Economy
Garment workers relax in hospital after one of the notoriously dangerous trucks that they ride to work tipped over in Svay Rieng province on July 30, 2019. (Collective Union of Movement of Workers' Facebook page)

Two Garment Workers Dead, 30 Injured in Commute Crash

Two garment workers died and 30 were injured on Tuesday morning when one of the notoriously dangerous trucks that factory workers ride to work tipped over in Svay Rieng province, an official said.

View of rice fields in Battambang province's Thma Koul district in July 2019 (Supplied)

Drought Hits 150,000 Hectares of Rice Fields

About 150,000 hectares of rice fields in 10 provinces are suffering from drought, according to Agriculture Ministry figures, with farmers in some areas saying more than half their crops are dying.

Illegal cash

Official Admits Suspected Money Laundering Fueling Property Buys

Nine suspects arrested for illegally bringing $7 million in cash into Cambodia said they won the money gambling in Macau and were stashing it in the Cambodian property market, immigration department director-general Keat Chantharith told reporters.

Chinese Worker

Foreigners to Be Banned From Unskilled Work

The Labor Ministry announced on Tuesday that it was preparing an order to ban foreign workers from doing unskilled, self-employed work that could be done by Cambodians.