The number of COVID-19 victims tested positive for the virus has increased to 114. At least 91 garment factories in Cambodia have suspended work due to coronavirus, with 61,500 workers affected, a spokesman for the labour ministry said. Cambodia’s garment industry group said this week that factory owners would not be able to pay 40 percent of suspended workers’ wages as recommended by the government, as they cut back work for tens of thousands of employees in the sector. Coronavirus pandemic deepens Cambodia's microfinance 'crisis'
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King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk departed the Kingdom today for a routine medical check-up in Beijing.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is set to gain an unprecedented amount of power through the passing of a new “state of emergency” draft law, ostensibly designed to help the government tackle the coronavirus crisis. Rather ironically, at the same time, his political legacy as the person who brought peace and prosperity in Cambodia arguably risks being tainted beyond repair. He has never been so powerful yet so weak.https://bit.ly/3dR20Wx;
