Labor
Garment, footwear workers worry about U.S tariff hike costing their jobs
Garment, footwear and travel goods sector workers are concerned that the 49 percent increase in US tariffs will put them at risk of job losses, poor working conditions and increased exploitation, while their minimum wage cannot keep up with inflation. ...
Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/garment-footwear-workers-worry-about-u-s-tariff-hike-costing-their-jobs/
Health ministry announces availability of HIV prevention drug
The Ministry of Health officially announced the introduction of the injectable medication Cabotegravir on June 27, a drug which is designed to deliver pre-exposure prevention of HIV infections. This marks the first time such a service has been provided in the Asia-Pacific region. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-ministry-announces-availability-of-hiv-prevention-drug
Amnesty accuses Cambodian government of ignoring human rights abuses in scam compounds
Amnesty International accused the Cambodian government of deliberately ignoring widespread human rights abuses—including human trafficking, forced labor, child labor, slavery, and torture—carried out in more than 50 scamming compounds across the country. ...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/amnesty-accuses-cambodian-government-of-ignoring-human-rights-abuses-in-scam-compounds/
Govt offers jobs to workers returning from Thailand
Joint teams from the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) and the National Employment Agency (NEA) are offering a detailed briefing on local job opportunities across various provinces to citizens returning from Thailand. ...
Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501706271/govt-offers-jobs-to-workers-returning-from-thailand/
Government spokesperson highlights ‘irrational’ claims by Thai leader
A Cambodian government spokesperson has pointed out “irrational claims” made by Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra. On June 23, she claimed that Thailand had decided to cut electricity, internet, and oil and gas supplies to Cambodia, when in fact Cambodia had already shut down these ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-spokesperson-highlights-irrational-claims-by-thai-leader
Authorities destroy 340kg of seized narcotics
To mark International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, nearly 350 kilogrammes of narcotics and over 30,000 pills were incinerated during a June 23 ceremony in Battambang province. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-destroy-340kg-of-seized-narcotics
Thailand's complex role in Southeast Asia's scam epidemic
A series of alarming reports from Thai media outlets have painted Cambodia as a prime “scam hub”, but an insight documentary by Channel News Asia (CNA), featured Thailand’s pivotal role as a transit point for trafficked victims heading to scam centres across the region. ...
Kingdom’s first drug-sniffing dogs ready to go into action
Cambodia has begun employing drug dogs, as part of the Kingdom’s efforts to tackle the increasingly complex and dangerous drug challenges facing the world. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-s-first-drug-sniffing-dogs-ready-to-go-into-action
Domestic workers deserve equal employment rights; call for legal and social security reforms
The government should improve social security and protection of domestic workers through legislation, urged the Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association (IDEA) and Oxfam, stressing that they deserve the same rights granted to other workers, such as access to fair working conditions and healthcare. ...
Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/domestic-workers-deserve-equal-employment-rights-call-for-legal-and-social-security-reforms/
Domestic workers seek equal rights, social protection
A forum by Independent Democratic Association of the Informal Economy (IDEA) and Oxfam, in conjunction with International Domestic Workers Day on Sunday, saw workers call for measures and solutions from policymakers. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/domestic-workers-seek-equal-rights-social-protection
Five admit involvement in $36.9M scam and laundering ring in Cambodia
Despite five men pleading guilty in the US to being involved in a multi-million dollar scam and money laundering operation in Cambodia, according to the US Department of Justice, the Kingdom’s Ministry of Interior refutes claims that scam centres exist in the country, arguing that ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/five-admit-involvement-in-369m-scam-and-laundering-ring-in-cambodia
UNICEF calls for stronger safeguards for migrant children facing exploitation risks
On World Day Against Child Labour, UNICEF is calling for stronger cross-border protections for migrant children, as a new report highlights the heightened risks of trafficking, exploitation and child labour they face – especially those migrating between Cambodia and Thailand – amid ongoing climate and ...
Kiripost staff
https://kiripost.com/stories/unicef-calls-for-stronger-safeguards-for-migrant-children-facing-exploitation-risks
Labour ministry urges inspections of worker transport vehicles, drivers
The Ministry of Labour is continuing to urge the relevant authorities and the Ministry of Public Works and transport to conduct regular inspections of the large vehicles which are used to transport factory workers, as well as their drivers, in order to reduce traffic accidents ...
Labour ministry laud success of TVET programmes as celebrations planned
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training shared that over 120,000 applications have been received for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programmes in the past 500 days, indicating the contribution the programme will make to enhancing the national workforce. ...
Officials: Tech gaps hamper fight against online fraud and trafficking
As digital technologies reshape societies worldwide, Cambodia finds itself confronting a growing wave of online fraud and human trafficking that experts say is complicated by significant gaps in technological expertise, alongside accusations from some international media and organisations. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-tech-gaps-hamper-fight-against-online-fraud-and-trafficking
ASEAN Summit 2025: vision for unity and prosperity clouded by security and political challenges
ASEAN leaders have adopted a bold Kuala Lumpur Declaration ASEAN 2045 vision for a united, resilient, and people-centred region, but analysts warn that deepening internal divisions—especially the Myanmar crisis—and the rise of transnational crime threaten to derail those ambitions. ...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/asean-summit-2025-vision-for-unity-and-prosperity-clouded-by-security-and-political-challenges/
Labour ministry ink MoU with Japanese foundation on support for informal workers
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training and the Japan International Labour Foundation (JILAF) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday, May 26. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/labour-ministry-ink-mou-with-japanese-foundation-on-support-for-informal-workers
Urgent action needed to dismantle scam compounds in Cambodia and Southeast Asia – UN
UN experts are sounding the alarm over a humanitarian crisis unfolding in Southeast Asia, urging immediate, human rights-based action to dismantle scam compounds—including in Cambodia—where hundreds of thousands of people are “trafficked, trapped, and forced into online criminal operations”. ...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/urgent-action-needed-to-dismantle-scam-compounds-in-cambodia-and-southeast-asia-un/
Factory numbers up 12.5% under Manet
In the first 20 months of Prime Minister Hun Manet’s seventh-mandate government, the number of large factories in Cambodia has swelled by an eighth. The Kingdom was home to approximately 40,300 large enterprises in August 2023, when the government was formed. By April this year, ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-numbers-up-12-5-under-manet
Compensation promised to protesting factory workers
Following mediation by the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training on Tuesday, May 20, the Color Star (Cambodia) Product Co., Ltd. factory has pledged to provide compensation to workers who do not wish to relocate to the company’s new site. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/compensation-promised-to-protesting-factory-workers
Govt temporarily remediates Color Star workers’ two-day strike after factory announces sudden relocation
About 500 workers of Color Star Cambodia Product Co Ltd in Prek Chrey village, Phnom Penh protested and blocked the road for two consecutive days after the factory announced that it is moving to a new location, about 40 kilometers away. ...
Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/govt-temporarily-remediates-color-star-workers-two-day-strike-after-factory-announces-sudden-relocation/
Compensation promised to protesting factory workers
Following mediation by the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training on Tuesday, May 20, the Color Star (Cambodia) Product Co., Ltd. factory has pledged to provide compensation to workers who do not wish to relocate to the company’s new site. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/compensation-promised-to-protesting-factory-workers
Manet, Sokha urge police to step up fight against cyber-crimes
Two of the Kingdom’s top officials have raised concerns about online security challenges in 2025, identifying internet fraud as a major issue among several threats that require heightened attention from the National Police. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/manet-sokha-urge-police-to-step-up-fight-against-cyber-crimes
Trafficked sisters’ desperate social media appeal leads to rescue in China
Two women, claiming to be sisters, made a desperate appeal for help in a short video posted on social media, claiming they had been tricked and sold into human trafficking by a Chinese man. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/trafficked-sisters-desperate-social-media-appeal-leads-to-rescue-in-china