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NagaWorld cuts out union to lay off workers one-by-one
The layoff of about 1,300 NagaWorld workers, including top leaders of the casino company’s labor union, is taking shape this week as management refuses union negotiators to instead deal with individual workers.
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Residents Affected by Airport Development Project Protest Again
A standoff between residents on land earmarked for Phnom Penh’s new international airport against developers and authorities continues, as the gulf between the land’s rising value and authorities’ insistence on paying only pre-development prices as compensation widens.
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Protests erupt among factory workers demanding Covid tests
Medical workers have taken throat swabs to check for infections in more than 2,000 factory workers in Kampong Cham province’s Cheung Prey district after they gathered to block National Road 6 in protest on May 29.
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Protesters Demand Money From Elite-Linked Investment Firm
About 60 investors protested in Phnom Penh on Monday over money they allegedly lost to an embattled investment firm that once advertised links to business and ruling-party elites.
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Vietnam reports 61 new local COVID-19 cases, 7,168 in total
The new cases, which are all community transmissions, include 43 in the northern epidemic hotspot Bac Giang province, 15 in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi and three in the northern Lang Son province.
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Gov’t rejects NGOs’ criticism of C-19 preventive measures
The Justice Ministry has rejected claims by 12 international human rights NGOs that freedom of expression had been compromised amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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2,000 Factory Workers Protest to Stay Home Amid Outbreak Fears: Kampong Cham
About 2,000 factory workers blocked National Road 6 over the weekend in Kampong Cham province, asking that they be given Covid-19 tests, be allowed to quarantine at home, and be paid 50 percent of their wages, according to provincial officials.
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Hun Sen’s Nephew Caught Up in Preah Sihanouk Land Dispute
Some 100 Preah Sihanouk villagers protested in support of six families whose land is being claimed by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s nephew, as the nephew said he had a legal title to the land while the local commune chief said he didn’t know how Hun Chea had obtained it.
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To ‘Reinvigorate’ and ‘Repair,’ Biden Sends Top Foreign Policy Diplomat to Cambodia, ASEAN Nations, Analysts Say
Foreign policy experts said senior State Department official Wendy Sherman’s visit to Phnom Penh was in anticipation of Cambodia’s chance to chair ASEAN next year and likely the Biden Administration’s attempt at engaging with the region.
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Youth campaign spreads word on plastic recycling
An environmental group has launched a 20-day campaign to promote the public’s participation in reducing the use of plastic to keep the environment clean and litter-free.
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Word of Mouth: Still a Powerful Media in Cambodia
According to a recently published study conducted by the analysis and consultancy service company Kantar on behalf of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, direct meetings and face-to-face discussions remain an important information-transmission channel in Cambodia, especially in rural areas.
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UN urges Covid inmate info
The UN in Cambodia urged the General Department of Prisons (GDP) to provide information on the spread of Covid-19 in the nation’s prisons in a transparent manner – a decision relevant officials said rests with the Ministry of Health and local authorities.
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NagaWorld Laying off Employees during the COVID-19 pandemic is Inhuman, Union leaders and NGOs Say
NagaWorld has started its round of layoffs announced in April 2021 and, according to union leaders and NGOs, most of the 1,329 employees who have so far been notified have worked 10 to 20 years for the company and are union members. The list of people laid off also includes pregnant women and those who recently gave birth, they say.
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Family members of jailed CNRP activists petition US embassy to help advocate for release of their relatives as COVID-19 detected in prisons
The families of imprisoned activists of the court-disbanded Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) beseeched the US embassy for help Friday in arranging the release of the activists on bail, pointing to fears of a COVID-19 outbreak in the prison where the CNRP members are being held.
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Public told to get second dose of Covishield
The national Covid-19 vaccination commission has reminded those who received the AstraZeneca vaccine – marketed as Covishield – for their first dose to get their second within the recommended interval.
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Cambodians displaced by dam struggle to retain their identity
My ancestors are buried here,” 23-year-old Yem Thavdy points to a spot on the Sesan River, a tributary of the Mekong in Cambodia’s northern province of Stung Treng. She rows the boat across an expanse that was land before the US$781 million Lower Sesan 2 dam flooded it in 2017.
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Lower Mekong Basin project underway to ensure water security
A $15 million project to enhance cross-border groundwater management and strengthen water security in the Lower Mekong Basin is being developed by Cambodia and Vietnam, with a focus on improved governance and sustainable utilisation of the Cambodia-Mekong river delta transboundary aquifer.
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Wives of Jailed Cambodian Activists Petition US Embassy as Husbands Face Virus Outbreak
The wives of several Cambodian opposition activists jailed on “incitement” charges held a protest Friday demanding their release and petitioned the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh to intervene in their husbands’ cases, as a coronavirus outbreak has surged unabated through Cambodia’s prisons in recent weeks.
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Denny Kwan’s hidden camera revelation sparks hotel privacy concerns
Preah Sihanouk province’s tourism authority has urged all hotels and guesthouses not to conceal hidden cameras in private rooms after actress Denny Kwan publicly revealed that the Gold Sea Hotel had been secretly filming her in her room last October.
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Civil society calls for transparent investigation into 200 tonnes of smuggled timber
Environmental activists and civil society groups are calling for a transparent investigation into a shipment of roughly 200 tonnes of rare timber seized by Hong Kong authorities earlier this month believed to have come from Cambodia. The Ministry of Agriculture had earlier rejected the idea that the timber had been smuggled from Cambodia, but an official revealed this Friday that they had been investigating the case
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