Khut Sokun

Five Garment Workers Lose Hands in Truck Crash

Five garment factory workers had their hands amputated after the flatbed truck they were travelling in to work crashed into the side of an oncoming vehicle in Kompong Speu province’s Oudong district on Thursday morning.

Young Driver Suspected of Killing Student Provisionally Charged

A young woman suspected of killing a scholarship undergraduate literature student when she sped her Range Rover SUV through a busy intersection in Phnom Penh on March 26 has appeared in court after turning herself in to municipal police.

W&D Factory Reinstates Workers After Hun Sen’s Demand

About 900 sacked workers from the W&D garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district returned to work on Friday, ending an almost three-month labor dispute after Prime Minister Hun Sen publicly demanded their reinstatement.

Hundreds Protest at Land Ministry Over Sugarcane Plantations

About 500 people protested outside the Land Management Ministry on Wednesday over a land dispute involving more than 1,200 families who say they have been dispossessed by with two sugarcane plantations in Koh Kong province.