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Read More UN Spotlights Scale of Cambodia’s Cyber Trafficking Industry
WASHINGTON — The United Nations has cast a harsh spotlight on the cyber trafficking industry that has blossomed in Southeast Asia in recent years, estimating that the trade has ensnared some 100,000 victims in Cambodia alone.
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Read More Ministry orders “700 to 900 journalists” to stop extorting money from casino
Mr. Neth Pheakdra, Minister of Information, has issued a stern warning to almost 1,000 journalists who are extorting food and money from a Cambodian casino
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Read More Cambodian women left holding bill for UK fashion’s cancelled orders
The people making clothes for the fashion industry suffered greatly during the pandemic. Buyers cancelled thousands of orders when the lockdowns hit, and as shockwaves coursed through the supply chain, factories closed overnight and millions of workers were thrown out of work. They were owed a lot of money when the doors shut.
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Read More Chasing Deforestation is a series that explores the world’s most threatened forests through satellite data and reporters on the ground.
Chasing Deforestation is a series that explores the world’s most threatened forests through satellite data and reporters on the ground.
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Read More Could Cambodia’s New Prime Minister Release Theary Seng?
Theary Seng, a Khmer-American lawyer currently serving a six-year prison term for treason, has been transferred from a remote prison in northern Cambodia to Prey Sar prison in the capital Phnom Penh, with her family hopeful for an early release after the United States reinstated a financial aid package
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Read More Cambodian court bars environmental activists from traveling to Sweden to receive ‘Alternative Nobel’
A court in Cambodia on Monday barred three environmental activists who are serving suspended prison sentences for their advocacy work from traveling to Sweden next month to receive the prestigious Right Livelihood Award.
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Read More Critics Skewer Meta for Not Suspending Former Cambodia Leader's Facebook Account
WASHINGTON — Meta's decision to not suspend the Facebook account of a former Cambodian prime minister who had used the platform to physically threaten political opponents is drawing criticism from the tech giant's Oversight Board, human rights groups and digital security experts.
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Read More Cambodian Media Outlet to Relaunch From the US
PHNOM PENH — One of Cambodia’s last independent media outlets, which was shuttered earlier this year, is set to reopen in Tacoma, Washington, in the Pacific United States.
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Read More Cambodian Court Bars Environmental Activists from Traveling to Sweden to Receive 'Alternative Nobel'
PHNOM PENH — A court in Cambodia on Monday barred three environmental activists who are serving suspended prison sentences for their advocacy work from traveling to Sweden next month to receive the prestigious Right Livelihood Award.
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Read More How ‘Mother Nature Cambodia’ fights environmental harm in an authoritarian state
The Right Livelihood Award, often referred to as the ‘alternative Nobel Prize’, has been conferred to the Cambodian environmental rights group Mother Nature Cambodia.
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Read More Imprisoned American Moved to Phnom Penh Jail After U.S. Resumes Aid to Cambodia
The Cambodian government has transferred an imprisoned Cambodian American human rights advocate Seng Theary to a jail in Phnom Penh where she can more easily communicate with her legal team, according to her lawyer.
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Following the labour ministry’s announcement of a 2024 minimum wage set at $204 per month, the employers’ association has voiced their support, while trade union representatives and civil society organisations (CSOs) expressed their disappointment.
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Read More US: Cambodia aid doesn’t mean election legitimacy
The resumption of US$18 million in U.S. aid to Cambodia just two months after it was suspended in protest against the legitimacy of the country’s July 23 election does not mean the United States now recognizes the vote as fair, according to a spokesperson for the State Department.
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Read More INTERVIEW: Beaten Cambodian activist recounts assault
Agricultural expert and government critic Ny Nak was attacked and beaten by baton-wielding motorbikers on a Phnom Penh street earlier this month, leaving him hospitalized.
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Read More Cambodian court upholds verdicts in deadly 2014 garment strike
Cambodia’s Appeals Court upheld verdicts on Friday against 10 garment factory workers and labor activists who were convicted in 2014 following a deadly worker strike crackdown.
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Read More Cambodia, Australia unite to promote gender equality in industry
The Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation (MISTI) and the Australian Embassy yesterday launched a consultation workshop to develop a five-year Gender Mainstreaming Action Plan (GMAP).
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Read More Cambodian-American lawyer transferred to prison in capital
Cambodian authorities have transferred an outspoken Cambodian-American lawyer and human rights defender from a remote jail to the country’s largest prison on the outskirts of the capital Phnom Penh, a Prison Department official said Friday.
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Read More Mother Nature Cambodia’s ‘relentless’ activism earns Right Livelihood Award
Mother Nature Cambodia, one of the country’s most prominent environmental activism groups, was named one of Right Livelihood’s 2023 laureates on Sept.
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Read More New study finds that microfinance is exacerbating climate precarity and harm in Cambodia
A recent paper co-authored by King’s academics argues that microfinance, often projected as a means of coping with climate risk, in fact contributes to farmers in Cambodia being in greater debt and more vulnerable to climate change.
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Read More Minimum wage set at $204, after Sep 28 vote
The minimum wage for factory workers in the garment, footwear and travel goods industries for 2024 has been decided at $204 per month, with the government contributing $2.
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