to
be a coronavirus casualty (ASEAN
Business, 9 September 2020)
· Wages Fall Hard for Workers with
Low Income, Education (VOD, 9
September 2020)
· Factory workers seek help as
ministry says owner did not file notice (Camboja News, 8 September 2020)
· Unions propose $12.35 minimum
wage increase (Khmer
Times, 8 September 2020)
· Authorities Declare Protest
Groups Illegal as More Activists Arrested (VOD, 7 September 2020)
· RMG export to US drops by 18.54pc
in Jan-July (New Age, 6
September 2020)
· Garment unions join global
campaign to protect workers (Camboja
News, 5 September 2020)
· 32 migrants returning from
Thailand placed in quarantine (Khmer
Times, 3 September 2020)
· Tourism establishments in
Cambodia gradually reopen as Covid-19 situation eases (Straits Times, 3 September 2020)
· Pactics factory workers become
latest to go on strike in Siem Reap
(The Cambodia Daily, 2 September 2020)
· Cambodian woman jailed for a year
for Covid-19 mask swindle (The
Cambodia Daily, 1 September 2020)
· Youth Activist Group Plans 8-Day
Protest After Two Members Jailed
(VOD, 31 August 2020)
· Stop union busting in your supply
chain in Cambodia (IndustriALL, 28
August 2020)
·
Cambodian migrant workers
in South Korea given alternate job opportunities (Khmer Times, 26 August 2020)
· Rong Chhun Supporters Stopped
From Delivering Petition to Japan Embassy (VOD, 24 August 2020)
· Ministry to allow for more
foreign workers (The Phnom
Penh Post, 24 August 2020)
· Ministry fires back against CSO
plea to free protesters (The Phnom
Penh Post, 24 August 2020
·
Cambodia’s property
boom continues despite pandemic (SCMP, 20 August 2020)
· Mr Hun Sen urges MFIs to
sympathise with debtors’ difficulties
(Khmer Times, 18 August 2020)
· EBA status officially changed (Khmer Times, 13 August 2020)
· Garment workers demand unpaid
wages (Khmer
Times, 12 August 2020)
· Global Brands Say Future Orders
at Risk Given Cambodia’s Increasing Coal Power (VOA,
12 August 2020)
· Seven arrested over protest
seeking unionist’s release (Khmer
Times, 10 August 2020)
· Union calls for better policies
for workers (Khmer
Times, 10 August 2020)
· Locking the factory doors (Globe, 10 August 2020)
· Credit help ready by October or
November
(Khmer Times, 7 August
2020)
· Cambodia’s PM Hun Sen
‘Misreading’ EU as Withdrawal of Trade Preferences Looms (Radio Free Asia, 5 August 2020)
· Cambodia lowers cash deposit for
COVID-19 service charges from foreign travelers to 2,000 USD (Xinhua Net, 4 August 2020)
· Cambodia Footwear Association
appeals to EU again to postpone EBA withdrawal, says 80,000 jobs at risk (Khmer Times, 2 August 2020)
· Cambodia arrests prominent union
leader for 'incitement' (AFP, 1
August 2020)