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Workers at the Y&W Garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district on March 3, 2021. (Tran Techseng/VOD)

Union Leaders Still Aim for Big Minimum Wage Increase

Ahead of minimum wage negotiations on Tuesday, union leaders say they are still aiming for a $21 increase for garment workers, though employers are lobbying for no increase in part due to regional competition.

A supplied photo showing motorists using a wrecked section of National Road 3 between Kampot and Preah Sihanouk provinces last week.

Wrecked National Road Leaves Residents Fearful

National Road 3 linking Kampot to Preah Sihanouk has become a strip of deeply rutted red mud, a danger for residents and a headache for transport authorities who say the unstable ground likely cannot receive full repairs till 2024.

The CIMB Bank branch in Tuol Kork where a security guard opened fire on a colleague on September 7, 2022. (Roun Ry/VOD)

Bank Security Guard Shot in Toul Kork

Just before lunchtime Wednesday, a security guard fired his gun at a colleague inside CIMB bank in Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak I, shooting the colleague’s leg before fleeing the scene on his motorbike.

A photo of Khem Veasna posted to his Facebook page on August 30, 2022, where he talks about stopping an impending flood.

Phnom Penh Student Skips Exam After Hearing Veasna’s Prophecy

A fourth-year university student studying to be a teacher dropped out of her course when she heard politician Khem Veasna’s predictions of the end of the world, her school says, illustrating the drastic measures some people have taken.