
News by Country: Cambodia
5 February 2021
·
All is not well in the garment sector as exports drop
by 50 percent in second trimester (Khmer
Times, 30 April 2020)
·
Government
deters gatherings on Labour Day amid coronavirus pandemic (Khmer
Times, 29 April 2020)
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Coronavirus
takes its toll on garment industry with 130 factories suspending operations, affecting
100,000 workers (Khmer Times, 28 April 2020)
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UNAIDS to
provide protection and support to returning migrants in Cambodia (Khmer
Times, 28 April 2020)
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Cambodia’s exports to Thailand soar 115 percent
(Khmer Times, 27 April 2020)
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Logistics providers in Cambodia face bankruptcy
because of COVID-19 (Khmer Times, 26 April 2020)
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Cambodian Migrant Workers Are Prohibited from
Returning to their Jobs Abroad (Cambodianess, 23
April 2020)
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About 3,000 garment workers screened for COVID-19
(Khmer Times, 23 April 2020)
·
Over 300 workers protest to demand reinstatement
(Khmer Times, 23 April 2020)
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Hun Sen’s Coronavirus Crackdown
(Foreign Policy, 23 April 2020)
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Record FDI outflow from emerging markets could leave
Cambodia exposed (Khmer Times, 22 April 2020)
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Covid-19: A global approach to protecting garment
workers in supply chains as Cambodia faces up to 500,000 job losses
(Khmer Times, 23 April 2020)
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Nearly
30,000 Garment Workers in Isolation; Even Split Between Capital and Provinces (VOA, 21
April 2020)
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Migrants’
home remittances dwindle (Khmer Times, 21 April 2020)
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30,000
workers forced to self-isolate over factory no-shows (CamboJa
News, 20 April 2020)
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More than
10,000 workers to be placed in quarantine (Khmer Times, 20 April
2020)
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Cambodia:
Unemployed to get $40 per month (The Phnom Penh
Post, 20 April 2020)
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AWOL
workers will get no pay during 14-day quarantine (Khmer
Times, 19 April 2020)
·
Garment
Workers Fired for Violating Provincial Travel Ban (VOA, 17 April
2020)
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Mandatory
quarantine to help prevent coronavirus spread (Khmer
Times, 17 April 2020)
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Cambodia’s
Lost Digital Opportunity in the COVID-19 Fight (The Diplomat,
17 April 2020)
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Garment Workers Cornered by Job Loss, Virus Fears and
Looming Debt (VOD, 16 April 2020)
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New clothes pile up at Cambodian factories. Coronavirus
forces U.S. brands to cancel orders (Los Angeles
Times, 15 April 2020)
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Fashion brands urge EU to delay ending Cambodia’s EBA (Khmer Times, 15 April 2020)
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COVID-19 forces digitalisation of Cambodia’s workforce
(Khmer Post, 14 April 2020)
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Wide Outbreak Possible and Cambodia Needs to Continue
COVID-19 Preparations, WHO Says (VOA, 14 April 2020)
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NagaCorp denies reports of casino staffer COVID-19
infection (Calvinayre, 14 April 2020)
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Garment workers in Cambodia, Myanmar and even Asia
lose jobs as Covid-19 hits them hard (The Star, 13
April 2020)
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Fears as Cambodia grants PM vast powers under Covid-19
pretext (The Guardian, 10 April 2020)
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Cambodia: Reporter Jailed for Quoting Hun Sen on
COVID-19 (Human Rights Watch, 10
April 2020)
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Cambodia
Cancels Khmer New Year Celebration 2020 to Fight Covid-19; State and Private
Institutions Operate as Normal: PM Hun Sen (Fresh News,
9 April 2020)
·
Cambodia: temporary laid workers get just $70
(The
Phnom Penh Post, 7 April 2020)
·
Cambodia:
Rights group concerns over arrests & harassment of activists amid the
Covid-19 pandemic measures (Business
& Human Rights Resource Centre)
·
World
Bank approves $20 million for Cambodia’s COVID-19 response
(World Bank, 2 April 2020)
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Cambodian
garment workers strike over unpaid wages amid COVID-19 outbreak
(Global
Voices, 30 March 2020)
·
Tripartite
mechanism activated to mitigate impact of COVID-19 lockdown on workers
(The
News, 30 March 2020)
· Garment
Workers Strike Over Unpaid Wages Amid Virus Pandemic
(VOD,
26 March 2020)