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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/

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

Unions, workers call for better labor rights, higher wage amid labor day celebration

Demands for a better minimum wage and work conditions for skilled labor and informal workers were made over the week through social media platforms by union representatives, civil society organizations (CSOs) and workers in order to escape debt traps, in conjunction with the 139th International ...

Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/unions-workers-call-for-better-labor-rights-higher-wage-amid-labor-day-celebration/

Manet: Government committed to improving working conditions, labour rights

“The government is ambitious about creating and expanding decent working conditions, while promoting sustainable and resilient long-term growth for the collective benefit of citizens, especially workers and employees, ‘under the cool shade of peace’,” said Prime Minister Hun Manet in a letter released to mark ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/manet-government-committed-to-improving-working-conditions-labour-rights

Thailand, Cambodia deepen cooperation, address cybercrime and labor issues

 Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra strengthened 75 years of diplomatic ties, signing seven cooperation deals on labor, infrastructure, and border development, while also addressing issues like online scams, migrant workers, and security. ...

Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/thailand-cambodia-deepen-cooperation-address-cybercrime-and-labor-issues/

Manet, Paetongtarn pledge stronger anti-crime, military cooperation

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra have jointly announced an agreement to enhance cooperation between the two countries in combating online scams. ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/manet-paetongtarn-pledge-stronger-anti-crime-military-cooperation

China pledges support for action against online crimes, climate change

During his April 17-18 state visit to Cambodia, Chinese President Xi Jinping praised the Kingdom’s efforts to crack down on illegal online gambling and scam operations. ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-pledges-support-for-action-against-online-crimes-climate-change

They beat me in the dark’: survivor details abuse in Cambodia’s emerging scam hub

A translator who said she was brutally abused inside a building in the emerging scam compound city of Sampov Poun is demanding justice, accusing police of delaying action. Kandal provincial police met with her on Monday, following her appearance on a local media outlet. ...

Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/they-beat-me-in-the-dark-survivor-details-abuse-in-cambodias-emerging-scam-hub/

Teens now largest demographic in agricultural households

During the release of the latest agricultural census findings, Rin Virak, chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Statistics (NIS), highlighted key insights into Cambodia’s agricultural sector, particularly the demographic shifts observed over the past decade. ...

Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teens-now-largest-demographic-in-agricultural-households

Phnom Penh scam raid nets 186, but trafficking, enforcement concerns persist

Cambodian authorities raided an online scam center in Phnom Penh on March 31, detaining 186 foreigners accused of running internet fraud schemes, the Cambodia-China Times reported. ...

Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/phnom-penh-scam-raid-nets-186-but-trafficking-enforcement-concerns-persist/

Human trafficking cases surge in 2024, deportation of offenders doubles

Enforcement action against human trafficking and sexual exploitation in Cambodia increased in 2024, with authorities cracking down on a total of 197 cases, up by 33 from the previous year. The number of foreign offenders deported from Cambodia surged by more than double. ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/human-trafficking-cases-surge-in-2024-deportation-of-offenders-doubles

Govt to prepare new education pathway to meet labour market demand

The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) Tuesday convened a high-level meeting to prepare the new education pathway, aiming to provide multiple study options that cater to students’ abilities and align with the needs of the labour market. ...

Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501659685/govt-to-prepare-new-education-pathway-to-meet-labour-market-demand/

Labour Force Participation Rate highest in Cambodia among Asean

Cambodia recorded the highest Labour Force Participation Rate (LFRP) among the Asean nations, according to a latest report by the Asean Secretariat. ...

Som Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501651798/ministry-resolves-5-year-dispute-nets-over-80000-for-workers/

Labour ministry lists approved foreign employment agencies

Nearly 200 companies have been authorised to recruit, train, and send Cambodian workers abroad to work in four nations. Any recruitment agencies operating outside this framework should be considered illegal and will be subject to legal action. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/labour-ministry-lists-approved-foreign-employment-agencies

Hunt on for kidnappers after viral escape from moving car

Police are hunting for a group of criminals who attempted to abduct a Chinese man in Kandal province on March 3. The victim leapt from a moving vehicle to escape, in a scene which went viral on social media. ...

Sous Yamy
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hunt-on-for-kidnappers-after-viral-escape-from-moving-car

Remittances from Cambodians abroad hit $2.95 billion in 2024

Remittances sent back to the Kingdom by Cambodian workers abroad increased to approximately $2.95 billion in 2024, with about 1.38 million Cambodians working overseas. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/remittances-from-cambodians-abroad-hit-2-95-billion-in-2024

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