
News by Country: Cambodia
8 January 2021
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Desperation
mounts as garment workers await resolution8 (Camboja News, 30
August 2020)
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Gov’t
grants two-month extension of IDPoor aid scheme (Khmer
Times, 29 July 2020)
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$2-million
garment factory to open in Phnom Penh (Khmer Times, 27 July
2020)
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Cambodia
ban flights from Malaysia and Indonesia (The Star, 26 July
2020)
· Government surveying garment workers ahead of wage
talks (Camboja News, 23 July 2020)
· Cambodia: Between COVID-19 and EBA Withdrawal (Euractiv, 22 July 2020)
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Amid Covid-19, thousands of garment workers protest
for pay (The Cambodia Daily, 19 July 2020)
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COVID-19 disguises underhand union busting (Eco Textile News, 16 July 2020)
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South-East Asian countries are using the COVID-19
pandemic to silence their critics (ABC, 16 July 2020)
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After Acleda Bank, Microfinance Group Challenges Civil
Society Report on Indebtedness (VOA
Cambodia, 13 July 2020)
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Trade Unions Submit Second Petition over Withheld
Seniority Pay (Cambodianess, 13 July 2020)
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132 Cambodian detainees deported from Malaysia
(Khmer Times, 12 July 2020)
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Stranded migrant workers waiting on ticket home from
Jordan (Camboja News, 8 July 2020)
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Workers
go to PM’s house to ask for his help (Khmer Times, 8 July
2020)
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The impact of Coronavirus on Cambodia
(Khmer Times, 6 July 2020)
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Cambodian
Bank Demands ‘Action’ Against NGOs Who Say Workers Need Debt Relief (The
Cambodia Daily, 3 July 2020)
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400
factories in Cambodia suspend operations, affecting over 150,000 workers due to
COVID-19 (Khmer Times, 2 July 2020)
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Report
shows effect of debt burden on garment workers (The
Cambodia Daily, 1 July 2020)
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Seeking
redress: More than 50 workers protest over unpaid dues at ministry (Khmer
Times, 30 June 2020)
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Worked to
Debt: Over-Indebtedness in Cambodia's Garment Sector (Lichado,
30 June 2020)
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Cambodia’s
Food Crisis in A Pandemic (The ASEAN Post, 30 June 2020)
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Unions appeal for
minimum wage talks to proceed as scheduled
(Camboja News, 25 June 2020)
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Garment Manufacturers Want to Delay 2021 Minimum Wage
Negotiations Due to COVID-19 (VOA, 25 June 2020)
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Ministry looks to resolve widespread labour protests
(Khmer Times, 25 June 2020)
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Zara and Primark factory workers say they were fired
after forming union (The Guardian, 24 June 2020)
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Cambodian Garment Factory Owners Urge Suspension of
Minimum Wage Talks Citing Outbreak Impact
(RFA, 23 June 2020)
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Cambodia
garment factories call for wage cuts as pandemic bites (Nikkei
Asian Review, 23 June 2020)
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Cambodian
migrants get nod to remain (Khmer Times, 22 June 2020)
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724
workers, including pregnant women, dismissed at Cambodia garment factory
(IndustriALL, 18 June 2020)
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Laid off
due to coronavirus, Cambodian garment workers compete for shifts
(Japan
Times, 18 June 2020)
· Government
calls on buyers to continue supporting Cambodia’s garment sector
(Khmer
Times, 17 June 2020)
· Stranded
Cambodians home on special flight: 212 return from locked-down Malaysia (Khmer
Times, 17 June 2020)
· Jailed
for a Facebook post: garment workers' rights at risk during Covid-19 (The
Guardian, 16 June 2020)
· Cambodia
sees 99 pct drop in int'l tourist arrivals in April due to COVID-19 (Xinhua Net,
16 June 2020)
· Gov’t
implements austerity measures to assist recovery (The Phnom Penh Post,
15 June 2020)
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A Woman Who Makes Bags For Michael Kors Was Sent To
One Of The Most Crowded Prisons In The World For A Facebook Post
(Buzzfeed News, 11 June 2020)
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Preah Sihanouk sees factory suspensions and massive
job losses (Khmer News, 10 June 2020)
· Coronavirus
is crushing Cambodia's dreams of oil wealth (Nikkei Asian
Review, 8 June 2020)
· Better
Factories Cambodia launch “COVID 19: Worker Safety” hotline: 093 644 644 (Khmer
Times, 7 June 2020)
· Thais
sending migrant workers back to Cambodia despite border closure (Khmer
Times, 4 June 2020)
· Kandal
protests staged over unpaid out-of-work allowances (Khmer Times, 4
June 2020)
· Cambodia
avoids coronavirus carnage, but faces economic disaster (Asia
Nikkei, 3 June 2020)